Greenland, a semiautonomous territory of Denmark, is holding a parliamentary election Tuesday with independence a key campaign theme after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants control over the world's biggest island.
Greenland became a formal territory of the Kingdom of Denmark in 1953, with Copenhagen controlling foreign affairs, defense and monetary policy.
It has had the right to hold a referendum on independence since 2009, and some locals see the election as a chance to secede.
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