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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
On The Map: Lost Lake
Before the gold rush and, in fact, well before Spanish explorers ever came to the central valley, the Wakichi called this place home. The Wakichi are a band associated with the Yokut tribe and the ...
What to know about the deal to transfer sovereignty of the disputed Chagos Islands
The governments of Britain and Mauritius have reached a final deal to settle the future of the Chagos Islands but have been ...