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	The Imperial Collection - The Autonomous State of South Kasai - Etat Autonome du Sud Kasai
		The Republic of Rose Island remains one of only two purpose-built artificial island countries whose construction succeeded in creating "new" territory that could be occupied by a self-declared government.
		Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived new country project l ocated on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, approximately eleven kilometres off the coast of Rimini, Italy.
		Presumed to be Rose Island's inaugural philatelic release, this stamp shows the general appearance of the inhabitable area of the platform, as well as the island's approximate location.
	www.imperial-collection.net /rose_island.html

	Rose Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Republic of Rose Island was a shortlived micronation occupying a purpose-built artificial island platform in the Adriatic Sea in the late 1960s.
		Rose Atoll (sometimes as Rose Island) is an atoll in the U.S. territory of American Samoa.
		Rose Island is an island within Narragansett Bay, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rose_Island (173 words)

	Rose Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Republic of Rose Island was a shortlived micronation occupying a purpose-built artificial island platform in the Adriatic Sea in the late 1960s.
		Rose Atoll (sometimes as Rose Island) is an atoll in the U.S. territory of American Samoa.
		Rose Island is an island within Narragansett Bay, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rose_Island (171 words)

	The Imperial Collection - The Autonomous State of South Kasai - Etat Autonome du Sud Kasai
		Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived new country project located on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, approximately eleven kilometres off the coast of Rimini, Italy.
		The Republic of Rose Island remains one of only two purpose-built artificial island countries whose construction succeeded in creating "new" territory that could be occupied by a self-declared government.
		Presumed to be Rose Island's inaugural philatelic release, this stamp shows the general appearance of the inhabitable area of the platform, as well as the island's approximate location.
	www.imperial-collection.net /rose_island.html (501 words)

	Information about the State of Hawaii Government
		The two legislative chambers are cone-shaped, like volcanoes, symbolic of the geological origin of the Hawaiian Islands which rose upward from the sea floor over eons.
		In 1894, the Republic of Hawaii was established.
		Born on the island of Hawaii, he initially gained the rule of half his home island.
	www.angelfire.com /co/cs1298/statehi.html (3731 words)

	San Pedro de Marcois-Dominican Republic
		Located to the southeast of the island, between Juan Dolio and La Romana lies the industrial seaport "San Pedro de Macoris" the center of the islands cattle and sugar industry.
		Though baseball was alreay being palyed by the time of the economic boom when sugar prices rose it was the American and Dominican sugar mill owners who encourage the playing of the game between workers from different sugar mills in competition.
		Known throughout the island, San Pedro de Marcois is the home of "
	www.dominicanrepinfo.com /SanPedrodeMarcois.htm (3731 words)

	Vostok Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		Vostok Island lies 605 nautical miles south of the equator.
		According to last reports, Vostok Island is leased to an Auckland (N.Z.) firm, S.R. Maxwell and Co., Ltd., but apparently no use is being made of it.
		In the list of islands claimed by American guano diggers, under the Guano Act of August, 1856, this island appears twice, as Stavers and as Anne Island.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/vostok.htm (3731 words)

	Vostok Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		It is about 325 miles east-northeast of Tongareva (Penrhyn) Island, 86 miles north-northwest of Flint Island, 125 miles west of Caroline Island, 385 miles south-southeast of Malden Island, and 800 miles northwest of Rarotonga.
		This type of vegetation is very distinctive, being found also on Rose Islet.
		In his narrative of the expedition, Commodore Charles Wilkes called it Stavers Island, and also stated that he believed it to be the island seen by Captain Cash of the ship Massachusetts.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/vostok.htm (574 words)

	Chinese History: The First Republic
		Mao Zedong proclaimed the establishment of the People’s Republic of China from the gate of the former imperial palace (Tian An Men) on the first of October 1949.
		Nanjing was taken in April 1949 and Chiang Kai Shek and the remnants of the Guomindang fled to the island of Taiwan.
		Fearing civil war and partition of China, Sun Yat Sen agreed to resign as president of the Republic in favour of Yuan Shih Kai, who agreed to break with the Manchus and uphold the Republic and its provisional constitution and move the capital to Nanking.
	www.britishbornchinese.org.uk /pages/culture/history/first.html (1853 words)

	What is the secret of this rock? - INQ7.net
		The July 11-13 conference in Milos Island, Greece had for its theme, "The Atlantis Hypothesis: Searching for a Lost Land." Conference participants included more than 30 scientists and scholars from Greece, Italy, Israel, the Czech Republic, Germany, Chile, the United States, France, Spain, Australia and Denmark.
		It drew mixed reactions from the Greek academic community, who generally believe that the lost city of Atlantis could be found in the Greek island of Thera.
		The "14th feature" is a human-like figure under the Kerguelen Islands (below the southern tip of Africa) that is also visible in the World Ocean Floor Map, the Dynamic Earth Map and the satellite altimetry reading of the US' National Geophysical Data Center.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=52313 (798 words)

	Vostok Island, Line Islands, Republic of Kiribati
		It is about 325 miles east-northeast of Tongareva (Penrhyn) Island, 86 miles north-northwest of Flint Island, 125 miles west of Caroline Island, 385 miles south-southeast of Malden Island, and 800 miles northwest of Rarotonga.
		This type of vegetation is very distinctive, being found also on Rose Islet.
		In the list of islands claimed by American guano diggers, under the Guano Act of August, 1856, this island appears twice, as Stavers and as Anne Island.
	www.janeresture.com /kiribati_line/vostok.htm (798 words)

	What is the secret of this rock? - INQ7.net
		It drew mixed reactions from the Greek academic community, who generally believe that the lost city of Atlantis could be found in the Greek island of Thera.
		The July 11-13 conference in Milos Island, Greece had for its theme, "The Atlantis Hypothesis: Searching for a Lost Land." Conference participants included more than 30 scientists and scholars from Greece, Italy, Israel, the Czech Republic, Germany, Chile, the United States, France, Spain, Australia and Denmark.
		The Greek philosopher Plato was the first to write about Atlantis, a "utopian paradise" that submerged 11,500 years ago after the global sea level rose following the melting of glacial ice in the North Pole.
	news.inq7.net /regions/index.php?index=1&story_id=52313 (798 words)

	Making an Island - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		An earlier example is Republic of Rose Island, which was, in a hostile manner, taken over and destroyed by Italy.
		One of the earlier modern artificial island built for the purpose to create a micronation, is the Republic of Minerva, built on the Minerva Reefs, though within months of declaring independence, Tonga invaded.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Making_an_Island (377 words)

	Study Abroad Senegal
		Setting Description: The Republic of Senegal, which achieved independence in 1960 after more than a century of French colonial rule, is one of the most democratic and developed countries in West Africa today.
		The program includes field trips to Saint Louis, the Petite Cote, Goree Island, Lac Rose, and Eastern Senegal.
		Senegal has a population of nearly ten million, with two million living in Dakar.
	www.studyabroad.com /simplehtml/white/Senegal.html (377 words)

	Labour Party (UK) [Definition]
		The fourth is Northern Ireland and its border with the Republic of Ireland is the current limit of UK sovereignty on the island of Ireland....
		Politics of the U.K. The United Kingdom is a unitary state and a democratic constitutional monarchy.
		She is a member of the Conservative Party and still the figurehead for a brand of politics known as Thatcherism theoretically involving reduced government spending (though this in fact slightly increased throughout her tenure) and privatization of government owned industries.
	www.wikimirror.com /Labour_Party_(UK) (377 words)

	Historical Text Archive: Articles: Santa Anna, Antonio López de (1794-1876)
		Iturbide solved that problem by sending Santa Anna back to Vera Cruz as military and then civilian commander when Guadalupe Victoria rose up in revolt, proclaiming that Mexico should be a republic.
		He was the son of a respected Spanish colonial family; his father as a sub-delegate for the province of Vera Cruz was a minor royal official.
		After he was instrumental in capturing Vera Cruz city in October, 1822, Iturbide promoted him to brigadier general and made him commander of the Vera Cruz province.
	historicaltextarchive.com /sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=159 (377 words)

	The Rotary Club of Quatre Bornes - Mauritius - Official Website
		T he club has sponsored two Rotary clubs, one in the township of Beau Bassin - Rose Hill and the other one in Rodrigues, an island part of the Republic of Mauritius.
		The Charter President was Kailash Ramdenee, who subsequently became a Governor of the then district 920.
		The club’s other sponsorship are an Inner wheel Club, a Rotaract Club and a Rotary Village Corps.
	www.rcqb.org (377 words)

	Open Directory - Business: Arts and Entertainment: Music: Labels
		Brand New Hero Records - Releases music from bands such as Suburban Legends, Army of Freshmen, and the Littlest Man Band.
		Rhythm of Life Inc. - New label promoting and signing new artists and the work of the late Billy Mackenzie (Associates) and Paul Haig (Josef K).
		New Rose Records - Fan site for the defunct French indie label with full discography and history.
	www.dmoz.org /Business/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Labels/full-index.html (377 words)

	Worldwide Bungee/Bungy List
		Egypt, Morocco, Reunion Island (France), Republic of South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
		near Sainte Rose, Reunion Island (French overseas section), Close to Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa
		Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovac Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Yugoslavia
	www.bungee-experience.com /list.htm (1080 words)

	Worldwide Bungee/Bungy List
		Egypt, Morocco, Reunion Island (France), Republic of South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
		Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovac Republic, Slovenia, Turkey, Yugoslavia
		near Sainte Rose, Reunion Island (French overseas section), Close to Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa
	www.bungee-experience.com /list.htm (1080 words)

	Mauritius
		National name Republic of Mauritius Area 1,865 sq km/720 sq mi Capital Port Louis (and chief port) Major towns/cities Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes, Vacoas-Phoenix Physical features mountainous, volcanic island surrounded by coral reefs; the island of Rodrigues is part of Mauritius; there are several small island dependencies
		1982 Anerood Jugnauth, of the moderate socialist Mauritius Socialist Movement (MSM), became prime minister, pledging a programme of nonalignment, nationalization, and the creation of a republic.
		1995 The MLP and the cross-community Mauritian Militant Movement (MMM) coalition won election victory; Navin Ramgoolam (MLP) became the prime minister.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/mauritius.html (1080 words)

	Mauritius
		National name Republic of Mauritius Area 1,865 sq km/720 sq mi Capital Port Louis (and chief port) Major towns/cities Beau Bassin-Rose Hill, Curepipe, Quatre Bornes, Vacoas-Phoenix Physical features mountainous, volcanic island surrounded by coral reefs; the island of Rodrigues is part of Mauritius; there are several small island dependencies
		1982 Anerood Jugnauth, of the moderate socialist Mauritius Socialist Movement (MSM), became prime minister, pledging a programme of nonalignment, nationalization, and the creation of a republic.
		Tel: (230) 211 1361; fax: (230) 211 1369 Chamber of commerce Mauritius Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 3 Royal Street, Port Louis.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /reference/encyclopaedia/countryfacts/mauritius.html (538 words)

	Thomas Conway -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Conway was born in (An island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) Ireland on February 27, 1734, but educated in (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France.
		Conway later returned to the French Army and served as governor of French colonies in (A republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947) India.
		With twenty years experience in the French Army he rose to Colonel, before he volunteered to the (The legislature of the United States government) Congress for service in the American cause in 1777.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/thomas_conway.htm (404 words)

	Idaho Observer: Why did the U.S. kidnap Haiti's elected leader?
		Hostilities between Haiti and what is now known as the Dominican Republic were also resumed and the island's tradition of political instability through assassination, revolution and coups d' etat was back on track.
		Francois Duvalier (Papa Doc) rose above the fray and took control of Haiti in 1957 with the blessing of the U.S. After getting himself elected president, Papa Doc formed what the Encyclopedia Britannica refers to as “a terrorist gang” to silence his opponents.
		After his gang had created a sufficient level to discourage political opposition to his tyrannical regime, Papa Doc held another election wherein he was elected to the presidency of Haiti for life.
	www.proliberty.com /observer/20040318.htm (404 words)

	Worldwide Bungee/Bungy List
		near Sainte Rose, Reunion Island (French overseas section), Close to Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa
		Egypt, Morocco, Reunion Island (France), Republic of South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
		Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Iceland, Monaco, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom
	www.bungee-experience.com /list.htm (1080 words)

	CARTE DE L'ISLE SAINT DOMINGUE...
		A very attractive map of the island of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, with a decorative title cartouche and a compass rose design in the ocean.
		Good detail on the island, showing towns and villages, mountain areas, coastal features and bays, rivers, and even churches.
	vintagemaps.com /catalog/carte_de_l_isle_saint_domingue____1959643.htm (79 words)

	ICELAND -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Iceland is an island republic in the North Atlantic Ocean, near the Arctic Circle.
		The island of Iceland is one of the stepping-stones of land between the North American and European continents.
		As the Norsemen became Christians, storytelling of this kind was discouraged on the mainland.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9114362?tocId=9114362 (819 words)

	Making an Island - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks
		An earlier example is Republic of Rose Island, which was, in a hostile manner, taken over and destroyed by Italy.
		One of the earlier modern artificial island built for the purpose to create a micronation, is the Republic of Minerva, built on the Minerva Reefs, though within months of declaring independence, Tonga invaded.
	en.wikibooks.org /wiki/Making_an_Island (359 words)

	Puerto Rico : Ponce de León
		In the New World, Ponce de León served as a soldier in the Spanish settlement of Hispaniola, now the island home of Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
		A year later, he was named governor of Puerto Rico and soon rose to become one of the most powerful Europeans in the Americas.
		From most accounts, Ponce de León was a good governor of Puerto Rico before his political rivals forced him from office in 1512.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=94&catID=0094037688 (513 words)

	Search Encyclopedia.com
		Santo Domingo Santo Domingosän´tō dōmēng´gō, former Spanish colony on the island of Hispaniola.
		Sarmiento, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, Domingo Faustinodōmēng´gō foustē´nō särmyān´tō, 1811-88, Argentine statesman, educator, and author, president of the republic (1868-74).
		Early Career and First PresidencyAn army officer, Perón was the leader of a group of colonels that rose to prominence after the overthrow of the government of Ramón Castillo in 1943, a group which supported the fascist and...
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=Domingo+Ugartechea (525 words)

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