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edit BBC WORLD NEWS SERVICE, NORTH AMERICA DESK — 19.02.2004

KINGSTON — Broadcast of President Bush's "Emergency Address to the Nation" causes general unrest and speculation over Floridas future. Reproduced here is the text of the speech and the Declaration of War. "Fellow Antileanos, the situation in the Cruzan Islands, mere miles from Porto Rico, and within striking distance of many of your homes, has reached critical levels. The democratically constituted government, formed last year has ceased to act within its democratically constituted limitations and has progressively acted in a manner inconsistent with its status as a province of this Republic."  Read More...

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