31.   The action was the result of months of investigations into a syndicate that smuggled and distributed the pirated CDs across the island republic, it said.

32.   The glitch occurred at retail outlets from gas stations to supermarkets across the island republic.

33.   The island republic has long prided itself on its low crime rates and safe streets.

34.   The island republic has no natural resources except a strategic location on a maritime crossroads and the skills of its population.

35.   The paper is the most influential in the island republic, where media are tightly controlled and reports often express government opinion.

36.   The results were startling for an island republic that enjoys the reputation of being among the cleanest and safest tourist destinations in Southeast Asia.

37.   The relaxed rules are part of a government drive to make the island republic an information technology hotbed like Silicon Valley in the United States.

38.   The small island republic relies heavily on high-tech industries like disk drive and semiconducter manufacturing.

39.   The tiny island republic swept six out of seven table tennis golds at these games.

40.   The trust is a statutory trust of the central Pacific island republic.