The planes are able to land only if visibility is good as the airport doesn’t have any instrument landing capabilities. Norway’s Foreign and Environment Ministries did not immediately reply to requests for comment Thursday from The Associated Press. Tokelau The nation made up of three ...
The status of Mayotte—which was still claimed by Comoros but administered by France—was the subject of a March 2009 referendum. More than 95 percent of Mayotte voters approved changing the island’s status with France from a territorial collectivity to an overseas department in 2011, strengthenin...
The islands were nominally claimed by Spain, but there were no major efforts for colonizing them. The Spanish Empire became extremely wealthy from the treasure of the conquered Aztec and Inca empires, and other Europeans powers such as England grew jealous and supported pirates who looted Spanish ...
Island- ness was decisive not only because of the smallness of the space but also because of the isolation that the island space entailed. While the Court acknowledged that 'the area around which the applicant could move far exceeded the dimensions of a cell and was not bounded by any ...
the applicant claimed that his rights under Article 3 ECHR had been breached by a judicial birching order made against him by a court in the Isle of Man.Footnote56The Court indeed concluded that such a measure amounted to degrading punishment within the meaning of Article 3.Footnote57Despite th...
Soon, Majapahit claimed nominal suzerainty over Borneo and the Sulu Islands. Few Ming ships, therefore, sailed through the Celebes Sea. Eastern Indonesian commodities passing through the Sulu Islands could either go to Mindoro and then to China, as was said, or they could be sent via Mindoro...
It is highly unusual for tropical storms and typhoons to make landfall in Thailand. The last time a tropical storm made landfall in Thailand was in 1962, when Tropical Storm Harriet claimed 900 lives. The only typhoon ever to make landfall in the Southeast Asian nation was Typhoon Gay in 198...
On the other hand, Aygün claimed that education is the most important factor in the process of preserving cultural heritage [6]. The biggest concerns of those who have negative views about the development of tourism in the region are that tourism will not make any financial contribution to ...
It’s a creation of the Malaysian Navy, which reclaimed land from the sea to state the nation’s sovereignty over the Spratlys, that South China Sea island group also claimed whole or in part by China, Taiwan, Vietnam and the Philippines. ...
The islands were once separate states until Kamehameha I brought them under his rule. Led by prophecy and driven to bloody battles, he overcame colonial threats and local rivals.