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  Northern Mariana Islands information - Search.com
The Northern Mariana Islands, officially 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 West 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.
Islands 12 through 15 are collectively known as the Southern Islands, with the municipalities Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (uninhabited Aguijan is part of Tinian municipality).
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  Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 West 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.
Islands 12 through 15 are collectively known as the Southern Islands, with the municipalities Saipan, Tinian, and Rota (uninhabited Aguijan is part of Tinian municipality).
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 Northern Mariana Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
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 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.
The islands have over 350 kilometers of highways, three airports with paved runways (one some 3000 meters long, two around 2000 meters), three airports with unpaved runways (one about 3000 meters long, two under 1000 meters), and one heliport.
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 Encyclopedia: Northern Mariana Islands
Mariana Islands (sometimes called The Marianas; up to the early 20th century sometimes called the Ladrone Islands) are a group of islands made up by the summits of 15 volcanic mountains in the Pacific Ocean.
The Northern Mariana Islands' primary export is garments, which are made in factories—this industry is changing, though, and many of the garment factories are closing due to the lifting of WTO trade restrictions on Chinese imports.
Northern Mariana Islands This is an alphabetical list of the sovereign states of the world, including both de jure and de facto independent states.
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 Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
It consists of 14 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at 15° 1′ 2″ N 145° 4′ 5″ E (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=15_1_2_N_145_4_5_E_).
The southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; the northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on, Pagan and.
The Northern Mariana Islands' primary export is textiles, which are made in sub-standard working conditions.
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 NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Angry at larcenous natives, he first dubbed the islands "Las Islas de los Ladrones", (The Islands of the Thieves), but in 1668 their name was changed to Las Marianas after Mariana_of_Austria, widow of Spain's Philip IV.
But, on February_18, 2005, the ''Delegate Act'' was reintroduced by Pombo with a new number, H.R. http://www.resrep.gov.mp/press%20releases/873%20drop.htm The Northen Mariana Islands have also come into the news recently due to their connection to the scandals involving Jack Abramoff and House Majority Leader Tom Delay.
Islands 1 through 11 are collective known as the Northern Islands, together forming the Northern_Islands_Municipality.
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 Pitcairn Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Because the High Commissioner is not resident on the island, its daily affairs were traditionally taken care of by the Magistrate, chairman of the Island Council.
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.
It is closely related to the creole language Norfuk spoken on Norfolk Island, because this island was repopulated in the mid 19th Century by Pitcairn islanders.
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 Politics of Puerto Rico - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A year after the United States invasion of the island, Dr. José Celso Barbosa embraced the idea of annexation as a US state as a solution to the colonial situation and founded the Puerto Rican Republican Party in 1899.
The creation of the New Progressive Party polarized the political arena to a great degree as radical independence groups were formed in the 1970s and the Puerto Rican Socialist Party (PSP), a Marxist and Cuban friendly party, was created.
(The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, located in the western Pacific Ocean, has a similar relationship to the United States.) What this means has never been absolutely clear; however, Puerto Rico has more latitude over its internal affairs than the US territories of Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, or American Samoa.
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 Solomon Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Solomon Islands are a nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea and is part of the British Commonwealth.
Volcanoes with varying degrees of activity are situated on some of the larger islands, while many of the smaller islands are simply tiny atolls covered in sand and palm trees.
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 Vanuatu.
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 Northern Mariana Islands - Gurupedia
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 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.
The people of the Northern Mariana Islands decided in the 1970s not to seek independence but instead to forge closer links with the US.
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 Washington DC politics - Washington DC metro area search engine. Serving DC, Maryland and Virginia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Politics of Pakistan The Pakistan Constitution of 1973, amended substantially in 1985 under Muhammad Zia ul-Haq, was suspended by the military government on October 12, 1999.
Politics of Peru The president of Peru is popularly elected for a 5-year term, and the 1993 constitution permits one consecutive re-election.
Politics of Romania Romania's 1991 constitution, amended in 2003 proclaims Romania a democracy and market economy in which human dignity, civic rights and freedoms, the unhindered development of human personality, justice, and political pluralism are supreme and guaranteed values.
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 Northern Mariana Islands Country Guide - History and Government - World Travel Guide Provided By Columbus Travel ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
History: Formerly a Japanese colony, the Northern Marianas became part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, administered by the USA under a mandate granted by the United Nations in 1947.
Domestic politics traditionally mirrored the Republican—Democrat duopoly until the recent emergence of the Convenant Party, which is independent of both the major US parties.
The islands face significant social and economic problems that are largely attributable to the rapid growth of the population in the last two decades and the lack both of adequate employment opportunities and infrastructure.
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 Territories & Commonwealths of the United States
The territories of Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, and the Commonwealths of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands are the principal overseas dependencies of the United States.
Northern Marianas leaders protested vociferously that the role assigned the Office was inconsistent with the new Commonwealth status, but to no avail.
Under the arrangement by which the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands became part of the United States, part of the consideration was the promise of the United States to provide specified amounts of aid to the new Commonwealth.
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 Political Resources on the Net - Northern Mariana Islands
Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth in political union with the United States)
Governments on the WWW: Northern Mariana Islands by Gunnar Anzinger
Law of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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 ☞ Northern Mariana Islands, Politics bulletin board index
Northern Mariana Islands 'Politics' index Classifieds1000 World Expat and Travel Forum
Northern Mariana Islands, Politics bulletin board forum index.
Please make sure your message is relevant to Northern Mariana Islands and the selected topic.
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 Northern Mariana Islands Article, NorthernMarianaIslands Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a commonwealth in political union withthe United States of America at a strategic location in the West Pacific Ocean.
The southern islands are limestone with level terracesand fringing coral reefs; the northern islands are volcanic, with active volcanoes on Anatahan, Pagan and Agrihan.
The islands were administered by the United States as part of the UnitedNations Trust Territoryof the Pacific Islands ; thus, defense and foreign affairs are the responsibility of the US.
www.anoca.org /island/new/northern_mariana_islands.html   (402 words)

  
 Northern Mariana Islands article - Northern Mariana Islands commonwealth United States America Pacific Ocean Hawaii ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
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The islands were administered by the United States as part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; thus, defense and foreign affairs are the responsibility of the US.
Northern Mariana Islands article - Northern Mariana Islands definition - what means Northern Mariana Islands
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Northern_Mariana_Islands   (430 words)

  
 Northern Mariana Islands - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
During World War II, the Marines landed on June 15, 1944 and eventually won the bitterly fought three-week Battle of Saipan.
After Japan's defeat, the islands were administered by the United States as part of the United Nations Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; thus, defense and foreign affairs are the responsibility of the US.
On September 23, 2004 Congressman Richard Pombo of California introduced H. 5135 - the Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act.
open-encyclopedia.com /Northern_Mariana_Islands   (599 words)

  
 Elections in the Northern Mariana Islands   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
Northern Mariana Islands are a commonwealth in political union with the United States in the Pacific.
Northern Marianas has a population of around 80,000 on 477 km².
The islands are a presidential (gubernatorial) democratic dependency.
www.electionworld.org /northernmarianas.htm   (134 words)

  
 Democratic Party (Northern Mariana Islands) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Party is a political party in the Northern Mariana Islands.
Jesus Camacho Borja of the Democratic Party won 17.5 of the vote.
At the last legislative elections of 1 november 2003 the party won 1 out of 18 seats.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Party_(Northern_Mariana_Islands)   (86 words)

  
 Politics of the Northern Mariana Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Administrative divisions: none (commonwealth in political union with the US); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are four municipalities at the second order; Northern Islands, Rota, Saipan, Tinian
Constitution: Covenant Agreement effective 4 November 1986 and the Constitution of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands effective 1 January 1978
Flag description: blue, with a white, five-pointed star superimposed on the gray silhouette of a latte stone (a traditional foundation stone used in building) in the center, surrounded by a wreath
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The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) is a
It consists of 14 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines, at 15°12'N, 145°45'E. The islands, which include Saipan,
The southern islands are limestone with level terraces and fringing coral reefs; the northern islands are volcanic, with active
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 Northern Mariana Islands Online Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
This is a demonstration website, to describe the encyclopedia project and to display sample contents of the encyclopedia.
The online format is particularly suited to the Northern Mariana Islands as an isolated geographical region, and will allow better understanding of our environment, culture and history by people living in all areas of the world.
The N.M.I. Humanities Council plans to collaborate with Northern Marianas College and the local public school system to provide an up-to-date educational resource for students and scholars of the Mariana Islands.
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 Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands
Saipan, the administrative center of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), is about a hundred miles north of Guam in the Western Pacific.
The island is quite lush throughout most of the year and some areas, including some dense rain forest, are very beautiful.
Saipan is one of the Northern Mariana Islands (NMI); part of what was once known as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI).
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 The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands American Reform Party Application
I was elected as a Senator under the Commonwealth Reform Party which I gave birth 2 years ago, and was the only senatorial candidate that have open the historical door of a Third Party to have won an election, aside from the Republican and Democrat candidates.
The natural consequence of such distaste, logically thinking should be the creation of a third major political party, a party that is centrist, addresses the broad spectrum of issues and produces true competition and superior government.
We intend to engage in the public debate in a manner that emphasizes the contrast between the future and the politics of the past.
www.americanreform.org /Mariana-Islands   (1108 words)

  
 U.S. promotes opportunities in Pacific islands - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28)
The aim is to promote opportunities in Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The main objective of the initiative is to move the islands' economies closer to self-sufficiency, said David B. Cohen, deputy assistant secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, who was in Honolulu to promote the conference.
Hawai'i is the closest state to six of the islands, with an established business community and strong educational institutions, he said.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jul/21/bz/bz12a.html   (640 words)

  
 LLRX -- Update to Law of the Pacific Islands: A guide to Web Based Resources
American Samoa; Cook Islands; Coral Sea Islands; Easter Island; Fiji; French Polynesia; Guam; Hawaii; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia; Midway Is. ; Nauru; New Caledonia; Niue; Norfolk Island; Northern Mariana Is. ; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Pitcairn Is. ; Samoa; Solomon Is. ; Tokelau; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu; Wallis and Futuna.
The Pacific Islands, are scattered across a quarter of the earth's surface.
It was recognised that all islands share common issues and SIDSnet was initiated with a mandate to implement the communication segment in the implementation of the Programme.
www.llrx.com /features/pacific2.htm   (1862 words)

  
 Puerto Rico Government
Other political groups are: Armed Forces for National Liberation (FALN); Volunteers of the Puerto Rican Revolution; Boricua Popular Army (also known as the Macheteros); and, Armed Forces of Popular Resistance.
The island's inhabitants possess all the rights and obligations of United States citizens such as paying Social Security, receiving federal welfare and serving in the armed forces, except for the right to vote in presidential elections and the obligation to pay federal taxes.
The major commonwealths are Puerto Rico and the Northern Marianas.
welcome.topuertorico.org /government.shtml   (1341 words)

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