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	British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom situated in the Indian Ocean, one half the way between Africa and Indonesia.
		However, in 1810, Mauritius was captured by the United Kingdom, and France ceding the territory in the Treaty of Paris (1814).
		As a territory of the United Kingdom, the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory (1254 words)

	Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory was adopted on November 8, 1990.
		The Flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory is similar to the flags of other British dependencies and colonies as it has the Union Jack in the upper hoist-side corner.
		It is understood that the flag, which was ratified in 1990 may have been merely that of the Commissioner and has only semi-official status.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_of_British_Indian_Ocean_Territory (277 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about British Indian Ocean Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A palm tree in the fly symbolizes the lush vegetation of the islands, and a crown recalls the British monarchy.
		British colony in the Indian Ocean directly administered by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, consisting of the Chagos Archipelago some 1,900 km/1,200 mi northeast of Mauritius; area 60 sq km/23 sq mi.
		In 2000 a number of Ilois, British subjects who had lived on the Chagos islands, claimed that the British government had unlawfully removed them from the islands during the period 1967–73 to allow the US military base to be built.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /British+Indian+Ocean+Territory (279 words)

	flag of British Indian Ocean Territory (Commissioner's flag) flags, Fahnen, Flaggen, FOTW bei Nationalflaggen.de
		The territory was established on 8 November 1965 by the amalgamation of the Aldabra, Farquhar and Desroches islands (formerly part of the Seychelles) and the Chagos Archipelago (formerly from Mauritius.
		Strictly speaking this is just the flag of the commissioner, the lone British official who keeps up the pretence that the British Indian Ocean Territory is anything other than an American base.
		Because the flag is rather unlike the usual British colonial pattern, it would not surprise me if it's an unofficial local creation that has since been ratified (it was formally adopted in 1990), especially as it's for use on land only.
	www.nationalflaggen.de /flags-of-the-world/flags/io.html (323 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory
		By then, the Indian Ocean and its African, Arabian and Indian coasts had become a centre of rivalry between the Dutch, French and British East India companies for dominance over the spice trade and over the routes to India and the Far East.
		After the British Indian Ocean Territory had been created, the UK Government gave Mauritius an undertaking to cede the Chagos islands to Mauritius when they were no longer required for defence purposes.
		The Commissioner's Representative in the BIOT is the commanding officer of the British Royal Navy Party at Diego Garcia and who serves as the Justice of the Peace.
	www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/io.html (768 words)

	British Flags -- Recommendations and Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The rendition of the Union Flag, defaced in its centre by a crown, represents the province's origins as a British colony.
		The British Columbia flag was introduced on June 14, 1960 by Premier W. Bennett, and was first flown on board the BC Ferries vessel ''Queen of Sidney''.
		Flag ratio: 1:2]] The flag of the British Virgin Islands was adopted on November 15, 1960.
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	United Kingdom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The heraldic banner is properly a square flag, but for a flag flying in the wind from a flag pole some increase in length over the depth is admittedly desirable.
		It should thus be noted that the jack flag had existed for over a hundred and fifty years before the jack staff came into being, and its name was related to its size rather than to the position in which it was flown.
		Naval flags were changed in 1908 when the Admiralty decided that the blue in Union Flags and Ensigns should be the same shade of blue as that selected by King Edward VII for the Royal Standard.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/gb.html (2933 words)

	Diego Garcia "Camp Justice"
		In 1965, with the formation of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), Diego Garcia was under the administrative control of the British government of the Seychelles.
		Fears of a naval vacuum in the Indian Ocean were soon overtaken by fears of the militarisation of the Indian Ocean.
		The Russian Navy started showing its flag in the Indian Ocean, partly to fill the naval vacuum, partly to counter the American Navy and partly to demonstrate to the littoral states that the Russian Navy was a force to contend with.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/diego-garcia.htm (3163 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies of the United Kingdom - Anguilla Bermuda British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Channel...
		Judgement in the British Indian Ocean territory case: FCO statement.
		British Indian Ocean Territory - Statement by Bill Rammell MP on the High Court judgement.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0907120.html (305 words)

	Chagossians (British Indian Ocean Territory) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The elected representative of the Chagosians in Mauritius is Olivier Bencoult, who was involved in high profile High Court cases on the legality of the deportation of his people.
		The flag seems to have proportions of 3:5.
		The British Government has accepted the court ruling, and arrangements are supposed to be made to ensure they can return, and that they are compensated for the British Government's (now ruled to be) illegal expulsion of the islanders.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/io-chago.html (451 words)

	State Flag of British Indian Ocean Territory
		This illustration of the British Indian Ocean Territory Flag is available for immediate download as a single flag or as part of a complete set of international flags.
		Two sizes for each country flag are available: one in the official proportions as specified by the particular country and one in a standardized 3:5 ratio.
		Both the EPS and WMF versions are vector based graphics allowing you to print high resolution flags at any size from as small as a postage stamp to as large as a billboard.
	www.flagart.com /flags/british-indian-ocean-ter-s.htm (461 words)

	british indian ocean territory map and map of british indian ocean territory and information page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The British Indian Ocean Territory (B.I.O.T.), once a single-handedly controlled, widespread archipelago of over 2,300 small islands, is positioned in the Indian Ocean near the Equator, about 1,000 miles southwest of India.
		When the UK first established the territory in 1965, the original residents of the islands (against their will) were relocated to Mauritius and the Seychelles.
		It's positioned in the Indian Ocean approximately 1,000 miles southwest of India.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/asia/biot.htm (571 words)

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	Geography Of British Indian Ocean Territory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		If you would like to use this flag of British Indian Ocean Territory or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
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		If you would like to use this information for British Indian Ocean Territory or any other on your website you are welcome to do so, all we ask is that you include a link back to our site on the same page.
	www.appliedlanguage.com /country_guides/british_indian_ocean_territory_country_geography.shtml (339 words)

	british indian ocean territory flag and description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The BIOT flag was officially adopted on in 1990.
		The blue and white wavy lines represent the waters of the Indian Ocean, and the palm recalls the natural vegetation on the islands.
		The crown is indictative of it being a British possession.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/flags/countrys/assorted/biot.htm (193 words)

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		The flag behind the two goggled-eyed characters had...
		Are a group of Indian Ocean islanders plotting to...
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	U.S. Asks Britain To House B-2s At Island Base In Indian Ocean
		The Pentagon is asking Britain for permission to build special shelters for as many as six B-2 bombers at its air base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia.
		The British have several in the Seychelles, but DG is American and has been a very long time.
		An island in the Indian ocean is important enough in my mind to either purchase from another country or to build in International waters.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/751523/posts (685 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory
		Background: Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976.
		Location: Location: Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, south of India, about one-half the way from Africa to Indonesia.
		Government: Dependency status: Overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London.
	paulnoll.com /Locations/visiting-British-Indian-Ocean-Territory.html (378 words)

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	www.33ff.com /flags/worldflags/British-Indian-Ocean-Territory_flag.html (85 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory Information
		Established as a territory of the UK in 1965, a number of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) islands were transferred to the Seychelles when it attained independence in 1976.
		white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag
		All economic activity is concentrated on the largest island of Diego Garcia, where joint UK-US defense facilities are located.
	www.country-info.com /facts/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory.htm (476 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory - Wikimedia Commons
		The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) comprises some 2300 tropical islands of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, about one-half the way from Africa to Indonesia, around 6°S, 71°30'E. It is an Overseas Territory of the United Kingdom (UK).
		Diego Garcia, the largest and southernmost island, occupies a strategic location in the central Indian Ocean and is the site of a joint military facility between the UK and the United States.
		The total land area of the Territory is 60 square kilometres.
	commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory (100 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - British Indian Ocean Territory Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Friday, December 21, 2001; Washington Post A group of indigenous people who say they were forced from their archipelago when the United States assumed control of Diego Garcia and the Chagos Islands in the 1960s sued the government in U.S. District Court yesterday, alleging genocide, torture and forced relocation.
		The class action was filed by some of the more than 1,000 people who had lived in the isolated chain of islands in the Indian Ocean until the United States acquired control of the territory from British colonial rule in 1965.
		The Chagossians charge that the agreement with the British says "acquisition of Diego Garcia for defense purposes will imply displacement of the whole of the existing population of the island." The Chagossians say U.S. military and contract workers forced them from the island in the late '60s and early '70s.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Asia/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory/General_Tips-British_Indian_Ocean_Territory-BR-1.html (559 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory (Directory/Asia/British Indian Ocean Territory) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This part of the planet is commonly referred to as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT).
		It is owned by the British, the U.S.A. has a lease, or a so-called "treaty" on the land and...
		Origin of name: Descriptive: British possession in Indian Ocean Primary subdivisions: British Indian Ocean Territory has no known administrative divisions.
	www.worldwidirectory.com /Asia/British.Indian.Ocean.Territory (446 words)

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		Discovered by Portuguese explorers in the early 1500s, it is territory of the British Empire today.
		The native population of nearly 2000 people were summarily evicted from their homes in 1970, to make way for the military.
		The flag represents the entity known as BIOT, or British Indian Ocean Territory.
	www.projectprove.com /Arts/DGI/dgi.php (2334 words)

	American Flags Express \| British Indian Ocean Territory
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	British Indian Ocean Territory Government 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
		British Indian Ocean Territory Government 2000 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Dependency status: overseas territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
		Flag description: white with six blue wavy horizontal stripes; the flag of the UK is in the upper hoist-side quadrant; the striped section bears a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag
	www.photius.com /wfb2000/countries/british_indian_ocean_territory/british_indian_ocean_territory_government.html (168 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory Government 1997 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
		British Indian Ocean Territory Government 1997 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Dependency status dependent territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, residentin the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
		Flag description white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and sixblue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centeredon the outer half of the flag
	www.photius.com /wfb1997/british_indian_ocean_territory/british_indian_ocean_territory_government.html (168 words)

	British Indian Ocean Territory Government 1998 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
		British Indian Ocean Territory Government 1998 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International Agreements, Population, Social Statistics, Political System
		Dependency status dependent territory of the UK; administered by a commissioner, resident in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London
		Flag description white with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and six blue wavy horizontal stripes bearing a palm tree and yellow crown centered on the outer half of the flag
	www.greekorthodoxchurch.org /wfb1998/british_indian_ocean_territory/british_indian_ocean_territory_government.html (184 words)

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