Word: archipelago
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...CALEDONIA got France to cede direct rule in 1991. A vote on full sovereignty for the South Pacific archipelago is expected between...
...biology and Agassiz professor of zoology, along with Neil H. Shubin, professor of organismal biology and anatomy at the University of Chicago, and Edward B. Daeschler of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia formed the core group of scientists who made the discovery in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago...
...This is not a lap dance in Las Vegas, but a revered Balinese custom known as the joged bumbung, or bamboo dance. Yet it is one of hundreds of traditions across the Indonesian archipelago that could be banned under legislation being deliberated by the national parliament. The bill, which is supported by several Muslim parties, would render illegal any behavior or images that might be considered sexually provocative. Women who bare their shoulders or legs, or artists who use nudity in their work, could be prosecuted for indecency and fined up to 2 billion rupiah (about $220,000) or even...
...millennium or so ago, the archipelago from Hudson Bay through Nunavut to northern Greenland was inhabited by nomadic groups we now call the Dorset people. They were, according to Inuit legend, tall and gentle folk, and they hunted from the ice edge, harpooning seals and walruses with tools made of bone and ivory. When a slight warming period hit about 1,000 years ago, the ice receded. Bowhead whales moved in from Alaskan waters, followed by seafaring hunters from the Bering Strait. With their boats, those hunters, the forebears of Canadian Inuit, eventually spread east to Greenland. For reasons still...
...blames a lack of manpower for the government's apparent failure to curb child exploitation, and says he has not heard that politicians are involved. Only three government welfare workers can be called on to help the victims; they service a population of about 500,000 across a vast archipelago. Worse, senior officials dismiss or play down unicef's allegations. "I think that report was biased," says Ruth Liloqula, who until last month was permanent secretary of the Home Affairs Department. "It only refers to about 7% of children. We need to do more research...