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	Tuvalu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans in 1568 with the arrival of Alvaro de Mendaña y Neyra from Spain, who encountered the island of Nui but was unable to land.
		Tuvalu islands is a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II recognised as Queen of Tuvalu.
		She is represented in Tuvalu by a Governor-General, who is appointed upon the advice of the prime minister.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tuvalu (1429 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tuvalu
		The Governor-General of Tuvalu is the representative of Queen Elizabeth II on the island nation, serving as its head of state, and performing the same duties as the Queen in the United Kingdom.
		Main article: Politics of Tuvalu The Queen of Tuvalu Queen Elizabeth II as the Queen of Tuvalu, is the head of state, represented by the Governor General, who is appointed by the Queen on advice of the Prime Minister.
		Nukulaelae is one of the nine atolls of Tuvalu.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tuvalu (4891 words)

	MSN Encarta - Tuvalu
		Tuvalu’s nearest neighbors are the Fiji Islands, about 1,050 km (about 650 mi) to the south, and Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), about the same distance to the southeast.
		The atoll of Funafuti is the capital of Tuvalu.
		Tuvalu is a chain of nine low-lying coral islands, extending from northwest to southeast for about 600 km (about 400 mi).
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574118/Tuvalu.html (1016 words)

	Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Residents of the tiny nation of Tuvalu have embarked on a remarkable initiative to save their homeland from the rising sea levels that are threatening to swamp...
		Tuvalu, inhabited since the beginning of the first millennium BC, was first visited by Europeans in 1568, with the arrival of Alvaro de Mendana y Neyra from Spain.
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth, with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state.
	www.wikiverse.org /tuvalu (942 words)

	TUVALU FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuvalu is an island_nation located in the Pacific_Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia.
		Tuvalu was first sighted by Europeans in 1568 with the arrival of Alvaro_de_MendaÃ±a_y_Neyra from Spain, who encountered the island of Nui but was unable to land.
		In 1943 during World_War_II, Tuvalu was selected as an operations base for Allied forces battling the Japanese in the Pacific.
	www.flowergods.com /Tuvalu (1330 words)

	Tuvalu History
		In 1979 the population of Tuvalu was estimated to be 7349.
		The present population of Tuvalu is estimated to be 10,500, and there are growing communities in other countries, mainly Australia, New Zealand and Kiribati.
		Tuvalu's waters are frequented by American whalers in the 1800's.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /history.htm (2335 words)

	History of Tuvalu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Other early interactions with the outside world were far less benign—in 1863, hundreds of people from the southern islands were kidnapped when they were lured aboard slave ships with promises that they would be taught about Christianity.
		Tuvalu became fully independent in 1978 and in 1979 signed a treaty of friendship with the United States, which recognized Tuvalu's possession of four small islands formerly claimed by the United States.
		Elections held in July 2002 were, as is the norm in Tuvalu, free and fair.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Tuvalu (424 words)

	Encyclopedia: History of Tuvalu
		Nukufetau is one of the nine atolls of the nation Tuvalu.
		A prime minister may be either: the chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives...
		See also: History of present-day nations and states This is a list of articles on the history of the countries that still exist today.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/History-of-Tuvalu (1183 words)

	Tuvalu Law & Government - LawResearch
		History Tuvalu was formerly known as the Ellice Islands, and from 1916 to 1975 was part of the British Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony.
		The population of Tuvalu, formerly known as the Ellice or Lagoon Islands, is thought to have dropped from 20,000 in 1850 to 3,000 in 1875, thanks to slave-traders and imported European diseases.
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy.
	www.lawresearch.com /v10/global/ztv.htm (594 words)

	Pacific Island Books : Tuvalu
		The present government of Tuvalu continues to support the perpetuation of these old songs by bringing to bear the staying power of print along with new technology in the form of compact discs.
		Suamalie Iosefa is a Minister and senior administrator in the Tuvalu Church, Doug Munro teaches at the University of the South Pacific, and Niko Besnier teaches at Yale University.
		It is intended both as a contribution to the knowledge of Pacific history and as an expression of Tuvalu’s cultural identity, complementing the political identity officially born in 1978 when Tuvalu became an independent nation.
	www.pacificislandbooks.com /tuvalu.htm (1068 words)

	Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuvalu is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations which gives it ties to Great Britain.
		Tuvalu - CIA World Factbook - There is information on the flag, the government, the economy, and the geography of Tuvalu.
		Tuvalu - There is information about the flag, history, government, economy, and geograpy of this island country.
	www.slc.k12.ut.us /webweavers/lindam/listtuvalu.html (144 words)

	Tuvalu on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The sinking feeling: their island nation on the verge of disappearing due to sea level rise, citizens of Tuvalu prepare for repatriation.
		Tuvalu Issues Collectors Stamp Set to Illustrate the Unique Partnership Between the Island Nation and The.tv Corporation.
		L'atoll de Tuvalu L'atoll polynésien de Tuvalu, dans la Pacifique, va être submergé jeudi par des grandes marées exception.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tuvalu.asp (550 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pacific Division - Tuvalu Political, Economic and Relationship Country Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuvalu was part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1892.
		Tuvalu is a United Nations designated Least Developed Country, in recognition of its small size, almost total lack of exploitable resources and very limited potential for economic development.
		Tuvalu is a member of the Pacific Islands Forum, the Forum Fisheries Agency, the South Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), the South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), SPC, SPBEA, South Pacific Tourism Council, and the University of the South Pacific.
	www.mft.govt.nz /foreign/regions/pacific/country/tuvalupaper.html (2225 words)

	Tuvalu (09/05)
		Tuvalu has westerly gales and heavy rain from November to March and tropical temperatures moderated by easterly winds from March-November.
		Tuvalu maintains an independent judiciary consisting of a High Court and eight island courts.
		Tuvalu became a member of United Nations in 2000 and maintains a mission at the UN in New York.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/16479.htm (2179 words)

	About Tuvalu History
		For many people, the history of Tuvalu is measured in terms of the European exploration and influence.
		The history of Tuvalu would not be complete unless all these factors are considered.
		During the sixteenth century the history of European voyaging and discovery in the Pacific remained predominantly Spanish with the Portuguese acquiring the East Indies at the Pacific's western edge until superseded by the Dutch at the end of the century.
	www.janeresture.com /aboutuvhistory (1437 words)

	NTU Info Centre: Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The population may evacuate during the next decades to New Zealand, or Niue, a small Pacific island (independent but associated with New Zealand) that isn't threatened by sea level rise, but does have decreasing population.
		Main industries are fishing and tourism, even due to the remote location of the islands only a small number of tourists arrive annually.
		One of these is the population boom on an resource-scarce island which has wreaked environmental damage.
	www.nowtryus.com /article:Tuvalu (1128 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		While the cartographers would drop Tuvalu in Micronesia, the sociologists and historians are in no doubt that the Rorscach Test-like scattering of islands belong to Polynesia.
		Language, traditions and artifacts indicate that Polynesians from Tonga and Samoa in the south-east arrived in the island group early in the 14th century.
		During WW2 the US used Tuvalu's northernmost atoll, Nanumea, as a base to repell the Japanese who were threatening the Gilbert Islands.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /tuvalu/about_destin/history.asp (463 words)

	History of Tuvalu -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		However, in 1819 an (A native or inhabitant of the United States) American ship captain, De Peyster, named the main island in the group Ellice's Island after a (The people of Great Britain) British politician who owned the cargo aboard his ship.
		Those islanders were forced to work under horrific conditions in the (The excrement of sea birds; used as fertilizer) guano mines of (A republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries) Peru.
		In 1974 the Ellice Islanders voted for separate British dependency status as (A group of coral islands in Micronesia southwest of Hawaii) Tuvalu, separating from the Gilbert Islands which became (An island republic in the west central Pacific just south of the equator) Kiribati upon independence.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/hi/history_of_tuvalu.htm (558 words)

	Tuvalu's First ISP
		Tuvalu is a Pacific Island country with a total population of about 10,000 people.
		The government of Tuvalu has decided to jump into the Internet revolution, partly because the Tuvalu Domain Name.TV is of high commercial value, and partly because the Internet could be a way to develop the country as well as put it on the map.
		As Tuvalu is two hours away by plane from the closest country, Fiji, it is important to go there with everything that may be needed.
	www.isoc.org /inet2000/cdproceedings/8d/8d_1.htm (2603 words)

	Flag Of Tuvalu Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The current Flag of Tuvalu was instated when the country became independent in 1978, after the separation from the Gilberts in 1976.
		The stars represent the 9 islands of which Tuvalu is made up; the arrangement is geographically correct when the flag is hung from the hoist down (because of the astronomical position in the sky).
		In 1995 the flag was replaced with a new one which was not based on the British flag, and also represented the islands with stars.
	www.thelocalcolorartgallery.com /encyclopedia/Flag_of_Tuvalu (427 words)

	Lifeonline
		One of the smallest nations in the world, Tuvalu is a group of atolls in the South Pacific, earlier known as the Ellice Islands.
		The country is Tuvalu in the South Pacific: nine low-lying islands 1,000 km north of Fiji that make up one of the world's smallest, most isolated and most densely populated countries.
		The deal is that Tuvalu receives $50 million over the first 10 years, plus a double-digit stake in the company and a seat on the board.
	www.tve.org /lifeonline/index.cfm?aid=1100 (1044 words)

	Tuvalu Tourism - History of Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tuvalu (then known as the Ellice Islands) first came under British jurisdiction in 1877.
		Tuvalu is classified by the United Nations as one of the world's peaceful least developed countries.
		Tuvalu has recently been accepted and elected as the 189th Member State of the United Nations for the New Millennium.
	www.timelesstuvalu.com /tuvalu/export/sites/TTO/history.html (230 words)

	Tuvalu
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy and Commonwealth Realm, with Queen Elizabeth II recognised as Queen of Tuvalu.
		Being one of the smallest countries in the world, in fact, the fourth smallest, Tuvalu also has very poor lands.
		Royalites from these new technology sources could raise GDP three or more times over the next decade.
	creekin.net /n189-tuvalu.html (1322 words)

	Tuvalu
		In 2000, Tuvalu became a member of the United Nations.
		Tuvalu Little, Tuvalu Late: A Country goes under.
		Yesterday Tuvalu became the 189th member of the UN by using a new e-commerce resource: the dotTV connection.(World)(The New Economy) (The Christian Science Monitor)
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108062.html (618 words)

	Tuvalu Flag - World Flags 101 - Tuvalian Flags
		The nine stars represent the nine islands of Tuvalu and reproduce their geographical appearance on a map, with the top of the flag being East and the left side being north.
		Tuvalu gained independence from Britain on October 1, 1978 and adopted the current flag.
		In 1995 the Tuvalu flag was replaced with a new one which wasn't based on the British Union Jack, but the new proposal wasn't liked by the citizens of Tuvalu and the old flag was re-instated in 1997, with some minor changes to it.
	www.worldflags101.com /t/tuvalu-flag.aspx (264 words)

	Tuvalu
		Tuvalu consists of nine small islands scattered over 500,000 sq mi of the western Pacific, just south of the equator.
		Tuvalu - Tuvalu, independent Commonwealth nation (1995 est.
		Tuvalu: History - History Capt. John Byron visited the islands in 1764 and they were administered by Britain as part...
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108062.html (390 words)

	Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Due to their low elevation, the islands that make up this nation are threatened by any future sea level rise.
		Tuvalu is a constitutional monarchy within the British Commonwealth, with the British queen as the head of state.
		A governor is appointed by her to take care of business.
	www.city-search.org /tu/tuvalu.html (916 words)

	Stamps Main
		Tuvalu's first cancellation devices were put into on 1 January 1976.
		At the suggestion of the philatelic advisors to Tuvalu at the time, the Philatelic Bureau introduced a new single ring cancel inscribed "Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau / Funafuti, Tuvalu" (Type TC-3).
		Tuvalu's first commemorative cancel for use on commercial mail was put into use for one day only on 2 November 1989.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /tuv-ph/post-hist-index.htm (1333 words)

	Tuvalu map and information page by World Atlas
		The land now called Tuvalu was first settled by the Polynesians some 2,000 ago.
		The economy of Tuvalu is agricultural based, and though an ideal venue for tourism, the islands are yet to fully develop that industry.
		Tuvalu is also subject to seasonal hurricanes during the rainy season.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/tv.htm (478 words)

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