11.   Besides building their brandname, Lee and Wang are also in the midst of setting up a makeup school in the island republic.

12.   But Singaporeans probably will face nothing more drastic than missing a TV show, officials on the island republic said.

13.   China views Taiwan as a renegade province and has sought to diplomatically isolate the island republic.

14.   Defying international pressure, Australia barred them from landing, and sent them to neighboring Nauru, a tiny Pacific island republic.

15.   Cyprus, an independent island republic, has long been a thorn in relations between traditional rivals Greece and Turkey.

16.   Flogging is a routine form of punishment in this island republic for crimes such as vandalism, theft and sexual harassment.

17.   Former President Jimmy Carter, who took the lead in negotiating the peaceful U.S. invasion of Haiti, said Wednesday he is returning to the island republic next month.

18.   Greece says the defense agreement with Cyprus, which is being implemented gradually, is designed to avert any aggression by Turkey on the eastern Mediterranean island republic.

19.   He fled Singapore but was caught in Frankfurt, Germany and returned to the island republic where he was convicted of fraudulently hiding the losses.

20.   He said they were believed to be manufactured in Kuala Lumpur and supplied to wholesalers and retailers in Johor Baru for redistribution in the city and the island republic.