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2006-09-19 Europe

First three-way talks bring agreement on Gibraltar access

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Posted by Steve White 2006-09-19 00:02|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Due to the lack of land, Winston Churchill Avenue - the main road between Spain and Gibraltar - runs across the runway. The road is closed whenever there is a plane landing and/or departing.

Posted by phil_b 2006-09-19 00:34|| 2006-09-19 00:34|| Front Page Top

#2 Spain formally ceded Gibraltar to Britain in the 1713 Treaty of Utrecht.

"I'm sick of all this bloody fighting. If it's not the bloody Treaty of Utrecht it's the bloody binomial theorem."

Posted by Mike 2006-09-19 09:05|| 2006-09-19 09:05|| Front Page Top

#3 What side of the road do they drive on ?

Posted by wxjames 2006-09-19 09:54|| 2006-09-19 09:54|| Front Page Top

#4 The one that doesn't have the airplane landing on it.

Posted by Steve White">Steve White 2006-09-19 09:58|| 2006-09-19 09:58|| Front Page Top

#5 LOL, SW. *rimshot*

Posted by flyover 2006-09-19 10:05|| 2006-09-19 10:05|| Front Page Top

#6 I emailed the tourist bureau after Colin had to intercede. I suggested that if they don't get what they want, they should threaten to petition the US to become a territory......

Posted by anonymous2u 2006-09-19 17:35|| 2006-09-19 17:35|| Front Page Top

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