81.   The rebels have been fighting to divide the tropical island into Tamil and Sinhalese nations.

82.   The scare of anthrax was heightened in this small tropical island on Monday when an employee at the French Embassy discovered some white powder in the mail.

83.   The Sri Lankan government said it was willing to accommodate the rebels in every possible way, except dividing this small tropical island into separate Sinhalese and Tamil homelands.

84.   The state-run media said the best thing for the war-torn tropical island nation now would be a government comprised of representatives from all parties.

85.   The techno-savvy tropical island also was launching a Website with information on its year-long program of festivals, art exhibits, and parties.

86.   The U.S. team was briefed by U.S. military officials in Hawaii before departing for Hainan, a tropical island in the Tonkin Gulf near Vietnam.

87.   This tropical Caribbean island is expecting a white Christmas.

88.   Today, South African tourists head for the tropical islands just off the Indian Ocean coast, and feast on oversized shrimp.

89.   Two elderly German tourists died while swimming in a prohibited area off the coast of a tropical island in southern Thailand on Wednesday, police said.

90.   Viewership for the reality show with strangers marooned on a tropical island has grown each of the three weeks it has been on the air.