1.   Saul replaces Sir John Swan, who resigned after voters rejected his proposal that this island colony declare its independence from Britain.

2.   Britain has offered financial help for those who want to leave its Caribbean island colony, but many residents have said the plan does not offer enough.

3.   Hughes noted that Britain fought a war with Argentina over the Falklands, an island colony of white residents.

4.   In neighboring Barbados, another former British island colony, politicians have pushed for a similar proposal.

5.   The fresh allegations of atrocities were contained in videotapes smuggled out of the former Portuguese island colony and broadcast nationally by SBS TV.

6.   The emergency on the volcanic island colony of Montserrat has been difficult to handle because so many departments are involved, government minister Clare Short said Tuesday.

7.   Voters in the Atlantic island colony have overwhelmingly rejected independence from Britain.

8.   Voters in this mid-Atlantic island colony overwhelmingly rejected independence from Britain.