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AP PHOTOS: Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal
LONDON (AP) — Bernadette Dugasse was just a toddler when her family was forced to leave her birthplace, the Chagos Islands.
A look at the Pacific Islands and the U.S. territories there
The U.S. has 16 territories in areas of the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean. People living in U.S. territories are citizens of ...
Displaced Chagos islanders fear they will never go home after a UK-Mauritius deal
Dugasse, 68, has spent most of her life in the Seychelles and the U.K., wondering what it would be like to set foot on the ...
UK agrees to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius in deal it says protects key US base
LONDON — Britain signed an agreement Thursday handing sovereignty over the contested and strategically located Chagos Islands ...
Want to see Lake Como and the Italian Riviera without the crowds? Try these lesser-known spots
The three uniquely different towns of Rapallo, Varenna, and Menaggio offer elegant views, food tours and everything you need ...
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United Kingdom abandons its colony of the Chagos Islands, but maintains the Diego Garcia airbase, which gives the key to the Indian Ocean to the USA
The islands, named after a Spanish navigator, have a basically symbolic British presence. The United Kingdom hands over the ...