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Between 1967 and 1973 2000 residents of the Chagos Islands were evacuated by the British in order to allow the US to build its Indian Ocean base at Diego Garcia.

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BBC NEWS | UK | Q&A: Chagos Islands dispute

Background to the battle for compensation between thousands of Chagos islanders and the British Government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3177682.stm

The Provisional Peoples Democratic Republic of Diego Garcia

Tongue in cheek site from US servicemen who served, or are serving, in Diego Garcia.
http://www.zianet.com/tedmorris/dg/ppdrdg.html

BBC NEWS | UK | Diego Garcia: remembering paradise lost

Thirty-five years after his people were ejected from their Indian Ocean paradise by the British Government, young Jean Redi Bancoult has not forgotten his motherland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/835963.stm

Chagos Islands Indigenous Population Internet Site

Advocates for the rights of residents displaced from the islands for the construction of the US Naval Base at Diego Garcia. Information about the islands and their native population.
http://www.chagos.org/home.htm

The Chagos islands saga. The Chagossians demand urgent reparation from Britain

News article reviewing the history and plight of the Chagossian people.
http://www.mauritiusnews.co.uk/Dec_01/1.html
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