71.   Russia seized the islands from Japan at the end of World War II.

72.   Several airports closed, and American Airlines canceled flights to Caribbean islands from its regional hub in San Juan.

73.   Separatist groups on Corsica demand tax advantages, wider official recognition of the Corsican language and increased autonomy for the island from the central government in Paris.

74.   Showers continued to move over the islands from the south Wednesday night.

75.   Taiwan had warned that China may be planning even bigger exercises before the election to deter the island from declaring independence.

76.   Speedboats and Coast Guard cutters, small planes and anti-drug jets face off in nightly matches of cat-and-mouse on the vast waters separating the islands from South America.

77.   Taiwan says it will allow Chinese tourists to visit the island from the mainland at a later stage.

78.   Taiwanese gangsters are smuggling the drug Viagra into the island from the United States to meet demand for its alleged benefits to male virility, a newspaper reported Sunday.

79.   The crash happened last night on Oahu, across the island from Honolulu.

80.   The former Soviet Union seized the islands from Japan in the closing days of the war.