Word: archipelagoes
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...DIED. Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, 75, charismatic Queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, a royal position established in 1858 in response to Britain's colonization of the South Pacific archipelago; in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. Though her post was ceremonial, Te Ata, the sixth Maori ruler, worked to raise the profile of Maori abroad, attending the coronations of foreign sovereigns and meeting with world leaders like President Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela...
DIED. Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, 75, regal and charismatic Queen of New Zealand's indigenous Maori, a royal position established in 1858 in response to Britain's colonization of the Southwest Pacific archipelago; in Ngaruawahia, New Zealand. Although her post was ceremonial, Te Ata, the sixth Maori ruler, worked to raise the profile of Maori abroad, attending the coronations of foreign sovereigns and meeting with world leaders like President Bill Clinton, Queen Elizabeth II and Nelson Mandela...
...Comparing the vast archipelago of Indonesia to tiny Sri Lanka may be unfair, but Jakarta's failure to coordinate government agencies and officials has been apparent since the tsunami in Aceh two years ago killed more than 170,000 people and an earthquake left more than 5,800 people dead in central Java last May. Indonesia has made it clear that it will take millions of dollars, new technology and increased manpower to develop a tsunami warning system to cover the sprawling country. Integration into a regional system will also be critical to avoid the blame game now unfolding between...
...Knowledge can do nothing to keep his wheels on the road. Descending into insanity, Dave empties all his warped, dyspeptic rage into a hate-filled memoir that he buries in his ex-wife's garden. Several centuries on, after a great flood has reduced England to an archipelago and returned society to a pretaxi - indeed, premedieval - state, Dave's book is unearthed and becomes a kind of New Knowledge, the founding text of a new religion that rules in the land of Ing (all that remains of England). Women Between puffs on a black, exotically gnarled cigar and sips...
Should your travels through London's urban jungle bring on an appetite for, say, a juicy slab of wildebeest, then follow the trail to Archipelago, tel: (44-20) 7383 3346. Animal-rights activists camped on the doorstep[an error occurred while processing this directive] of this Fitzrovia restaurant when it first opened, but withdrew after management proved to them that the exotic meats on offer came from suppliers accredited by wildlife and conservation groups. Today, it's not placard wavers but curious diners hovering at the entrance of this intimate, 40-seat venue, anxious to try dishes that sound strangely...