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  Marshall Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. island of Wake.
Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited by Europeans for several more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
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 Marshall Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Republic of the Marshall Islands are an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the American island of Wake.
Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was the first European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited for several more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788; the islands owe their name to him.
In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the American government was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
www.bidprobe.com /en/wikipedia/m/ma/marshall_islands.html   (571 words)

  
 Islands
Islands District, Hong Kong The Islands District is one of the 18 New Territories.
Geography The islands are southeast of Tanimbar Islands...
Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern archipelago of 7,215 km².
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 Northern Mariana Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a commonwealth in political union with the United States of America at a strategic location in the North Pacific Ocean.
The southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; the northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on Anatahan, Pagan and Agrihan.
The islands were administered by the United States of America as part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; thus, defense and foreign affairs are the responsibility of the US.
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 Resources on the Marshall Islands
Chuuk (formerly Truk), Yap, Palau, the Marshall Islands and the...
...the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); the Marshall Islands (Republic of...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is an Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island.
www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/pacific/Marshall_Islands.html   (1600 words)

  
 Solomon_Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Solomon Island are a wide island nation that lies East of Papua New Guinea and consists of many islands: Choiseul, the Shortland Islands, the New Georgia Islands, Santa Isabel, the Russell Islands, the Florida Islands, Malaita, Guadalcanal, Sikaiana, Maramasike, Ulawa, Uki, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Rennell, Bellona and the Santa Cruz Islands.
The Santa Cruz Islands, which are east of the main group of the Solomons, are part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion, together with the neighboring archipelago of Vanuatu.
The national flag of Solomon Islands is divided diagonally by a thin yellow stripe from the lower hoist-side corner representing the sun; the upper triangle (hoist side) is blue representing the blue sky with five white five-pointed stars in an X pattern; the lower triangle is green representing the greeny patch of lands.
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 Marshall Islands Article, MarshallIslands Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar was thefirst European to sight the Marshalls, but the islands remained virtually unvisited forseveral more centuries, before being visited by English captain John Marshall in 1788 ; the islands owetheir name to him.
In 1979 the Republic of the Marshall Islands was established and a Compact of Free Association with the Americangovernment was signed, becoming effective in 1986.
The Marshall Islands are divided into 24 legislative districts, which correspond to the inhabited islands and atolls of thecountry.
www.anoca.org /atoll/legislative/marshall_islands.html   (579 words)

  
 Pitcairn_Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Since a population peak of 233 in 1937, the island is suffering from emigration, primarily to New Zealand, leaving a current population of approximately 47.
The Pitcairn Islands form the southeasternmost extension of the geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia, and consist of five islands: Pitcairn Island, Sandy Island, Oeno Island, Henderson Island, and Ducie Island.
Henderson island, covering about 67% of the territory's total land area, and supporting a rich fauna in its nearly inaccessible interior, is capable of supporting a small human population, but is not at all hospitable to communications with the outside world, its outer shores being comprised of uniformly steep limestone cliffs of razor sharp coral.
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 Marshall Islands - Gurupedia
The Republic of the Marshall Islands are an island nation in the
Federated States of Micronesia and south of the American island of Wake.
United States invaded the islands (1944), and they were added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
www.gurupedia.com /m/ma/marshall_islands.htm   (542 words)

  
 Marshall Islands
College of the Marshall Islands is two year college located on Majuro.
RMI Online is the "official site of the Government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands" and provides detailed information on various aspects of the country including official government statements.
Marshall Islands Chronology reviews the history of the Marshall Islands from 1944 to 1990 and provides a bibliography or sources used to compile this document.
w2.byuh.edu /academics/pacislands/micro/marshall.html   (327 words)

  
 Solomon Islands - Gurupedia
The Solomon Islands are a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the British Commonwealth.
The Solomon Islands is a parliamentary democracy within the Commonwealth of Nations, with a unicameral Parliament and a ministerial system of government.
The Santa Cruz Islands, which are west of the main group of the Solomons, are part of the Vanuatu rain forests ecoregion, together with the neighboring archipelago of
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 Meet Your Host
Dual citizen of the U.S. and the Marshall Islands
*Selected by the Marshall Islands government to serve a 3 year term on the College of the Marshall Islands [CMI] as a Regent on the Board of Directors, (October 2004-present) Chair of the 2005 CMI Presidential Selection Committee, elected Secretary/Treasurer of the Board, Sept. 2005.
His first six years in the Marshalls were all spent in the isolated jungles of the outer islands.
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 Marshall Islands at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Territory of the Pacific Islands, the Marshall Islands attained independence in 1986...
With the unprecedented 1990 joint issue between the Marshall Islands and the United States, the stamps of the Marshall Islands truly came of age.
These beautiful islands are a collection of 1,225 islands and islets of which only five are single islands.
www.springknow.com /Mh.html   (999 words)

  
 demographics of taiwan
About 370,000 Taiwanese aborigines inhabit the mountainous central and eastern parts of the island and are believed to be of Malayo-Polynesian origin.
At the same time there is a strong belief in Chinese folk religion throughout the island.
Christian churches have been active on Taiwan for many years, and today the island has more than 600,000 Christians, a majority of whom are Protestant.
www.fact-library.com /demographics_of_taiwan.html   (799 words)

  
 American Samoa (U.S.) - Pacific Islands
The islands are home to about 65, 446, most of whom live on Tutuila.
In April 1900 local Samoan chiefs ceded the islands of Tutuila and Aunuu to...
By 1940, the Samoan islands had become a training and staging area for the u.s.
www.atlastraveldirectory.com /dir/86/332   (317 words)

  
 Everything Marshall Islands :: http://www.yokwe.net
While unemployment in the Marshall Islands has hit 40 percent and is rising, the government has raised the salaries of its work force dramatically in recent years.
Marshall Islands announced plans this week to begin injecting large amounts of funding into a job-training program and named one of the country’s most experienced administrators to head the effort.
Marshall Islands President Kessai H. Note yesterday morning (Wednesday) said that reports that are presented to the Nitijela (Parliament) by the Administration are meant to be digested and analyzed by Nitijela members for better monitoring leading to better performance by the Government.
yokwe.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=662&...   (2278 words)

  
 David R. Huskins - University of Akron Homepage
The Center for Policy Studies (formerly known as the Survey Research Center) is a department at the University of Akron that provides demographic data to non-profit and non-partisan entities.
We are a State Data Center, which means we act as a depository for data from the Ohio Department of Development and the United States Census Bureau.
We have general demographic data on the the entire United States, more specific data on the State of Ohio, and we specialize in providing data on Summit and adjacent Counties.
gozips.uakron.edu /~dhuskin   (1333 words)

  
 Articles - Marshall Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) is a Micronesian island nation in the western Pacific Ocean, located north of Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of the U.S. territory of Wake Island.
The U.S. started conducting nuclear tests on the islands immediately after the war, continuing until the 1960s as the Pacific Proving Grounds.
Life on the outer atolls is generally still fairly traditional, and the nutrition of the rural population, being grown and caught, is superior that of most of the urban residents, who rely considerably on white rice.
www.lastring.com /articles/Marshall_Islands?mySession=5a321c27595e4314e0337475dbd16099   (748 words)

  
 Te Puna Web Directory > Pacific > Regional > Marshall Islands, Republic of the > General and Reference
General information about the Marshall Islands including an overview, politics, the media, national anthem and a timeline of historical events.
Images of the Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands and aspects of life in the islands, some papers, links to Marshall Island and Pacific web pages.
It serves the people of the Federated States of Micronesia, Palau, the Marshall Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz /dir/en/pacific/regional/marshall-islands-republic-of-the/general-and-reference   (407 words)

  
 US State Department Releases Religious Freedom Reports :: Everything Marshall Islands :: http://www.yokwe.net
Christianity is a dominant social and cultural force in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), states the 2003 Report on International Religious Freedom.
Although a large shift in demographics has not occurred in the Marshalls, there might be cause for the US to review the old statistics due to the influx of certain ethnic groups, as well as the exodus of Marshallese to the States and territories over the past five years.
On the island of Kosrae, 99 percent of the population are members of the United Church of Christ.On the island of Pohnpei, clan divisions mark religious boundaries in some measure.
www.yokwe.net /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=662&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0   (850 words)

  
 Marshall Islands: Information on palau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Ph.D. University of Hawaii at Manoa The Marshall Islands is a republic consisting of 29 atolls and 5...
The Republic of the Marshall Islands consists of two chains of 29 coral atolls and five low islands...
Republic of the Marshall Islands: Financial Position in the Fund You may contact us about Republic of the Marshall Islands and the IMF at MHLContact@imf.org E-Notifications Receive email when we post...
palaumap.mawnpalau.com /marshallislands   (970 words)

  
 Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands Country Information
The Island of Heaven, formally known as Cato Island.
The gay rainbow pride flag is the official flag of the Kingdom.
The 1 week state of War, which was Officially declared, brought into effect the Law of War, under whose Sovereignty goes automatically to a State undefeated in a State of War.
gayjourney.com /info/gaykingdom.htm   (588 words)

  
 Marshall Islands - OneLook Dictionary Search
Marshall Islands : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
MARSHALL ISLANDS : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
Phrases that include Marshall Islands: republic of the marshall islands, communications in the marshall islands, demographics of the marshall islands, economy of the marshall islands, flag of the marshall islands, more...
www.onelook.com /?w=Marshall+Islands   (211 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Philippines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
The Philippine Islands became a Spanish colony during the 16th century; they were ceded to the US in 1898 following the Spanish-American War.
In 1942 the islands fell under Japanese occupation during WWII, and US forces and Filipinos fought together during 1944-45 to regain control.
Fidel RAMOS was elected president in 1992 and his administration was marked by greater stability and progress on economic reforms.
www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/rp.html   (1429 words)

  
 General Resources : Marshall Islands : Selected Internet Resources (Portals to the World, Library ofCongress)
Provides country profile and statistical information on Marshall Islands such as history, languages, ethnic groups, religion, gross national product, government, culture, education, industries and manufacturing.
Presents RMI Online, an Internet guide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), provided by the Embassy of the RMI to the United States.
Contains information on the geography and climate, population and demographics, history and culture, government, business and economy, natural resource, travel and tourism, and other topics.
www.loc.gov /rr/international/asian/marshallIslands/resources/marshallislands-general.html   (352 words)

  
 PRISM: Internet becomes the key to accessing Pacific Island statistics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
Douglas Kimi, Statistician from Honiara, Solomon Islands, enjoyed the case study on "key statistics".
He said he realised the significance of using standardised information for a comprehensive and coherent approach and how it would ease analysis and comparison between different regional data.
This workshop brought together statisticians from six countries in the Pacific – the Marshall Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI),Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna.
www.spc.org.nc /AC/artiprismworkshops.htm   (1491 words)

  
 AdvertisingAge - Digital Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
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