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- Field Listing - Land boundaries. // CIA World Fact Book;2008, p1
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- LOCAL GOVERNMENT BOUNDARY CHANGES. // Estates Gazette;6/2/2007 Directory, p6
A list of local government boundary changes in Great Britain is presented. Avon is now included in Bath and north East Somerset under the section title Bath. Buckinghamshire is now included in Milton Keynes under the section title Milton Keynes. Hampshire is now included on Portsmouth under the...
- Tiff over river of gems. Nevin, Tom // African Business;Oct2001, Issue 269, p40
Focuses on the conflict over the claims of the Orange River as the border between South Africa and Namibia. Reasons for calling the Orange River as 'The River of Diamonds'; Details on the confusions over mineral, grazing, and fishing rights; Stand of South Africans on the conflict over the...
- Jurisdiction over Ellis Island resolved? // American History;Jul/Aug97, Vol. 32 Issue 3, p6
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- NATO Exercise Reignites Turkey-Greece Feud. Demir, Metehan // Aviation Week & Space Technology;10/30/2000, Vol. 153 Issue 18, p47
Focuses on the dispute between Turkey and Greece over territorial issues. Reason for Turkey to withdraw from the military exercise of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Overview on the argument regarding the island of Cyprus; Desire of Turkey to be included in the European Security and...
- Diversity in the entrepreneurial ranks. Drake, Diana Lasseter // Business News New Jersey;03/16/98, Vol. 11 Issue 11, p19
Focuses on the battle of New Jersey with New York over its share of land in Ellis Island. Initial recommendation of the Supreme Court on the partition of the island as of April 1997; Percentage of New Jersey's foreign-born population; Foreigners who dominate New Jersey's foreign-born population.
- Collision in the China Sea. Vasey, Lloyd R. // Christian Science Monitor;6/22/95, Vol. 87 Issue 145, p19
Focuses on the territorial disputes in the South China Sea over the sovereignty of Spratly and Paracel Islands. Countries involved in the dispute; China's geographic influence in the region; Forums to resolve the issues; Need of US to work as a broker to resolve the crisis.
- Britain steps away from a frontier-free Europe. MacLeod, Alexander // Christian Science Monitor;12/11/96, Vol. 89 Issue 12, p6
Reports that Great Britain's Prime Minister John Major may be locking horns with other European Union (EU) leaders when he meets them in Dublin, Ireland on December 13, 1996. Plan for a frontier-free Europe; Comment that people are confused when traveling by road between EU's continental...
- Next crisis in Central Africa: The Tanzania-Burundi border. Matloff, Judith // Christian Science Monitor;12/12/96, Vol. 89 Issue 13, p7
Reports that Tanzania may be the next point of tension in Central Africa as pressure mounts as Burundian Hutu rebels make their way across Burundi to regroup in bases inside Tanzania. Surge of violence across Burundi's midsection; Ousting of Hutu insurgents out of Burundi and neighboring Rwanda;...
