11.   Limited free-market reforms have improved life for many on this Communist island since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

12.   Momis had been trying to negotiate the release of five soldiers held captive on the island since last September.

13.   No new polio cases have been reported on the island since the outbreak.

14.   Ocalan has been kept on Imrali prison island since his capture in February.

15.   New fires have been burning in eastern and northern Borneo island and central Sumatra island since last month.

16.   No new polio cases have been reported on the island since last year.

17.   Russia has had political control over the islands since the closing days of the war.

18.   Protesters are toning down their demonstrations against a Navy bombing range on Vieques ahead of the first exercises on the Puerto Rican island since the U.S. terror attacks.

19.   Putin will be the first Russian president to visit the communist island since the collapse of the Soviet Union a decade ago.

20.   Tensions have remained high on the island since a Greek Cypriot government decision last month to deploy Russian-made surface-to-air missiles on the island.