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  Asociación Folklórica Corisco
Corisco is an Association established on July 1987, with the objective of giving light to the anxieties of its founders, who were propelled by Pablo Gonzalez, with the aim of enjoying what he does and to exalt Galician folklore to all its extent.
Corisco is a group of friends who has in common the same wish, which is to enjoy dance, music and everything that has to do with Galician folklore.
Corisco will go in the direction we lead it and in the direction you allow us with your clappings and critics, without weakening and having as much fun as possible, because that is our aim.
coriscovigo.tripod.com /en/quees.htm   (238 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Corisco
Corisco, island component of Equatorial Guinea, at the mouth of Corisco Bay off the coast of western Africa.
Corisco has an area of 14 sq km (5 sq...
Elobey Grande, small island in Corisco Bay in the Gulf of Guinea on the west coast of central Africa.
ca.encarta.msn.com /Corisco.html   (76 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Vanco awarded Corisco deep block offshore Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Corisco Deep Block lies offshore the Rio Muni portion of Equatorial Guinea, West Africa, 24 km south-west of and geologically on trend with the Ceiba discovery.
Corisco Deep covers 4,475 sq km (1.1 mm acres), bordering Sao Tome and Principe to the west and the Republic of Gabon to the south.
Corisco Deep features the Deepwater Rio Muni trend, an Upper Cretaceous turbidite trend having a structural setting similar to the discovery at Ceiba.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cna01990.htm   (264 words)

  
 Fetichism in West Africa: Preface
ON the 2d of July, 1861, I sailed from New York City on a little brig, the "Ocean Eagle," with destination to the island of Corisco, near the equator, on the West Coast of Africa.
Corisco is a microcosm, only five miles long by three miles wide; its surface diversified with every variety of landscape, proportioned to its size, of hill, prairie, stream, and lake.
It is located in the eye of the elephant-head shaped Bay of Corisco, and from twelve to twenty miles distant from the mainland.
www.sacred-texts.com /afr/fiwa/fiwa01.htm   (1828 words)

  
 Merche Corisco @ peermusic - The Independent Major
Merhe a 25 year old from Madrid had her first album released in 1996 on which influences from Jane's addiction to Janis Joplin were apparent.
She even traveled to the refugee camps of Tindurf (Sahara) to act in behalf of the refugees.
The year 2000 is the year of Merche Corisco.
latino.peermusic.com /artistpage/Merche_Corisco.html   (215 words)

  
 MUNI RIVER SETTLEMENTS - LoveToKnow Article on MUNI RIVER SETTLEMENTS
The small islands of Corisco (g.e.), Elobey Grande, Elobey Chico and Bana in Corisco Bay also belong to Spain.
From the estuary of the Campo the coast trends S.S.W. in a series of shallow indentations, until at the bold bluff of Cape San Juan it turns eastward and forms Corisco Bay.
The newly acquired territories were placed under the superintendence of the governor-general of Fernando P0, sub-governors being stationed at Bata, Elobey Chico and Corisco.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MU/MUNI_RIVER_SETTLEMENTS.htm   (855 words)

  
 Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Vanco wins PSC interest offshore Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Corisco Bay (Block N) ranges in water depths from shore to 200 meters, and covers 2,744 sq km (678,000 acres).
The block is on trend and contiguous with Amerada Hess' Block G containing the Ceiba Oil Field and the Okume, Oveng and Ebano oil discoveries.
Corisco Bay is also adjacent to the 1-mm-acre Corisco Deep Block K to the west in which Vanco has a 100 % interest, and is operator.
www.gasandoil.com /goc/company/cna21022.htm   (291 words)

  
 afrol News - Equatorial Guinea urged to "stop the killings"
Following gunfire between an unknown group termed as "terrorists" by Malabo authorities and the national security troops on Corisco Island on 29 May, the government is reported to have "unleashed a wave of arrests in Bata, the main city on the mainland," Amnesty reports.
Four men and one woman, presented as "terrorists", were paraded on national television where they "confessed" to using Corisco Island as the stepping stone from where to launch attacks on Malabo, the capital on Bioko Island, and Bata, the main city on the mainland.
After the attack on Corisco Island, the Gabonese security forces are reported to have rounded up Equatoguineans in Libreville, and friends and relatives of those who took part in the attack.
www.afrol.com /articles/13575   (836 words)

  
 Fetichism in West Africa
N the 2d of July, 1861, I sailed from New York City on a little brig, the "Ocean Eagle," with destination to the island of Corisco, near the equator, on the West Coast of Africa.
A man actually came to me on Corisco Island, in 1863, asking me for medicine with which to kill or quiet the body-spirit of his mother, whose motions were troubling him by preventing the funeral arrangements.
At Gabun, and also on Corisco Island, geological breaks in the horizontal strata of rock were filled by narrow vertical strata of limestone, between which water action has worn away the softer rock, leaving the limestone walls isolated, with a narrow ravine between them.
www.palo.org /palo/fetichism-article.html   (19495 words)

  
 Ethno-Net Database: Gabon
The Corisco Bay dispute is the latest of several border quarrels to arise in Africa, where hopes of finding oil have encouraged both sides to dig in their heels.
One European expert in maritime law familiar with the Corisco Bay dispute said the Spanish colonial authorities in Equatorial Guinea removed a French presence on the disputed islands in the mid-1950's without provoking any protest from Paris.
While Washington may be pushing for a quick solution to the Corisco Bay dispute, the UN mediation is not guaranteed to produce a quick fix.
www.ethnonet-africa.org /data/gabon/rep0104.htm   (2081 words)

  
 CORISCO - Online Information article about CORISCO
Great and Little Elobey, and Corisco, the last-named lying farthest to seaward and giving its name to the bay.
Corisco Island, the largest of the See also:
Corisco and the other islands named are See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /COM_COR/CORISCO.html   (329 words)

  
 Stop the killings, the rapes and the arbitrary arrests
Following an attack by some individuals on the military garrison on Corisco Island on 29 May 2004, the government unleashed a wave of arrests in Bata, the main city on the mainland.
After the attack on Corisco Island, the Gabonese security forces rounded up Equatorial Guineans in Libreville, and friends and relatives of those who took part in the attack.
Four men and one woman were paraded on national television where they reportedly "confessed" to using Corisco Island as the stepping stone from where to launch attacks on Malabo, the capital on Bioko Island, and Bata, the largest city on the mainland.
www.peacewomen.org /news/Guinea-Bissau/July04/stop.html   (798 words)

  
 Vanco Energy Company: Activity:Equatorial Guinea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
After Triton’s (now Amerada Hess) Ceiba discovery in October 1999, Vanco focused on the southern continuation of the deepwater Rio Muni Upper Cretaceous turbidite trend in the area just south of Ceiba.
Block K covers 1.1 million acres and is located southwest of Amerada's Block G discoveries in water depths ranging from 200 to 2,500 meters.
In 2003, Canadian independent Nexen and Spain's Repsol joined Vanco to participate in Block K Corisco Deep, with Nexen as operator.
www.vancoenergy.com /exploration/eqguinea.htm   (286 words)

  
 Elobey, Annobon and Corisco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Elobey, Annobon and Corisco was a Spanish Colony that was controled by the Continental Guinea District.
Elobey, Annobon and Corisco issued their own stamps between the years of 1903-1909.
In 1909 the stamps of Spanish Guinea replaced the stamps of Elobey, Annobon and Corisco.
www.stampmasteralbum.com /ForeignCountryIdentifier/Cde/ElobeyAnnobonCorisco.htm   (56 words)

  
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ABIDJAN, 23 Jan 2004 (IRIN) - Equatorial Guinea and Gabon have agreed that a UN mediator should settle their territorial dispute over a handful of small islands that hold the key to potentially oil-rich offshore waters.
The foreign ministers of both countries signed a communiqué in New York on 19 January, accepting the appointment of Yves Fortier, a former Canadian ambassador to the United Nations, as mediator, and outlining several steps to be taken in future talks.
IRIN is a project of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=39104&SelectRegion=West_Africa&...   (1196 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Corisco E Dada : Plot   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Largely filmed in Brazil's arid northeast Seratao region and set during the '20s and '30s, this fascinating dramatic adventure paints a heroic portrait of the exploits of the notorious cangaceiro (Brazilian outlaws and subversives who tormented and robbed government authorities and major landowners for abusing the
peasants) Corisco and his lover Dada, a true bandit queen whom he kidnapped and raped when she was only 12.
That was long ago and she grew up to be passionately devoted to him.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/94254/plot.jhtml   (185 words)

  
 Corisco & Dadá
He'll help young Harry and Co. once more in the latest installment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for Corisco & Dadá to receive a rating.
"Sem explorar as personalidades ou a relação de Corisco e Dadá, o filme se limita a retratar parte da história do cangaço sem muita inspiração e com uma fotografia medíocre.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/CoriscoDad-10003218   (276 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Ilya_Andriy's Isla de Corisco Things to Do Tips
Ilya_Andriy's Tips on Travel To Isla de Corisco.
Travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures on Isla de Corisco Things to Do member log in
Ask the VT Community about Isla de Corisco
members.virtualtourist.com /m/5d428/1eb93e/4   (124 words)

  
 Equatorial Guinea traditional states
(B) On the part called Cabo San Juan of the mainland component of the state a "kingdom" was established before 1800; the seat of this state migrated to the island of Corisco c.1840, and in 1858 this state split into a state comprising Corisco and another back at Cabo San Juan.
Here the terms "Cabo San Juan" and "Corisco," though obviously not the state's own name(s), are used.
1858 State split between Cabo San Juan and Corisco.
www.worldstatesmen.org /Equatorial_Guinea_native.html   (163 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Vanco Awarded Interest in Corisco Bay Block Offshore Equatorial Guinea, West Africa
(EMAILWIRE.COM, February 06, 2002) Vanco Energy Company announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Vanco Equatorial Guinea Ltd., has been awarded a 10-percent interest in a Production Sharing Contract (PSC) for the Corisco Bay block (Block N) in the prolific Rio Muni Basin offshore Equatorial Guinea.
Corisco Bay is also adjacent to the 1-million-acre Corisco Deep Block K to the west in which Vanco has a 100-percent interest, and is operator.
www.emailwire.com /news/oil2261.shtml   (285 words)

  
 Corisco & Dadá (1996)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Plot Summary: Cruel and brave Brazilian outlaw called Corisco, living in the backcountry in the Northeast, an arid region...
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Discuss this movie with other users on IMDb message board for Corisco & Dadá (1996)
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 Corisco Hotel Tossa de Mar - Reviews & Official Contact Details
Corisco Hotel Tossa de Mar - Reviews & Official Contact Details
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www.travel-library.com /hotels/europe/spain/tossa_de_mar/corisco.html   (154 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Ilya_Andriy's Isla de Corisco Travel Tips
VirtualTourist.com - Ilya_Andriy's Isla de Corisco Travel Tips
Travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures on Isla de Corisco
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 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Corisco E Dada : Review
VH1.com : Movies : Movie : Corisco E Dada : Review
Largely filmed in Brazil's arid northeast Seratao region and set during the '20s and '30s, this fascinating dramatic adventure paints a heroic portrait of the exploits of the notorious cangaceiro (Brazilian outlaws and subversives who
tormented and robbed government authorities and major landowners for abusing the peasants) Corisco and his lover Dada, a true bandit queen whom he kidnapped and raped when she was only 12.
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/94254/review.jhtml   (196 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Ilya_Andriy's Isla de Corisco Travelogue - Reserva natural de Corisco y Elobeyes
VirtualTourist.com - Ilya_Andriy's Isla de Corisco Travelogue - Reserva natural de Corisco y Elobeyes
Travel experience, unbiased tips, reviews, and pictures on Isla de Corisco - Reserva natural de Corisco y Elobeyes
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members.virtualtourist.com /m/tt/3fcd7   (116 words)

  
 Airliners.net Photos: Frigoestrela Ltda Embraer EMB-711ST Corisco II Turbo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Airliners.net Photos: Frigoestrela Ltda Embraer EMB-711ST Corisco II Turbo
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This Corisco is flown by my friend Carlinhos who flew with me to Bariloche SAZS last year.
www.airliners.net /open.file?id=811458   (140 words)

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