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AM 1, FM 3, shortwave 0 (additionally, the American Armed Forces Radio and Television Service (Central Pacific Network) operates one FM and one AM station on Kwajalein Island) (2005)
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claims US territory of Wake Island
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... overseeing Indian Ocean trade, and establishing a plantation economy of sugar cane. The British captured the island in 1810, during the Napoleonic Wars. Mauritius remained a strategically important British naval base, and ...
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the main island, from which the country derives its name, is of volcanic origin and is almost entirely surrounded by coral reefs; home of the dodo, a large flightless bird related to ...
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Mauritius claims the Chagos Archipelago (UK-administered British Indian Ocean Territory), and its former inhabitants, who reside chiefly in Mauritius; claims French-administered Tromelin Island
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... France along with the other islands of the Comoros group in 1843. It was the only island in the archipelago that voted in 1974 to retain its link with France and forego ...
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Southern Indian Ocean, island in the Mozambique Channel, about half way between northern Madagascar and northern Mozambique
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... coat of arms of Mayotte centered on a white field, above which the name of the island appears in red capital letters; the main elements of the coat of arms, flanked on ...
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... large portion of its food requirements, mainly from France. The economy and future development of the island are heavily dependent on French financial assistance, an important supplement to GDP. Mayotte's remote ...
www.exxun.com/Mayotte/e_ec.html
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defense is the responsibility of France; a small contingent of French forces is stationed on the island
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Oceania, island group in the North Pacific Ocean, about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Indonesia
www.exxun.com/Micronesia_FederatedStatesof/b_mp.html
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... first African slaves arrived three decades later. The British and French fought for possession of the island for most of the 18th century, but it finally was confirmed as a British possession ...
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the island is entirely volcanic in origin and comprised of three major volcanic centers of differing ages
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5,097 note: an estimated 8,000 refugees left the island following the resumption of volcanic activity in July 1995; some have returned (July 2009 est.)
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... and seaports, causing further economic and social dislocation. Two-thirds of the 12,000 inhabitants fled the island. Some began to return in 1998, but lack of housing limited the number. The agriculture ...
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