Reply #1: UK in grab for Atlantic riches [View All]

[Judi Lynn]

September 23, 2007

UK in grab for Atlantic riches
Richard Brooks

Britain is preparing to lodge legal claims over tens of thousands of square miles of the Atlantic sea-bed, threatening to reignite the Falklands dispute with Argentina.

The claims, to be negotiated at the United Nations, would enable Britain to exploit oil and mineral reserves up to 350 miles from the coast of its territories.

The gathering struggle over the Atlantic follows the emergence earlier this year of a high-profile scramble for the sea-bed under the Arctic.

Last month, a Russian submarine raised a titanium flag on the sea-bed under the North Pole. Moscow has also taken out advertisements in western newspapers extolling its historic claims to the region.

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