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One of the steps that we are taking to connect is by opening diplomatic relationships with Cook Islands and Niue. – Retno Marsudi	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In some high-end homes, I love to see dual islands its actually an upgrade, however, in this house it doesnt work its choppy. – Drew Scott	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Now you fix the place up, and theyre not going to trash it like they would when theyre 1 year old, in some high-end homes, I love to see dual islands its actually an upgrade. – Drew Scott	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
It was those iconic images of the dead albatross chicks on the Pacific Islands with their stomachs open and all recognizable plastic items inside it, and most recently, it's been when we discovered the nano-particles do cross the blood-brain barrier, and we were able to prove that plastic is in us. – Paul Rose	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This is a decisive moment in the story of these islands and it requires national unity to deliver the national interest. – Theresa May	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Everything boils down to what Britain does, if it transfers Chagos Islands to Mauritius -- and it has a history of obeying these rulings -- then it's up to Mauritius. If they say the existing agreement is no longer valid, then( Jeremy Corbyn) would have to renegotiate. – Carl Schuster	Found on CNN 5 years ago
It's not just occupants of the world's islands that are suffering. – Dasho Rinzin Dorji	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The issue of water availability (or the lack of it) has often been mentioned by researchers who work on Rapa Nui/Easter Island, when we started to examine the details of the hydrology, we began to notice that freshwater access and statue location were tightly linked together. It wasnt obvious when walking around--with the water emerging at the coast during low tide, one doesnt necessarily see obvious indications of water. File photo - Statues at Anakena Beach, Easter Island, Chile. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Places without ahu/moai showed no freshwater, he added. The pattern was striking and surprising in how consistent it was. Researchers had already identified groundwater discharge in coastal areas as a key factor in the statues placement on Easter Islands coast. In the latest stage of the research, experts examined how the availability of freshwater in certain areas was linked to the methods and means of building the statues. EASTER ISLANDS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WAS NOT DESTROYED BY WARFARE, EXPERTS SAY Around 900 statues, or moai, are dotted around Easter Island. Circa 1955: Two ancient statues of uncertain origin on Easter Island, in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Richard Harrington/Three Lions/Getty Images). – Carl Lipo	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
It further complicates the projection of Chinese military power into the southwestern maritime domain around Japan's Ryukyu islands. – Corey Wallace	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Will it bother China? Probably, but only in so far that it further complicates the projection of Chinese military power into the southwestern maritime domain around Japan's Ryukyu islands. – Corey Wallace	Found on CNN 5 years ago
What we would call November, or the early part of it, appears to have been the designated end-of-harvest and beginning-of-winter time among peoples who spoke or speak Irish Celtic languages -- primarily represented today by the Irish, the Scottish particularly of the Highlands and islands, the Welsh, and the Bretons -- but the Celtic languages were far more widespread throughout Europe in ancient times, in Irish, this time or, specifically, what we would call November 1, is known as Samhain, which probably means' end of summer,'. – Joseph Nagy	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Our understanding is that these islands are formed as sea level falls, sea levels are rising right now so the fundamental basis for forming these islands no longer exists. – Chip Fletcher	Found on CNN 5 years ago
China has militarized islands in the South China Sea, and now all of Southeast Asia is within reach of its long-rang bombers, part of President Xi plan is for China to be a top-ranked military by 2050, and President Xi is no longer bound by term limits on David Deptula presidency. – Heather Wilson	Found on CNN 5 years ago
This path will take Lane away from the islands. – National Weather Service	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Although this could be very bad news for the Tasmanian devil, we are in a better position than we were when the first contagious cancer emerged. We are further ahead with research and with developing captive management strategies, however, this is a warning to how we manage not just the Tasmanian devil but all vulnerable species, particularly those confined to islands, where disease is a real threat and can do a lot of damage quickly. – Hannah Siddle	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The holiday season on islands is now a lot longer than it used to be, meaning that the donkeys are pretty much working the whole year round, if they are not transporting tourists up the steps they are moving building materials or transporting heavy bags of rubbish. There are some good owners out there that follow the code but generally, donkeys are worked into the ground and then disposed of when their working lives are over. – Christina Kaloudi	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Citizens deserve a clear answer on how the government of the Virgin Islands intends to implement this and any future emergency executive orders that may impact their constitutional right to bear arms and defend themselves in an emergency. – Bob Goodlatte	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The U.S. shouldn't get suckered into a race to the bottom with a bunch of no-tax, resort-lined islands to please the tax avoidance industry and their lobbyists. – Ron Wyden	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Due to the corrosive effects of salt and humidity in the islands, HQ-9 missile systems must be removed and sent back to the mainland for maintenance periodically. – Timothy Heath	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Any forces deployed to the islands would easily overwhelm the military forces of any other South China Sea-claimants. – Philip Davidson	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
As for how big that presence is depends on the threat assessment China has going forward for the Nansha Islands, the Nansha region faces severe military pressure, especially since Trump took office and increased freedom of navigation patrols. So China has raised its threat assessment. – Ding Duo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Now the islands are complete, I think we will see a degree of caution in Beijing's next moves, sustaining that presence so far from the Chinese coast is a massive undertaking, and I think the deployment of troops and jet fighters would really cross a threshold for China's neighbors. – Zhang Baohui	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I was basically told that I could not come cover the Marlins. I was denied credentials right after I went to the British Virgin Islands, that trip, i was actually approved for the next day, for that Sunday, and then I got a denial email, and then was denied about a week later when I applied yet again. I spoke to Marlins PR and they basically don’t like the way that I cover the team. So I’ve been denied credentials since then. – Miami Marlins	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I think we can all relate to them here in the islands, particularly since the young lads served in the military. – Leona Roberts	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

One of the steps that we are taking to connect is by opening diplomatic relationships with Cook Islands and Niue.

– Retno Marsudi

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In some high-end homes, I love to see dual islands its actually an upgrade, however, in this house it doesnt work its choppy.

– Drew Scott

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Now you fix the place up, and theyre not going to trash it like they would when theyre 1 year old, in some high-end homes, I love to see dual islands its actually an upgrade.

– Drew Scott

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

It was those iconic images of the dead albatross chicks on the Pacific Islands with their stomachs open and all recognizable plastic items inside it, and most recently, it's been when we discovered the nano-particles do cross the blood-brain barrier, and we were able to prove that plastic is in us.

– Paul Rose

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This is a decisive moment in the story of these islands and it requires national unity to deliver the national interest.

– Theresa May

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Everything boils down to what Britain does, if it transfers Chagos Islands to Mauritius -- and it has a history of obeying these rulings -- then it's up to Mauritius. If they say the existing agreement is no longer valid, then( Jeremy Corbyn) would have to renegotiate.

– Carl Schuster

Found on CNN
5 years ago

It's not just occupants of the world's islands that are suffering.

– Dasho Rinzin Dorji

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The issue of water availability (or the lack of it) has often been mentioned by researchers who work on Rapa Nui/Easter Island, when we started to examine the details of the hydrology, we began to notice that freshwater access and statue location were tightly linked together. It wasnt obvious when walking around--with the water emerging at the coast during low tide, one doesnt necessarily see obvious indications of water. File photo - Statues at Anakena Beach, Easter Island, Chile. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images) Places without ahu/moai showed no freshwater, he added. The pattern was striking and surprising in how consistent it was. Researchers had already identified groundwater discharge in coastal areas as a key factor in the statues placement on Easter Islands coast. In the latest stage of the research, experts examined how the availability of freshwater in certain areas was linked to the methods and means of building the statues. EASTER ISLANDS ANCIENT CIVILIZATION WAS NOT DESTROYED BY WARFARE, EXPERTS SAY Around 900 statues, or moai, are dotted around Easter Island. Circa 1955: Two ancient statues of uncertain origin on Easter Island, in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo by Richard Harrington/Three Lions/Getty Images).

– Carl Lipo

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

It further complicates the projection of Chinese military power into the southwestern maritime domain around Japan's Ryukyu islands.

– Corey Wallace

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Will it bother China? Probably, but only in so far that it further complicates the projection of Chinese military power into the southwestern maritime domain around Japan's Ryukyu islands.

– Corey Wallace

Found on CNN
5 years ago

What we would call November, or the early part of it, appears to have been the designated end-of-harvest and beginning-of-winter time among peoples who spoke or speak Irish Celtic languages -- primarily represented today by the Irish, the Scottish particularly of the Highlands and islands, the Welsh, and the Bretons -- but the Celtic languages were far more widespread throughout Europe in ancient times, in Irish, this time or, specifically, what we would call November 1, is known as Samhain, which probably means' end of summer,'.

– Joseph Nagy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Our understanding is that these islands are formed as sea level falls, sea levels are rising right now so the fundamental basis for forming these islands no longer exists.

– Chip Fletcher

Found on CNN
5 years ago

China has militarized islands in the South China Sea, and now all of Southeast Asia is within reach of its long-rang bombers, part of President Xi plan is for China to be a top-ranked military by 2050, and President Xi is no longer bound by term limits on David Deptula presidency.

– Heather Wilson

Found on CNN
5 years ago

This path will take Lane away from the islands.

– National Weather Service

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Although this could be very bad news for the Tasmanian devil, we are in a better position than we were when the first contagious cancer emerged. We are further ahead with research and with developing captive management strategies, however, this is a warning to how we manage not just the Tasmanian devil but all vulnerable species, particularly those confined to islands, where disease is a real threat and can do a lot of damage quickly.

– Hannah Siddle

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The holiday season on islands is now a lot longer than it used to be, meaning that the donkeys are pretty much working the whole year round, if they are not transporting tourists up the steps they are moving building materials or transporting heavy bags of rubbish. There are some good owners out there that follow the code but generally, donkeys are worked into the ground and then disposed of when their working lives are over.

– Christina Kaloudi

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Citizens deserve a clear answer on how the government of the Virgin Islands intends to implement this and any future emergency executive orders that may impact their constitutional right to bear arms and defend themselves in an emergency.

– Bob Goodlatte

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The U.S. shouldn't get suckered into a race to the bottom with a bunch of no-tax, resort-lined islands to please the tax avoidance industry and their lobbyists.

– Ron Wyden

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Due to the corrosive effects of salt and humidity in the islands, HQ-9 missile systems must be removed and sent back to the mainland for maintenance periodically.

– Timothy Heath

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Any forces deployed to the islands would easily overwhelm the military forces of any other South China Sea-claimants.

– Philip Davidson

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

As for how big that presence is depends on the threat assessment China has going forward for the Nansha Islands, the Nansha region faces severe military pressure, especially since Trump took office and increased freedom of navigation patrols. So China has raised its threat assessment.

– Ding Duo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Now the islands are complete, I think we will see a degree of caution in Beijing's next moves, sustaining that presence so far from the Chinese coast is a massive undertaking, and I think the deployment of troops and jet fighters would really cross a threshold for China's neighbors.

– Zhang Baohui

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I was basically told that I could not come cover the Marlins. I was denied credentials right after I went to the British Virgin Islands, that trip, i was actually approved for the next day, for that Sunday, and then I got a denial email, and then was denied about a week later when I applied yet again. I spoke to Marlins PR and they basically don’t like the way that I cover the team. So I’ve been denied credentials since then.

– Miami Marlins

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I think we can all relate to them here in the islands, particularly since the young lads served in the military.

– Leona Roberts

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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