1.   When Ross reached that area, he charted the islands as a separate group, the Russell Islands.

2.   They chose a tropical island as the locale for their wedding.

3.   He said he hoped Mr Clerides would continue UN sponsored efforts to unite the island as a bi-zonal bi-communal federation of Greek and Turkish Cypriots.

4.   As a result, Fish and Wildlife officials say the plover population has not grown as fast on the islands as in the rest of Massachusetts.

5.   Australians feared that economic development on the mainland would endanger many of their distinct creatures and looked to this island as a natural refuge.

6.   Beijing regards the island as a rebel province.

7.   Beijing considers Taiwan a province and has often punished companies or countries that refer to the island as a separate country.

8.   Bermuda wants to be more competitive with such Caribbean islands as Barbados that charge lower fees and have attracted more U.S. subsidiaries set up to avoid export taxes.

9.   But such a sale would be hotly contested by Beijing, which regards the island as a province separated from the mainland by civil war.