Copenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland  - Voters in Greenland are to vote for a new home rule government June 2, the leader of the current home rule government said Wednesday.

The island territory is on June 21 set to gain more autonomy within Denmark under an agreement that coincides with the 30th anniversary of the existing home rule bill.

"I feel it is right to ask the people who should rule during the new era," Hans Enoksen of the ruling Siumut party said, according to the Sermitsiaq newspaper.

London, March 23 : A team of scientists is planning to dig up ice dating back more than 100,000 years in Greenland, to shed light on how global warming will change the world over the next century.

According to a report in The Times, the ice, at the bottom of the Greenland ice sheet, was laid down at a time when temperatures were 3 degree Celsius to 5 degree C warmer than they are today.

With temperatures forecast to rise by up to 7C in the next 100 years, the ice more than 8,000ft (2,400m) below the surface is thought by researchers to hold valuable clues to how much of the ice sheet will melt.

Washington, Feb 28: A new study has suggested that Greenland is lagging behind rest of the northern hemisphere's warming trend and that it's bound to catch up soon.

Air temperatures have been rising steadily in the northern half of the planet since about 1975, when scientists think the effects of human-induced global warming began to dominate the climate.

But, Greenland was left behind, perhaps kept cool when dust released from the eruptions of Mount St. Helens, El Chicon and Mt. Pinatubo reduced the amount of sunlight hitting the ice.

Around 1985, the icy island started to thaw, and has continued apace ever since.

Copenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland  - Greenland is set to gain more autonomy within Denmark after a strong majority of voters approved an enhanced self-rule plan, election results showed Wednesday.

Roughly 75 per cent of voters voted "aap," or "yes," Tuesday to the plan that would give Greenland partial control over its natural resources and take greater charge of justice and legal affairs.

"Looking back over history, this is the first time we've been asked," Greenland Premier Hans Enoksen said after the results were declared. "I'm extremely moved because now, like other peoples, we will be recognized as a nation."

Copenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland - Voters in Greenland went to the polls Tuesday to vote in a referendum on gaining more autonomy within Denmark.

A clear majority of the approximately 39,000 voters was expected to approve the plan, by voting "aap" or "yes" to the plan.

The Arctic island has had home rule since 1979. If the referendum is approved, Greenland aims to secure partial control over its natural resources and take greater charge of justice and legal affairs.

Copenhagen/Nuuk, Greenland  - Voters in Greenland, the world's largest island, are widely expected to approve a plan to gain more autonomy within Denmark in a referendum on Tuesday.

The Arctic island has had home-rule since 1979, and under the new terms Greenland aims to secure partial control over its natural resources and take greater charge of justice and legal affairs.

"We know Greenland has big resources," economics professor Christen Sorensen of the University of Southern Denmark and an expert on Greenland's economy said.