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Since then they have had a string of successes, gaining swathes of territory in the north, in April overrunning Elephant Pass, the disused but heavily defended land link between the peninsula and the rest of the island, and then very nearly recapturing Jaffna, which might have prompted a declaration of independence.
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This declaration was made by Native American activists, whose request to turn the closed prison island into a Native American study centre was repeatedly turned down in the 1960s.
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As with the Marshall Islands' declaration, the Cook Islands' effort was with the help of the Pew Environment Group, which advocates island nations' involvement because of the vast scope of their territorial waters.
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