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Trump’s Greenland threats spill into another Danish territory

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Even though US President Donald Trump backed down from his threats to seize Greenland, he set off a wave of anxiety in this part of the world.

Even though US President Donald Trump backed down from his threats to seize Greenland, he set off a wave of anxiety in that part of the world.

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Amelia Nierenberg, Jeffrey Gettleman, Regin Winther Poulsen

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KIRKJUBOUR, Faroe Islands It is a Danish territory sitting in the North Atlantic.

Many of its people have been yearning for independence for decades.

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