51.   That may be all that is funny about the severe water shortage gripping this island at the eastern end of the Mediterranean.

52.   Tasmanian is an island at the southern end of Australia.

53.   The faithful and the curious would hurry onto the rocky island at low tide before the water came rushing back.

54.   The former Soviet Union captured the islands at the end of World War II.

55.   The government of Antigua and Barbuda ordered schools to close on both islands at noon and residents began boarding up their homes.

56.   The former Soviet Army overran the islands at the end of World War II.

57.   The former Soviet Union seized the islands at the end of World War II.

58.   The Soviet Red Army seized the islands of Shikotan, Kunashiri and Etorofu and the Habomai group of islands at the end of World War II.

59.   The three-minute storm hit Kutubdia island at dawn, and flattened three villages, police said.

60.   The U.A.E. has been locked in a dispute with Iran over three islands at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz where the Iranian buildup has been reported.