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	Gibraltar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom.
		Gibraltar has no military forces of its Its forces are the British Army Royal Navy and Royal Air Force ; defence is the responsibility of the United Kingdom.
		However the army garrison is provided the Royal Gibraltar Regiment originally a part-time force which was placed on the permanent of the British Army in 1990 upon the withdrawal of the British The regiment includes full-time and part-time soldiers from Gibraltar as well as British Army posted from other regiments.
	www.freeglossary.com /Gibraltar (1456 words)

	Gibraltar Official Website gibraltar.gi - History & Politics
		The ordinance of 1889 was thus a landmark in the political history of Gibraltar and in the development of its inhabitants.
		Gibraltar was not incorporated as a borough in the English sense, no Charter of Privileges was granted to the municipality, no aldermen were created, and the City Council was presided over by a Chairman, not a Mayor.
		Thus in December 1987 Gibraltar airport was excluded from a measure of EC law on civil aviation unless the Gibraltarians accepted joint control of their airport with Spain.
	www.gibraltar.gi /history (2935 words)

	Gibraltar Resource Center - rock of gibraltar
		The notion of accepting an arrangement gibraltar cruise gibraltar uk canary cruise uk with Spain was resoundingly rejected by the population in two referenda held in 1967 and in 2002, the latter just months gibraltar offshore company formation after the joint sovereignty principle was accepted gibraltar airport by the British government.
		Gibraltar celebrates its National Day annually on 10th September, the date chosen to commemorate the 1967 Referendum which was the first act of self-determination of the people of Gibraltar.
		Despite the political undertones of the day, gibraltar glassware it is very much a festive occasion, with everyone dressing in Red gibraltar genealogy and White and congregating in the main square (Casemates) to celebrate.
	www.taxgloss.com /Tax-Banks_Cl_-_G-/Gibraltar.html (1101 words)

	Gibraltar Guide - Gibraltar Politics
		The Governor is not involved in the day-to-day administration of Gibraltar, and his role is largely as a ceremonial head of state.
		Gibraltar is a part of the European Union, having joined under the British Treaty of Accession, with exemption from some areas such as the Customs Union and Common Agricultural Policy.
		All local political parties are opposed to any transfer of sovereignty to Spain, instead supporting self-determination for the Rock.
	www.gibraltar-gibraltar.com /gibraltar-politics.html (341 words)

	GIBRALTAR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Gibraltar is a peninsula with an area of 2.75 square miles linked to the southern tip of Spain, facing the northern coast of Africa and dominating the entrance to the Western Mediterranean.
		Gibraltar is a member of the EC, having joined with the United Kingdom in 1973, under provisions of the Treaty of Rome relating to European dependent territories.
		Gibraltar has both an international airport and a harbor, which continues to be a prime port of call for many of the world’s shipping lines as a result of both its location and its free port status.
	www.taxhavenco.com /osm/taxhavens/Gibraltar.html (5393 words)

	Gibraltar Guide - Gibraltar Home
		It is located on the southern part of the Iberian Peninsula at the Strait of Gibraltar that links the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea and placing it between Europe and Africa.
		Human settlement in Gibraltar can be traced back to the Phoenicians around 950 BC, although there is earlier evidence of habitation by the Neanderthals, a prehistoric subspecies of man. Semi-permanent settlements were later established by the Carthaginians and Romans.
		Politics of Gibraltar - As an overseas territory of the UK, the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who is represented by the Governor of Gibraltar.
	www.gibraltar-gibraltar.com (189 words)

	Gibraltar - Information & Images
		Politics of Gibraltar takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Chief Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Gibraltar is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, with full internal self-government under its 1969 Constitution.
		Spain argues that Gibraltar's status is an anachronism, and that it should become an autonomous community of Spain, similar to Catalonia or the Basque Country.
	www.gibnet.com /data/politics.htm (676 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Gibraltar derives from Gibel Tariq – Tariq’s Mountain – which is named after Tariq Ibn Zeyad who led the eighth-century conquest of Spain by a combined force of Arabs and Berbers crossing from Africa.
		Gibraltar’s unusual status was not acquired until almost 1000 years later, long after the Islamic invaders had been driven out by the Spanish, as a consequence of the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht which brought to an end the War of the Spanish Succession and gave the territory to Britain.
		Domestic politics in Gibraltar are dominated by two main blocs, the ruling centre-right Social Democrats and the opposition alliance of the Socialist Labour Party and the Liberal Party.
	www.traveldocs.com /gi/history.htm (538 words)

	Politics \| UK and Spain should share Gibraltar sovereignty: Straw
		Mr Straw, who had to postpone talks due to be held today with Spain over the future of Gibraltar, outlined the broad agreement reached so far on the principles that should underpin a "lasting settlement".
		Mr Straw said Gibraltar should retain its customs and way of life and its people would keep the right to British nationality but also have the right to obtain Spanish nationality.
		Mr Ancram said this was a "humiliating episode" in which Mr Straw had upset the Spaniards, infuriated the people of Gibraltar, brought shame on himself and his Government with nothing to show for it.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4460193-110481,00.html (575 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Politics \| Scrap Gibraltar deal, MPs say
		He said Foreign Secretary Jack Straw should "admit that his policy of bullying the people of Gibraltar into sharing their sovereignty with Spain was not simply a failure, it was stupid from the start".
		Under the "two flags, three voices" formula, Gibraltar is allowed to attend talks as part of the UK team with the right to speak on any issue, but no veto, the MPs said.
		The two flags, Spain and Britain, could agree proposals without Gibraltar's consent, but a referendum of its people would have to be held on any plans affecting the sovereignty of the territory.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/3112473.stm (715 words)

	Gibraltar's soccer bid mixes politics and sport - Europe - International Herald Tribune
		Joseph Nuñez, chairman of the Gibraltar Football Association, said that it was clear UEFA was buckling under pressure from the Spanish government to oppose the bid on political grounds.
		The vote on full UEFA membership for Gibraltar is expected to occur in late January at a meeting of the UEFA congress in Düsseldorf.
		"Gibraltar does have a leg to stand on," said Gold, alluding to the fact that the Faroe Islands, a Danish protectorate that has been a member of UEFA since 1988, has a level of political autonomy that is similar to Gibraltar's.
	www.iht.com /articles/2006/12/17/news/gibraltar.php (733 words)

	Gibraltar
		Gibraltar is a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, measuring approximately 6.5 square kilometers.
		Gibraltar was the gateway to Spanish conquest for the Moors of North Africa (711) and they maintained control for almost 600 years.
		The name Gibraltar is a contraction of the Arabic words "Jibr el-Tariq," the Mountain of Tariq, named after the Moslem hero who led the invasion.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Gibraltar.html (678 words)

	The Rock of Gibraltar
		Gibraltar is a pint-size melting pot, a mix of English, Moorish, Genoese, Portuguese, Spanish, Jewish, Maltese and Indian.
		The isolation of the Gibraltar monkeys since the war mimics a phenomenon in nature caused by forest clearing and other pressures.
		"The Gibraltar colony of Barbary macaques provided an ideal example of genetic isolation of a small population, which is now a regular occurrence among wild primate populations because of forest fragmentation," said Robert Martin, a primatologist and Field Museum Provost.
	flatrock.org.nz /topics/money_politics_law/pillar_of_hercules.htm (1209 words)

	All About Gibraltar
		Gibraltar is a small Country that is part of Britain.
		This is a picture of the 100 ton gun that resides at the Napier of Magdala Battery in Gibraltar.
		The guns forced them to drop their bombs from a high altitude and in those days hitting a target as small as Gibraltar from a long way up was a difficult thing to do.
	www.gibraltar.com (484 words)

	Politics \| Labour's Gibraltar policy comes under fire
		The government was today accused of developing an "unethical foreign policy" towards Gibraltar after securing a joint sovereignty deal with Spain.
		Speaking at the Liberal Democrat conference in Brighton, the leader of the Gibraltar Liberal party, Dr Joseph Garcia, said New Labour had failed to live up to its own promises of promoting ethical foreign policies.
		Members voted overwhelmingly to support Gibraltar's forthcoming referendum on joint sovereignty and called for a deadline to negotiations between London and Madrid.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4508466-110890,00.html (453 words)

	Politics of Gibraltar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gibraltar is part of the European Union, having been the only British Overseas Territory which joined the EC under the British Treaty of Accession (1973).
		Gibraltar political activity takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Chief Minister is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		And whereas the people of Gibraltar have in a referendum held on [date] freely approved and accepted the Constitution annexed to this Order which gives the people of Gibraltar that degree of self-government which is compatible with British Sovereignty of Gibraltar and with the fact that the UK remains fully responsible for Gibraltar’s external relations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Gibraltar (2732 words)

	Gibraltar — FactMonster.com
		The town of Gibraltar lies at the northwest end of the Rock of Gibraltar.
		During the many years that Gibraltar was a British fortress, most of the area was taken up by military installations, and the civilian population was kept small.
		Gibraltar: History - History The name Gibraltar derives from the Arabic Jabal-al-Tarik [mount of Tarik], dating from the...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0820764.html (345 words)

	The Gibraltar Magazine
		You know, get a perspective from someone born in the UK that decided to make Gibraltar their home and Gibraltar politics one of their many interests.
		Gibraltar like a lot of places was not easy to break into for women.
		I got involved with the then Gibraltar National Party, my initial involvement was with the party’s youth wing and from this point I became interested in European Politics and subsequently LYMEC, the Liberal Youth Movement of the European Community.
	www.thegibraltarmagazine.com /road_trip.htm (1853 words)

	South Of Watford: Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The use by political parties of videos to make their case on an issue has quite suddenly become a popular practice in Spain.
		Politics in Cataluña, and to some extent in the rest of the country, can now return to business as usual, as the debate over the statute has dominated the political scene there in the last couple of years.
		Politically there are winners and losers as a result of this process.
	southofwatford.blogspot.com /search/label/Politics (6855 words)

	Gibraltar: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Gibraltar, at the south end of the Iberian Peninsula, is a rocky promontory commanding the western entrance to the Mediterranean.
		Spanish efforts to recover Gibraltar culminated in a referendum in 1967, in which the residents voted overwhelmingly to retain their link with Britain.
		In reaction, the government of Gibraltar held a referendum in Nov. 2002 in which the population voted almost unanimously against shared sovereignty.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108113.html (431 words)

	The Austin Chronicle News: Gibraltar v. Bradley
		First Gibraltar's involvement in Circle C immediately set off all the elements of a long and complicated chase scene.
		In that claim, First Gibraltar laid out a series of allegations that accused Gressett, "in conjunction with Bradley," (though Bradley wasn't a party in the case), of committing acts of fraud and misrepresentation in connection with the loans.
		Telling Gibraltar Savings that all Circle C directors had agreed to obtain the loan -- though Ira Yates, a third director in the deal, says he had no knowledge of the loan.
	www.austinchronicle.com /issues/dispatch/2002-10-11/pols_feature2.html (1233 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - Politics - Straw admits Gibraltar pact (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		He said the “only way of seeking for Gibraltar a stable and prosperous future is through a comprehensive and permanent settlement of this dispute with Spain”.
		He said Gibraltar should retain its customs and way of life and its people would keep the right to British nationality but also have the right to obtain Spanish nationality.
		The announcement came after the leader of the British colony’s Parliament said the apparent failure of talks on the future of Gibraltar must mark the end of sovereignty negotiations with Spain.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=751922002 (702 words)

	Gibraltar may not be spain but it could be worth the visit
		Gibraltar may not be spain but it could be worth the visit
		Gibraltar is rich in history; to the early Greek and Roman's Gibraltar was one of the two Pillars erected by Hercules to mark the edge of the world.
		Michael's cave is one of the sights (with in the rock) of Gibraltar.
	www.travelinginspain.com /gibraltar.htm (564 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Gibraltar attacks sovereignty plan
		Mr Caruana spoke after EU leaders issued a joint statement praising "both governments' commitments to overcome their differences over Gibraltar and to conclude a comprehensive agreement before the summer".
		But Mr Caruana said: "The Gibraltar government deeply regrets the EU Council's failure to refer to the wishes of the people of Gibraltar".
		Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said there is "no question" of Gibraltar being handed to Spain, or of its residents losing their British citizenship.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/1876936.stm (334 words)

	The Conservative Party in Gibraltar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The Conservatives in Gibraltar are constituted as a branch of the UK South West Region Party.
		Although not active in Gibraltar politics, our mission is to engage politically with our fellow Conservatives.
		Gibraltar elects members of the European Parliament as part of the South West region.
	www.conservatives.gi (46 words)

	The Scotsman - Politics - Gibraltar gives Straw a hard time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		THE people of Gibraltar yesterday vented their fury on Jack Straw, branding the Foreign Secretary a "traitor" and "Judas" when he arrived in the colony on a diplomatic peace mission.
		Mr Straw had hoped to use his visit - the first by a Foreign Secretary since 1989 - to allay concerns about the future of the Rock amid evidence London was on the verge of striking a joint sovereignty deal with Spain.
		There is a widespread belief among the 30,000 inhabitants that the UK government is preparing to renege on its 1969 commitment to give the Gibraltarians the final say, via a referendum, if there are to be changes to their sovereignty.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /politics.cfm?id=478502002 (357 words)

	Gibraltar: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Gibraltar residents vote overwhelmingly in referendum against “total shared sovereignty” arrangement worked out between Spain and UK to change 300-year rule over colony.
		In response, Spain sealed Gibraltar's land border between 1969 and 1985.
		Gibraltar - Gibraltar, British crown colony (2005 est.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108113.html (440 words)

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