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	Politics of the Isle of Man Information
		The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom or the European Union.
		An Isle of Man visa also serves as a UK transit visa and a holder of a UK visa is usually permitted to visit Man. The island is considered part of the de facto Common Travel Area and all passenger air and sea traffic originates in either the UK or Ireland.
		Tynwald - The Parliament of the Isle of Man
	www.bookrags.com /Politics_of_the_Isle_of_Man (876 words)

	Isle of Man - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		The culture of the Isle of Man is strongly influenced by its Celtic and Norse origins.
		The Isle of Man had a dispute with the European Court of Human Rights in the 1970s because it was reluctant to change its laws concerning birching (corporal punishment).
		Norway's King Magnus VI ceded the isles to Scotland in 1266, as dictated in the Treaty of Perth.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Isle_of_Man (3840 words)

	Isle of Man information - Search.com
		The Isle of Man had a dispute with the European Court of Human Rights in the 1970s because it was reluctant to change its laws concerning birching (corporal punishment for male offenders).
		The Isle of Man is famous for its TT Motorbike racing event, which began in 1904 as a motorcar race.
		The journalist, author, and screenwriter George MacDonald Fraser resides on the Isle of Man; the title of his memoir "The Light's on at Signpost" is a reference to the Isle of Man TT race.
	www.search.com /reference/Isle_of_Man (3461 words)

	Politics of the Isle of Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom or the European Union.
		An Isle of Man visa also serves as a UK transit visa and a holder of a UK visa is usually permitted to visit Man. The island is considered part of the de facto Common Travel Area and all passenger air and sea traffic originates in either the UK or Ireland.
		Tynwald - The Parliament of the Isle of Man
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_Isle_of_Man (1485 words)

	Isle of Man
		The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin in Manx) or Mann (Mannin in Manx), is a constitutional monarchy located in the Irish Sea at the geographical centre of the British Isles.
		The Isle of Man had a dispute with the European Court of Human Rights in the 1970s because it was reluctant to change its laws concerning birching (corporal punishment for male offenders).
		The Isle of Man is famous for its TT Motorbike racing event, which began in 1904 as a motorcar race.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/i/is/isle_of_man.html (3004 words)

	Isle of Man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Isle of Man (Ellan Vannin in Manx) a British crown dependency lies in the Irish Sea almost equidistant from England Ireland Scotland and Wales.
		The Isle of Man formed a Viking outpost/kingdom from circa 700 A.D. to 900 A.D. and of the Norwegian Kingdom of the Hebrides until the 13th century when it was ceded to Scotland.
		Man is in fact a British Crown Dependency although the party Mec Vannin advocates the establishment of Man as sovereign republic.
	www.freeglossary.com /Isle_of_Man (659 words)

	Isle of Man: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		The Isle of Man is situated in the Irish Sea, equidistant from Scotland, Ireland, and England.
		The Isle of Man continues to be administered according to its own laws by a government composed of the lieutenant governor, a legislative council, and a House of Keys, one of the most ancient legislative assemblies in the world.
		Isle of Man - Man, Isle of, island and dependency of the British crown (2005 est.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108115.html (315 words)

	CountryProfiler.com: Isle of Man Gateway
		The Isle of Man lies at the centre of the British Isles, right in the middle of the Irish Sea and almost equidistant between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom.
		The politics of the island are noteworthy for the relative absence of party politics: The majority of parliament members sit as independents and, as the country's continuous economic growth has proven, consensus has been key to the island's economic prosperity, and stable political and legislative environment.
		The Isle of Man government's core policy in relation to the economy is to encourage economic growth through a sympathetic and well-regulated tax regime coupled with a suitable legislative framework that is attractive to high value niche segments such as Banking, Insurance (Captive and Life) and International Pensions.
	www.countryprofiler.com /iom/exec_gateway1.html (1379 words)

	RTE News - Isle of Man to lower voting age to 16
		The Isle of Man parliament has decided to lower the minimum voting age from 18 to 16.
		But Man has a history of innovation in electoral reform: in 1881, it was the first country in the world to introduce votes for women.
		Man is a Crown Dependency, and is not part of the UK, or of the EU.
	www.rte.ie /news/2006/0207/isleofman.html (214 words)

	Isle of Man Financial Overview
		The Isle of Man (IOM) is an internally self-governing dependent territory of the Crown that is not part of the United Kingdom.
		Located in the centre of the British Isles, in the Irish Sea, the Isle of Man is an internally self-governing dependent territory of the Crown that is not part of the United Kingdom.
		Lawyers in the Isle of Man are known as advocates and combine the roles of solicitors and barristers in England.
	www.sovereignsociety.com /offshore1658.html (3321 words)

	Crime & the Politics of Policing: The Isle of Man Constabulary, 1764-1864
		Conversely, although Man was connected via twice weekly boat services from Liverpool by the 1820s this typically took between eight and ten hours and could be prevented by regular prevailance of inclement weather or delayed so that it took a daunting twenty hours.
		For example, a man named Cain alias Satan was committed to the Black Hole because he had entered a Liverpool trawl boat and carried off a quantity of tea and sugar.
		Though political reform was eventually approved in the 1860s, allowing the Keys limited control of surplus revenues, the island's a-political environment meant that, despite increasing public support, suffrage was essentially pushed through by a middle class minority, hence suffrage was based on a conservative franchise, amplifying the country's characteristically conventional tendancies.
	www.isle-of-man.com /manxnotebook/history/police/police.htm (17693 words)

	Isle of Man — FactMonster.com
		Man, Isle of, island and dependency of the British crown (2005 est.
		The Tynwald, the Isle of Man's legislature, is the world's oldest continuous legislative assembly.
		Isle of Man: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Information on Isle of Man — geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0831451.html (400 words)

	RTE News - Isle of Man accused remanded in custody
		RTE News - Isle of Man accused remanded in custody
		The man charged with the murder of two teenagers on the Isle of Man has been remanded in custody by the Douglas Court.
		Isle of Man victims were strangled, say detectives
	www.rte.ie /news/2002/0218/isleofman.html (138 words)

	Isle of Man \| Coat of Arms \| Sword of State \| Manx Parliament \| Tynwald \| House of Keys
		The Coat of Arms of the Isle of Man were granted by Her Majesty by Royal Warrant dated 12th July 1996.
		In 1405, King Henry IV gave the Isle of Man with all its rights to Sir John Stanley on condition that he paid homage and gave two falcons to him and to every future King of England on his Coronation Day.
		During the Millennium Year of 1979, a replica of a Viking longship was sailed from Norway to the Isle of Man by a mixed Norwegian and Manx crew.
	www.manxscenes.com /aaa/iom_facts.htm (1210 words)

	(NEWBIE) mybookshop, books on Isle of Man.
		Fairies of Wales and of the Isle of Man
		North and west Lancashire and the Isle of Man - a bibliography of the geology and physical geography; (University of Lancaster.
		Railways and Tramways of the Isle of Man
	www.angelfire.com /biz7/mybookshop/store/isleman.htm (1888 words)

	The Washington Times - Isle of Man
		In geographic area and size of population, The Isle of Man is more akin to an American county than to a modern nation state, but there the parallel ends.
		As a mere minnow in a pond full of big fish, The Isle of Man’s government needs to fight harder than most and exercise all its native guile and tenacity to win for itself a niche in the international community.
		He wants to establish a relaxed style of politics after the stiff and formal style when the island was more closely tied to Britain and the lieutenant governor, the queen's representative, presided over Manx affairs.
	www.internationalspecialreports.com /archives/00/isleofman/2.html (1123 words)

	Isle Of Man Policy Holder Protection
		Its activities are regulated by the Isle of Man Insurance Supervisor have to demonstrate to the regulatory authorities that their who Companies are properly managed and ensure that adequate financial resources are provided for the business to be carried on.
		The Isle of Man Policyholder Protection Scheme provides for the payout of 90% of intended benefits in the event that a Company is in default.
		This status, which recognized that the Isle of Man had levels of investor protection that were of similar strength to those in the UK, was awarded only for the Island's insurance activities at that time.
	www.csmltd.com /isle_of_man_policyholder_protection.htm (614 words)

	Politics & Constitution - Isle of Man Government Manx National Heritage:
		The Isle of Man occupies a unique constitutional position within the British Isles.
		It has an entirely separate legal, tax and political system from that in the United Kingdom, though the Queen (as Lord of Mann) is head of state.
		Tynwald (the Manx parliament) is the oldest continuous parliament in the world, having been founded by the Vikings in 979.
	www.gov.im /mnh/collections/social/politics.xml (172 words)

	Isle of Man News
		Isle of Man News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Plans for an end to unrestricted routes were shelved The Isle of Man's new Minister for Transport says he does not have any set plans over an all-island speed limit.
		The invitation is open to all People on the Isle of Man who are facing the prospect of being alone on Christmas Day are invited to join the Salvation Army for a festive feast.
	www.topix.net /world/isle-of-man?scoring=d (710 words)

	e-Keltoi: e-Keltoi: Volume 2, Cultural Survival - Of Demolition and Reconstruction: a Comparative Reading of Manx ...
		It uses the literature in the Isle of Man over the period 1880-1980 as a means of identifying attitudes toward two successive waves of cultural survival and revival.
		It uses the literature in the Isle of Man during the period from 1880 to 1980 as a means of accessing attitudes towards two successive waves of cultural survival and revival.
		Language issues have been at the core of cultural revival in Man. The decision to reject Manx Gaelic was made by and for the speech communities throughout much of the nineteenth century, and antiquarians at the end of that century saw the reversal of this trend as an important part of their work.
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol2/2_4/maddrell_2_4.html (9405 words)

	Isle of Man: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		The Isle of Man is a British crown dependency located in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland.
		While the Isle of Man is not technically part of the United Kingdom, the crown is responsible for its foreign and defence affairs.
		For decades, the head of government in the Isle of Man was the chairman of the executive council.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13480 (432 words)

	"Isle of Man" - Shopping.com
		The TT mountain course is a thirty-seven course over public roads on the Isle of Man, and is one of...
		Adrian Corkhill - Shipwrecks of the Isle of Man
		New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora: An Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Britain, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands
	www.shopping.com /xCC-Isle_of_Man~all-store~MS-1 (821 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Health \| Isle of Man in euthanasia bid
		Politicians on the Isle of Man are to consider legalising euthanasia.
		The Isle of Man is a UK crown dependency and is free to introduce laws in this area without interference from the British government.
		Under the proposed legislation, only those living on the Isle of Man, which lies 70 miles off the western coast of England, would be able to die with the help of a medical professional.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3028281.stm (577 words)

	Isle of Man Changes Gambling Rules - News
		Isle of Man - Officials on the Isle of Man announced the reversal of a four-year-old policy to now allow Internet casinos based there to accept bets from American residents.
		The decision by the Isle of Man occurs amid a trade dispute over Internet gambling between the United States and the tiny Caribbean country of Antigua and Barbuda.
		The policy reversal is significant because the Isle of Man, which first started licensing Internet casinos in 2001, initially sought to attract blue-chip gambling operations by defining itself as a jurisdiction offering rigorous regulation.
	www.politics-now.com /news/isle_of_man_gambling.htm (793 words)

	Politics \| Isle of Man chief faces graft questions
		The Isle of Man's chief minister was arrested last night for alleged corruption, plunging the self-governing island into a constitutional crisis.
		The standards committee of Tynwald, the island parliament, began holding hearings, but they were suspended at the request of the attorney general, to allow the police to investigate.
		A Tynwald member, Mrs Brenda Cannell, said: "The will of the Isle of Man people is for these issues to be cleared without fear or favour so the good reputation of the Isle of Man can be restored, regardless of the high office people under investigation may hold."
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,5076278-107901,00.html (254 words)

	Isle of Man - Related Items - MSN Encarta
		Isle of Man - Related Items - MSN Encarta
		cat breeds native to the Isle of Man
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	encarta.msn.com /related_761575191_1.1/Manx_(cat).html (52 words)

	Isle of Man* page
		Once Man was a Norse kingdom connected with other western islands off Scotland.
		In 1266 the king of Norway sold his suzerainty over Man to Scotland, and the island came under the control of England in 1341.
		The lordship of Man passed to the dukes of Atholl in 1736, but in 1765 the British Parliament purchased sovereignty over the island in 1765.
	www.angelfire.com /mac/egmatthews/worldinfo/europe/man.html (326 words)

	Taxation of Isle of Man Companies from April 2006 : ArriveNet Editorials : Business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The Isle of Man is however required to comply with the E.U. Code of Conduct on Business Taxation and other international initiatives designed to eliminate discrimination between taxpayers.
		There are further rules which apply to companies which are wholly or partly owned by Isle of Man residents and these companies will be obliged to calculate the tax payable on that part of the profits applicable to local shareholders and to pay it over to the Treasury.
		The new system will accord with the international obligation for the Isle of Man not to discriminate between onshore and offshore companies and enable it to escape the sanctions, which may be invoked against some of the other offshore centres.
	editorials.arrivenet.com /business/article.php/4146.html (562 words)

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