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Turks & Caicos: Hail To The Chief

Thursday, October 15th, 2009 @ 16:50 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: Turks & Caicos Isl.
Topics:: Governance, Law, International Relations, Politics
Languages:: English

The Turks and Caicos Islands has a new Chief Executive, whose appointment is “part of the much criticized British takeover of the T&C government following a corruption scandal.” Repeating Islands has the details.

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