1.   The agreement was concluded against a background of recent interceptions of drug shipments in several island states and concern over the abuse of tax-havens.

2.   Such a limited rise would effectively reprieve low-lying island states, such as the Marshall Islands, Tuvalu and the Maldives, from the inundation feared under previous estimates.

3.   Her son, Jameel, is also in prison and she wants the world to know what is going on in the tiny island state.

4.   Investors in Singapore stocks remain concerned that more companies in the island state will abolish the distinction between foreign and local shares, Lum said.

5.   Island states, searching for a modern identity, are discovering a common link in Afro-Caribbean traditions once scorned or even forbidden by European colonialists.

6.   Island states, which are vulnerable should the melting glaciers and polar ice caps raise sea levels, have been some of the most passionate proponents of the treaty.

7.   Republican House candidate Robert Garner went underground after announcing his candidacy in Hawaii and is believed to have left the island state.

8.   Separately, eight smaller island states in the eastern Caribbean are creating a common electronic stock exchange set to debut next year.

9.   She saw the dangers and even mentioned kidnappings in the island state.

10.   Singapore stocks rose, led by Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. and banks, as investors looked to the island state as a safe haven amid the regional economic crisis.