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	Pitcairn Islands (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Pitcairn Islands are a group of five islands which one is inhabited in the southern Pacific Ocean the only remaining British colony in the Pacific.
		Since a population peak of 233 in 1937 the island is suffering from emigration to New Zealand leaving a current population of approximately
		Pitcairn and Henderson are volcanic and Ducie is a coral atoll.
	www.freeglossary.com /Pitcairn (1212 words)

	Solomon Islands - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		The Solomon Islands is a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom recognised as the head of the State of Solomon Islands, a Commonwealth Realm.
		The Solomon Islands 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 and Bellona; and the Santa Cruz Islands.
		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 - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		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.
		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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	Politics of the Pitcairn Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of the Pitcairn Islands takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Mayor is the head of government.
		Privy Council: the Privy Council is the final court of appeal for Pitcairn, while Pitcairn itself is one of the final jurisdictions to permit appeals to the Privy Council.
		The members of the Pitcairn judiciary are all New Zealanders - as are almost all of the lawyers admitted to the Pitcairn Bar - and are all either current or former members of the judiciary, or legal profession (in the case of the magistrates) in that country.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_the_Pitcairn_Islands (708 words)

	Maluku Islands Summary
		The vegetation of the small and narrow islands, encompassed by the sea, is very luxuriant; including rainforests, sago, rice, and the famous spices nutmeg, cloves, mace, and others.
		Although cultures varied across this dispersed group of islands, there is a sense in which the Moluccas were a cosmopolitan society, in that traders from across the region took residence in Moluccan settlements, or in nearby enclaves, to conduct spice business.
		Its capital is Ternate, on a small island to the west of the large island of Halmahera.
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		Among the larger island nations, only Fiji has its major airport and its seaport in different cities: the international airport is at Nadi, and the major seaport is at Suva, the capital and largest city.
		Most Pacific Island nations are well served by satellite technology, and their access to telephone, television, and radio services is adequate to good.
		One exception to this type of government is in Tonga, where politics are effectively controlled by a hereditary king, who serves as head of state and appoints the head of government.
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	Marshall Islands - Gurupedia
		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.
		United States invaded the islands (1944), and they were added to the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
		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.
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	Pitcairn Island: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		Pitcairn Island, in the South Pacific about midway between Australia and South America, consists of the island of Pitcairn and the three uninhabited islands of Henderson, Duicie, and Oeno.
		In addition to English, the residents of Pitcairn speak a dialect that is a mixture of Tahitian and 18th-century English.
		The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants - The Bounty, Pitcairn Island, and Fletcher Christian's Descendants April 28 marks the...
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	Pitcairn Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pitcairn Island itself was discovered on July 3, 1767 by the crew of the British sloop HMS Swallow, commanded by Captain Philip Carteret (though according to some it had perhaps been visited by Quiros in 1606).
		The Pitcairn Islands form the southeasternmost extension of the geological archipelago of the Tuamotus of French Polynesia, and consist of four islands: Pitcairn Island, Oeno Island (atoll with 5 islets), Henderson Island and Ducie Island (atoll with 4 islets).
		Henderson Island, covering about 67% of the territory's total land area, and supporting a rich variety of animals in its nearly inaccessible interior, is also capable of supporting a small human population, but it is hard to get there and back, its outer shores being comprised of uniformly steep limestone cliffs of sharp coral.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pitcairn_Islands (2211 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 Solomons 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 Russel Islands, the Florida Islands, Malaita, Guadalcanal, Sikaiana, Maramasike, Ulawa, Uki, San Cristobal, Santa Ana, Rennell, Bellona and the Santa Cruz Islands.
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	Pacific Magazine: Letters
		Though the UK decided, in spite of protests, to try these men by British law, Great Britain already had in place on the island "Pitcairn law," which Britain wrote and sanctioned for many decades, a law that had been successfully used numerous times in the past to judge sexual abuse cases on the island.
		Pitcairn law took into account the very different life style and culture on remote Pacific Islands that was and still is so different from that of the numerous, criminal-ridden cities of England.
		Although there is provision for Pitcairn men to have their own defense counsel, Pitcairn's governors, sitting in authority more than 4,000 miles away from the island in Wellington, denied the Pitcairn men's requests, and in so doing forced into destitution families of the men who felt the government-appointed counsel was not serving them well.
	www.pacificislands.cc /issue/2006/05/01/letters (1349 words)

	Pitcairn Island — FactMonster.com
		The first British Pacific Islands possession (1838), the island is officially administered by the British High Commissioner to New Zealand as part of the Pitcairn Islands dependency, which includes three neighboring, uninhabited atolls (Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno).
		The island was named in 1767 by Capt. Philip Carteret, a British naval officer, after Robert Pitcairn, the midshipman who first sighted it.
		Pitcairn Island: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Information on Pitcairn Island — geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities.
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	Pitcairn Island Web Site: The home of the descendants of the Bounty Mutineers
		Pitcairn Island has a population of approximately 50 persons, give or take a few, of which 6 are the families of the pastor and schoolteacher from abroad.
		The current population of Pitcairn are descendants of 6 of the mutineers from this famous voyage, and their women.
		Pitcairn is one of four islands included in the "Pitcairn Islands", although it is the only populated island.
	www.lareau.org /pitc.html (2535 words)

	NEWSMEAT World Facts ► Pitcairn Islands
		Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
		Pitcairn was the first Pacific island to become a British colony (in 1838) and today remains the last vestige of that empire in the South Pacific.
		In October 2004, more than one-quarter of Pitcairn's labor force was arrested, putting the economy in a bind, since their services were required as lighter crew to load or unload passing ships.
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	Wired News: Domain Dispute Hits a Dot
		Founded in 1790 by the mutineers of the HMS Bounty, the island is so inaccessible that the local government warns potential visitors they could be stranded for weeks until the next ship passes by.
		Yet the natives of Pitcairn Island are determined to wire themselves to the Internet.
		The decision caps a three-year struggle between Christian, the Pitcairn Island government, and the UK, and demonstrates how even one of the tiniest countries views the Internet as a way to attract tourists, money, and international recognition.
	www.wired.com /news/politics/0,1283,34321,00.html (708 words)

	Pitcairn Islands (Directory/Oceania/Pitcairn Islands)
		The Pitcairn Islands are a group of five islands, of which only Pitcairn Island — the second largest — is inhabited, in the southern Pacific Ocean, the only remaining British colony in the Pacific...
		The Pitcairn Islands Administration is now offering Pitcairn flags for sale in two different sizes: 1800x900mm 900x450mm The flags are ready to fly with toggle and cord etc.
		Pitcairn Island is the only inhabited island of the four islands and atolls...
	www.worldwidirectory.com /Oceania/Pitcairn.Islands (397 words)

	Pacific Expeditions to Visit the Remote Pitcairn Islands : ArriveNet Press Releases : Travel (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The 50 inhabitants of Pitcairn Island are direct descendants of the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian wives.
		The four islands of the Pitcairn Islands group became a British colony in 1838, the first of its kind in the South Pacific and the only British possession left in the Pacific.
		A US$25 Pitcairn Island landing fee is additional, and the flights to and from Tahiti and Mangareva must be booked separately through a travel agent.
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		A monarchy, (from the Greek "monos arkhein", meaning "one ruler") is a form of government that has a monarch as Head of State.
		Andorra has two co-princes, of which one is the Bishop of Urgell in Spain, and the other is the President of France — a unique case where an independent country's head of state is democratically elected by the citizens of another country.
		United Kingdom, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena and Her Dependencies, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and the Turks and Caicos Islands
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	Atlas of the Canary Islands - Wikimedia Commons
		Atlas of the Canary Islands - Wikimedia Commons
		Maps of the Canary Islands drawn by William Dampier during his voyage to New Holland in 1699.
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		For 26 years it has provided member nations with the opportunity to express their joint political views and to cooperate in areas of political and economic concern.
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	washingtonpost.com: Pitcairn Islands
		The Pitcairn Islands were settled by the mutineers of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 and most islanders are descendants of the Bounty sailors and Tahitians.
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		A detailed list of facts and figures for the Pitcairn Islands.
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	Maps of Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, ...
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		This map of Pitcairn Islands is intended for representational purposes and no claim to technical accuracy is made.
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	Atlas of the Spratly Islands - Wikimedia Commons
		Atlas of the Spratly Islands - Wikimedia Commons
		Photo map of the Spratly and Paracel Islands
		Chinese claims on the Spratly and Paracel Islands
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	Pitcairn Island
		islands are annexed by U.K. Henderson, Ducie and Oneo islands are
		10 Oct 1970 Pitcairn and dependencies a separate colony.
		the British Consuls in Tahiti, French Polynesia who occasionally visited Pitcairn.
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