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Enhanced security for Andaman and Nicobar Islands - 09 Jan 2009
New Delhi, Jan 9 (ANI): The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration has... by Lieutenant Governor of the Islands, Lt. General (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, at the Pravasi... eco-system of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands would be preserved while taking up

Earliest settlers in the Caribbean preferred to live on smaller islands - 25 Nov 2008
in the Caribbean preferred to live on smaller islands, which challenges the assumption that large islands are more important than small ones in the history... mainland, the larger islands would have been preferred because they were more

Prince William's deployment to Falkland Islands upsets Argentina - 03 Feb 2009
to the Falkland Islands has upset Argentina. The Telegraph quoted Jorge Taina, an aide... the future of the islands.  "This circumstance only serves to once again... of the islands it calls the Malvinas.  Prince William will be sent

Brown not to surrender sovereignty of Falkland Islands to Argentina - 28 Mar 2009
will not surrender the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands ahead of talks... the islands from British occupation.  Brown will today hold his first meeting... the Falkland Islands. However, speaking ahead of talks with the Argentineans, Brown

Maritime patrol near Diaoyu Islands irreproachable: China - 09 Dec 2008
entering the waters near the disputed Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea, saying...;'The Diaoyu Islands and adjacent islets are Chinese territories since ancient times... ships in the seas near the disputed islands Monday.    The islands

Private islands selling for just 53,171 pounds - 12 Jan 2009
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Private islands, once seen as the privilege of the rich... miles from mainland Nova Scotia, Canada. US company Private Islands Online, which recently slashed the price of a string of islands, describes it as "a great

Army to undertake Blue Waters Expedition in Lakshadweep Islands - 20 Mar 2009
to the Lakshadweep Islands. General Officer Commanding Bison Division, Major.... The Island Hopping Leg at the Lakshadweep Islands wherein, activities... in 1985.  The 'Trishna' will sail from Mumbai to Lakshadweep Islands

Study sheds new light on extinction rates of species on islands - 01 Jan 2008
on the subject of extinction rates of species on islands, suggesting that diversity among animals on islands is on the rise. It's no secret that humans are having... decided to test that theory by studying the world's far-flung islands. 

Powerful quake jolts remote islands off New Zealand - 09 Dec 2008
Wellington, Dec 9 (Xinhua) A strong earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale jolted New Zealand's remote areas of Kermadec Islands in the Pacific Ocean... in the Kermadec islands area, which is part of the 'Ring of Fire,' where the Pacific

Invasive plant species predate humans' arrival on Galapagos Islands - 01 Jan 2008
on the Galapagos Islands, which were thought to be invasive species brought...;The islands' 825 introduced species outnumber the 552 plants that are native to the islands. There are also 62 plant species classified as "doubtful natives

Arctic ice shelf splits, creating two huge ice islands - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 31 (ANI): Canadian scientists have revealed that part of the Arctic ice shelf has sheared off, creating two huge ice islands, all thanks to global... islands. According to a report in the Telegraph, together the two islands cover

Climate change leading to increase in tiger attacks in Sundarban islands - 22 Oct 2008
attacks on people is growing in India's Sundarban islands as habitat loss... with Bangladesh, is dotted with hundreds of small islands criss-crossed... their prey migrated," he added. But as sea levels rise, two islands have

Comic Relief's 'Islands in the Stream' tops UK singles chart - 16 Mar 2009
London, Mar 16 (ANI): The Comic Relief charity single, 'Islands in the Stream', by Gavin and Stacey stars Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones has topped the UK singles... Relief - Islands in the Stream  2 Flo Rida ft Kesha - Right Round  3

Darwin missed rare pink Iguana species on Galapagos Islands - 06 Jan 2009
London, Jan 6 (ANI): New genetic analysis by scientists has revealed that a long-overlooked pink iguana on the Galapagos Islands is a species in its own right... diversification on the islands. Though it has only recently been discovered, Gentile

Robot submarine to explore world's deepest undersea volcanoes in the Caribbean - 01 Jan 2008
that the Cayman Trough, which lies between Jamaica and the Cayman Islands... the full length of the Cayman Trough," said team leader, Dr Jon Copley... will look to compare the animals around the Cayman vents with those in the Atlantic

Hurricane Paloma with 195-km an hour windspeed hits Cuba - 09 Nov 2008
has already buffeted the Cayman Islands on its way to Cuba, but spared the islands heavy damage, according to local officials.  The storm became... of the Cayman Islands, hit by the late-season storm a day earlier, roofs were

Conservation of coral reef in Lakshadweep - 26 Mar 2009
Kavaratti Islands (Lakshadweep), Mar 26 (ANI): Indian army has undertaken an expedition in Lakshadweep Islands to spread awareness amongst... and fauna of the islands.  It also imparts knowledge on steps, which

Lakshadweep, the smallest constituency gears up for Parliament elections - 02 Apr 2009
Lakshadweep Islands, April 2 (ANI): With the country bracing itself..., Lakshadweep Islands, are enthusiastic about participating in the elections beginning on April 16. Lakshadweep Islands, a cluster of 25 isles scattered

Quake of slight intensity rocks Andaman Island - 01 Jan 2008
Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Oct 4 (ANI): A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale rocked Andaman Island early this morning.  According to the met department, the epicentre of the quake was located at a latitude

Quake of slight intensity rocks Andaman Island - 06 Oct 2008
Port Blair (Andaman Islands), Oct 4 (ANI): A moderate intensity quake measuring 5.5 on Richter Scale rocked Andaman Island early this morning.  According to the met department, the epicentre of the quake was located at a latitude

Army to undertake environmental expedition to Lakshadweep - 20 Mar 2009
posed to the ecology of the islands. 'This is being held for providing... Officer Commanding Bison Division, Sunday at Agatti in Lakshadweep islands.  

Dubai plans on building world's tallest skyscraper - 06 Oct 2008
London, Oct 6 (ANI): Dubai, with its many beautiful man-made islands, is now looking forward to building the world's tallest skyscraper. The project... islands in the shapes of a palm tree and the world. The company has revealed

Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic - 06 Apr 2009
to two islands in Antarctica has snapped, BBC reported. Scientists say... removal will allow ice to move more freely between Charcot and Latady islands... lost connection with one of its islands is really a strong indication

Russian frigate escorting nine ships from Somali pirates - 21 Nov 2008
one vessel each from Russia, the Marshall Islands and the Cayman Islands

Strong earthquake hits South Pacific - 19 Jan 2009
Wellington, Jan 19 (Xinhua) An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale jolted Kermadec Islands north of New Zealand early Monday, the US Geological Survey reported. No casualties or damages were reported. The Kermadec Islands

Indian army pilot creates record in Para motor flying - 25 Mar 2009
in flying by covering two main islands of Lakshadweep on the Indian coast by a Para... time when any Indian attempted a feat of crossing two main islands through... at Lakshadweep Islands to create awareness on environmental conservation and protection

Sonia announces development plans for Andaman and Nicobar - 28 Feb 2009
for Andaman and Nicobar Islands on Saturday including a plan to develop... on Friday, Sonia Gandhi said: "Rajiv Gandhi had envisioned the islands as a big... promoting the tuna fish industry in the islands. "It would be promoted under

First human settlers in America may have come from Europe - 01 Jan 2008
Islands of Northwest Indiana is lending support to evidence that the first humans... University's Dr. Ron Janke's research into the creation of Kankakee Sand Islands... began studying the origins of the Kankakee Sand Islands - a series of hundreds

Indian Ocean islanders lose bid to return home - 22 Oct 2008
Islands after being expelled some 40 years ago for strategic reasons. The House... to block their return to Chagos.    Diego Garcia, one of the islands... and the Afghanistan conflict.   Britain, which owns the islands, expelled their native

"Atlantis" turns out to be boat-mapping lines - 21 Feb 2009
have been shattered, with the criss-crossing lines near the Canary Islands... the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands, is a location... of north west Africa near the Canary Islands on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean

First comprehensive 'inventory' of life in Antarctica reveals rich biodiversity - 02 Dec 2008
"inventory" of sea and land animals around a group of Antarctic islands, which has... the land, sea and shores of the South Orkney Islands, near the tip of the Antarctic... knew there were so many different species on and around these islands," said

Ice bridge in Antarctica snaps, may cause Wilkins shelf to break away - 06 Apr 2009
a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to two islands in Antarctica has snapped, which... more freely between Charcot and Latady islands, into the open ocean.The ice bridge...;"The fact that it's retreating and now has lost connection with one of its islands

Tonga quake triggers tsunami warning - 20 Mar 2009
London, March 20 (ANI): A major 7.9-magnitude earthquake that struck off the Tonga islands region has led local radio stations to issue a tsunami warning... Tsunami Warning Centre for Tonga, Niue, Kermadec Islands, American Samoa, Samoa

Lost continent of Atlantis may have been found by Google Ocean - 20 Feb 2009
Islands, with the help of Google Ocean, a 3D software. Atlantis is believed... off the west coast of Africa near the Canary Islands, is a location

Reptile's fossil helps rule out New Zealand drowning under ancient flood theory - 21 Jan 2009
submerged the country's islands, just like the fabled Atlantis. According... that the absence of fossils between 25 and 22 million years ago means the islands... there could have been an archipelago of islands and these can support a huge amount

Robinho faces a birthday dressing down from Man City coach - 23 Jan 2009
London, Jan.23 (ANI): Brazilian footballer Robinho may face a birthday dressing-down from Manchester City coach Mark Hughes for skipping back home from a training session in the Tenerife Islands. Robinho, who is being paid 32.5

Bruce Willis gets married to model girlfriend - 23 Mar 2009
Los Angeles, March 23 (DPA) US actor Bruce Willis wed British model Emma Heming in a small ceremony on the Caribbean Turks & Caicos Islands, press reports said Sunday. The wedding between the 54-year-old action star and Heming, 22

Sonia to unveil Indira Gandhi's statue in Port Blair - 28 Feb 2009
Port Blair, Feb 28 (ANI): Congress President Sonia Gandhi will visit the Andaman islands of Car Nicobar and Cambell Bay where she will unveil a statue of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Indira Point. Before leaving for New

India lauds free and fair polls in Maldives - 17 Oct 2008
New Delhi, Oct 17 (IANS) Lauding the process of democratic transition underway in the Maldives, India Thursday praised the 'peaceful and fair' presidential election in the picturesque Indian Ocean nation comprising 1,190 islands. 'We

Unesco recommends India on river island Majuli - 21 Oct 2008
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Unesco has asked India to compile a list of monasteries in Majuli, one of the largest freshwater river islands of the world in Assam, parliament was told Tuesday. Minister of Tourism and Culture Ambika Soni

Marine scientists find bizarre creatures in Australian reefs - 01 Jan 2008
Canberra, September 19 (ANI): A team of marine scientists has found hundreds of new lifeforms, which includes some bizarre creatures, on Lizard and Heron islands on the Great Barrier Reef and Ningaloo Reef off Western Australia. 

Cricket flourishes in war-ravaged Afghanistan - 31 Mar 2009
beaten teams such as the Cayman Islands, Uganda and Japan besides winning

Vodafone loses $1.7 bn tax appeal in Mumbai court - 03 Dec 2008
and that since Hutchison was incorporated in Cayman Islands, India's Income Tax Act

Change in bald eagle diet linked to sea otter decline - 06 Oct 2008
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary

Change in bald eagle diet linked to sea otter decline - 01 Jan 2008
Washington, Oct 4 (ANI): A new study has found that the decline of sea otters along Alaska's Aleutian Islands has forced a change in the diet of a terrestrial predator - the bald eagle. The study demonstrates the extraordinary

Himachal Pradesh's Pong wetlands welcome 40,000 migratory birds - 18 Nov 2008
Pong Dam (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 18 (IANS) Verdant forests, islands of shrubbery and grassy swamps in these Himalayan foothills are once again agog with flappings of feathered guests. Covering thousands of kilometres from north Asia

No tsunami alert sounded after Andaman quake - 01 Jan 2008
Port Blair, June 27 (ANI): The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has said that no tsunami alert has been issued after an earthquake measuring 6.7 at Richter scale hit Andaman Islands at 5:40 p.m. today. Electricity supply

Indian Army begins environmental expedition in Lakshadweep - 22 Mar 2009
threatening these islands, a statement issued here said. The local... would bring to the fore vital ecological concerns threatening these islands

Fish facing extinction due to interbreeding in murky waters - 01 Jan 2008
London, October 2 (ANI): Studying cichlids living off the shores of five Lake Victoria islands, a research team has found that polluted waters are blinding... islands. Seehausen has revealed that the waters near some lakes were cloudier

Maldives sinking? Searches for a new home - 11 Nov 2008
warming that could submerge some of the world's lowest-lying islands. 'We can...-centric economy and threatened to submerge many islands.   Male

Fish facing extinction due to interbreeding in murky waters - 06 Oct 2008
London, October 2 (ANI): Studying cichlids living off the shores of five Lake Victoria islands, a research team has found that polluted waters are blinding... islands. Seehausen has revealed that the waters near some lakes were cloudier

Gran has Timberlake, Biel's wedding venue picked out - 01 Jan 2008
London, July 15 (ANI): While American pop singer Justin Timberlake has reportedly been eyeing islands as a venue for his marriage to actress Jessica Biel, his grandmother, Sadie Bomar, already has the perfect place picked out. Bomar

Oz PM Rudd's ill behaviour linked to iron deficiency - 05 Apr 2009
Sydney, Apr 5 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Kevin Michael Rudd's ill behaviour with a flight stewardess on a VIP flight from the Pacific Islands Forum in Port Moresby in January has been linked to a possible iron deficiency. Rudd

Hawaii's deep-sea coral may be world's oldest living marine organism - 25 Mar 2009
Washington, March 25 (ANI): In a new study, it has been determined that deep-sea corals from about 400 meters off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands are much older than once believed and some may be the oldest living marine

Vodafone to take tax case to Supreme Court - 05 Dec 2008
in the Netherlands, and that since Hutchison was incorporated in Cayman Islands

Half of US coral reefs in 'poor' or 'fair' condition, says NOAA report - 01 Jan 2008
conditions in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Navassa Island, southeast Florida, the Florida Keys, Flower Garden Banks, the Main Hawaiian Islands, the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, American Samoa, the Pacific Remote Islands, the Republic

Researchers find spots where our body switches off defective genes - 19 Jan 2009
that the vast majority of the sites aren't grouped in those islands at all, but on nearby... the islands to thousands of new sites scattered throughout the genome.  Each... all DNA, not just the islands.  To their surprise, the researchers

'Best job in the world' website overloaded with applications - 18 Feb 2009
for the role of Caretaker of the Islands of the Great Barrier Reef in what has... neighbouring islands, swim, snorkel, discover wildlife, and the locals. Boyle

Meet the birds that cross the Pacific in 9 days without stopping flapping wings - 22 Oct 2008
islands to breed, and they have now been shown to cover the distance without..., covered 6,230 miles to reach the Solomon Islands.  "This far surpassed

Search on for 10 missing Haitians in Caribbean - 21 Jan 2009
Virgin Islands.  Coast Guard units and authorities in the Virgin Islands have been searching for the 10 missing Haitians since Monday.  

Moderate earthquake jolts western Indonesia - 19 Dec 2008
Mentawai islands in Sumatra province at around 8.27 a.m. with its epicentre located

Cargo ship capsizes off Philippines coast, 11 missing - 26 Nov 2008
Manila, Nov 26 (DPA) A cargo ship has capsized off the coast of northern Philippines due to bad weather, leaving 11 crew members missing, the nation's coast guard said Wednesday. The Mark Jason 1 was on its way to the Batanes Islands

Evaluation of damages to coastal eco-systems - 28 May 2008
in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the extent of 18%. Due to the effect of Tsunami... suggest that in Andaman Islands about 3850 ha of mangroves were lost, while.... Coral reefs were also damaged in Andaman & Nicobar Islands to the extent

Russia to return Yinlong, Heixiazi Island to China - 01 Jan 2008
Island) and half of Heixiazi Island (Bolshoi Ussuriysky Island). The islands... is collectively referred to as the Heixiazi Islands. After the 2004 agreement, the two sides spent three years delimitating the border around the islands

Roman refugees built Venice, reveals ancestor city - 01 Jan 2008
to choose for a leading world power, stretching across 118 small islands... is that Venice was founded on the islands by refugees from Roman cities... on the islands, using some of the stones from their city," he said. The newly

Army launches expedition to conserve coral reefs in Lakshadweep - 22 Mar 2009
on ecological concerns threatening these islands over the next six weeks. ... Islands, spread awareness on need to preserve the fragile ecology of their Islands. The adventure team consists of six officers and 54 other ranks

Earth's sea level was more than 70 feet higher 400,000 years ago - 10 Feb 2009
areas, and particularly for low islands and archipelagos, such a rise would have... sites," said Olson.  "This group of islands in the Atlantic was so... of organisms on islands and low-lying continental coastal areas, it is also

Clownfish uses its nose to find its way home - 01 Jan 2008
preference for water collected from reefs that contained islands. The researchers... with islands on them should be targeted by reef management because they become (places) that people use, and there's usually a limited land area on islands, which

'Best job in the world' up for grabs - 12 Jan 2009
and underwater - of 600 islands, and report back through a fortnightly Internet... about the 600 islands you can visit," the Independent quoted the chief executive... to a four-day interview on May 3, on islands dotted along the Great Barrier Reef

Garner, Affleck name new baby Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck - 14 Jan 2009
Islands. (ANI) 

Timberlake hunting for 'perfect' ring for ladylove Biel? - 01 Jan 2008
reportedly eyeing many exotic islands as a venue for his marriage to Biel. (ANI) 

Lindsay Lohan sets her sights on Big Apple Dakota Penthouse - 01 Jan 2008
Islands in New York, as she intends to buy a penthouse in the city's famous

Bruce Willis weds model Emma Heming - 23 Mar 2009
also attended the event in the Turks and Caicos islands, reports the Telegraph

Miranda Kerr, Orlando Bloom mix work with pleasure - 15 Dec 2008
to the Rosewood Little Dix Bay resort on Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands, reports

Kutcher posts Moore's 'bottom' pic on Twitter - 24 Mar 2009
London, Mar 24 (ANI): Hollywood actor Ashton Kutcher has naughtily posted a picture of wife Demi Moore's bottom on his Twitter page. While the couple was on Parrot Cay, in the Turks and Caicos Islands to attend

Fergie keen to adopt a pooch - 13 Feb 2009
Islands. According to a source, their honeymoon was "romantic relaxation, lying

Timberlake orders 'thin' Biel to pig out on burgers, beer - 01 Jan 2008
;The '4 Minutes' singer is also reportedly eyeing many exotic islands as a venue

Bruce Willis, Emma Heming 'legally married' - 30 Mar 2009
at the actor's home on Parrot Cay, in the Turks and Caicos Islands

The 21st century Noah's Ark - 01 Jan 2008
;Sea levels are expected to rise 3ft by 2100, threatening islands, coastal areas

Bruce Willis to have second wedding ceremony - 25 Mar 2009
, in the Turks and Caicos Islands March 21, with guests including Willis' ex-wife Demi

New species of Pacific Iguana discovered in Fiji - 01 Jan 2008
of the mitochondrial DNA of 61 iguanas from 13 islands. The study shows the B. bulabula..." to the Fijian islands somewhere between 13 to 14 million years ago. The analysis

Newborn blue whale first time caught on camera - 05 Mar 2009
Islands.  The researchers speculate that mother and baby returned to the islands

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 100 illegal Bangladeshi migrants - 28 Dec 2008
islands, were being interrogated at the Little Andaman Island.  'These boys... in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands told IANS by telephone.  'They said the Thai

Heavy rain hits flood-stricken Fiji again - 14 Jan 2009
of the islands that comprise Fiji, it was still raining and the situation... trapped on offshore islands or at Nadi airport where flights out of the country

CWYG will give us our future sporting stars: Maxwell - 13 Oct 2008
Islands will have its own team, as will the Cook Islands and Nieu - two of New

Climate change could destroy not only the future, but also the past - 01 Jan 2008
people working at a site in the Faroe Islands, where there is evidence... in this country in places like the Orkney islands, with remains from

6,000 km trip to reveal migration route of ancestors of ancient Polynesians - 07 Nov 2008
Atholl Anderson, when it leaves the southern Solomon islands en-route... to the inhabitants of the small Polynesian islands of Tikopia and Anuta, acknowledging

West Bengal and Bangladesh on Cyclone alert - 15 Nov 2007
Bengal-Bangladesh coast near the Sagar Islands by Friday. According to West... of Andaman Islands changed direction towards coastal areas of west Bengal

Soon, wrap-around bendy and stretchable electronics - 22 Jan 2009
;The secret of the design is in the silicon (Si) islands on which the active devices or circuits are fabricated.  The islands form a chemically bonded, pre-strained

Brits taking to 'staycations' to save money - 01 Jan 2008
of the limited amount of accommodation in the islands, people tend to book a year in advance. We have four campsites in the islands and they are fully booked... to the islands and they are trying to save elsewhere." (ANI) 

New Maldives president arrives in India Tuesday - 22 Dec 2008
of over 2,000 tropical islands scattered south-west of India in the Indian Ocean... known for its luxurious resort islands.   The Maldives, which has... in a country where over 200,000 people scattered in nearly 200 major islands have to use

Pakistanis detained on charges of financing terrorism - 21 Jan 2009
, Alicante and the Canary Islands.   Interior Minister Alfredo Perez

Wreck of HMS Victory, containing 'golden treasure', found under English Channel - 03 Feb 2009
in October 1744 around The Casquets, a group of rocks off the Channel Islands

Oz woman gets tattoo to land 'Best Job in the World' - 15 Jan 2009
applicant to explore neighbouring islands, swim, snorkel, discover wildlife

Soon, a tsunami invisibility cloak to protect off-shore platforms from destruction - 01 Jan 2008
islands, effectively invisible to tsunamis.  If the scheme works as well

Maldivians cast their votes in far away Kerala - 08 Oct 2008
democratic presidential elections in the Indian Ocean islands of the Maldives. 

Mills getting private business lessons from Branson - 01 Jan 2008
at Necker Island, Branson's British Virgin Islands retreat.  She is also said

Edwards promised Hunter they'd be together after wife's death, says report - 01 Jan 2008
to the Virgin Islands on a chartered jet. According to the Enquirer

Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens turn starry eyed on the beach - 01 Jan 2008
on their holidays on the Turks and Caicos islands in the Caribbean, and later splashing around

Partial solar eclipse on Jan 26 - 22 Jan 2009
of northeast India, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep. People in north and west