1.   It was carved by the Sakuddei, an agrarian people who lived on Siberut, an island in the tiny Mentawai archipelago off the west coast of Sumatra.

2.   Never mind the palm trees, the tiny archipelago of Tuvalu is more basket case than tropical paradise.

3.   Like many residents of the tiny archipelago, Massoundi knows from the past to expect the worst.

4.   The tiny archipelago is claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam and in part by Malaysia, the Philippines and Brunei.

5.   He said the lighthouse was located in the west of the tiny archipelago on North Small Island -- Pak Siu Tao in Chinese and Kitako in Japanese.

6.   International observers said they were happy that the vote in the tiny west African archipelago was free and fair.

7.   Three more mercenaries remain at large in the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago.

8.   OAU chief Amara Essy said in a statement the envoy, Francisco Caetano Madeira, would be sent to the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago as a matter of urgency.

9.   The group plans to launch zodiac inflatable dinghies and plant a communist Chinese flag on the tiny archipelago, where Japanese nationalists recently erected a lighthouse.