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UN court ruling gives hope to UK-ousted Chagos Islanders

The exiled islanders of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean have received a breather barely a month after the European Human Rights court ruled that they did not have a case against their......

India must offer the Maldives statehood within the Union

The Maldives will be the nucleus of future security order in the Indian Ocean. Patently the Maldivians will have to migrate before the portended watery grave. Given what could happen by 2100, it......

Ain't about black or white

This is not about music and Michael Jackson-- whether black or white -- isn't exactly my favourite artiste, but entering the Don Bosco School in Matunga, Mumbai, on Wednesday evening did feel like......

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QNA

Q. WHICH INDIAN OCEAN ISLAND WAS CONVERTED INTO A US NAVAL BASE?
: A. a camp called " camp justice " at diego garciaDiego Garcia is a British territory mostly populated by the US military, the British...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/which-indian-ocean-island-was-converted-into-a-us-naval-base//answers/16234153

Q. can anyone tell about Maldives?
Dare Devil: A. The Maldives, officially the Republic of Maldives, is an island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is located...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/can-anyone-tell-about-maldives/16234134/answers/9744474

Q. main duniya ki sabse jayda khusnasib ladki hoon god ne mujhey sb kuch de diya kaya tum janna chago is raj?
Mahesh Dudhankar: A. nahi... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/main-duniya-ki-sabse-jayda-khusnasib-ladki-hoon-god-ne-mujhe/9744408/answers/4785180

Q. what is Diego Garcia and why it is important
Dolly: A. 719S, 7225E) is an atoll located in the heart of the Indian Ocean, some 1,000 miles (1,600 km) south of India's southern coast. Diego Garcia is the...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/what-is-diego-garcia-and-why-it-is-important/4785148/answers/843020

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Report

Kolkata: The Indian subcontinent may lose close to 14000 sq km of land with rise of a one metre of sea level due to climate change, a study has... ...

http://zeenews.india.com/news/eco-news/14000-sq-km-land-at-risk-due-to-sea-level-rise-report_855886.html

Defeat for exiled Chagos islanders over controversial Indian Ocean marine park

Former residents of the Chagos Islands who were forced into exile say the move, involving a ban on commercial fishing, was unlawfully aimed at... ...

http://www.calcuttanews.net/index.php/sid/215117202/scat/b8de8e630faf3631

UK court rules against evicted Chagos islanders

Indian Ocean islanders who were forced into exile to make way for a huge U.S. military base have lost a legal ruling in their long-running campaign... ...

http://www.sify.com/news/uk-court-rules-against-evicted-chagos-islanders-news-international-nglrakedgje.html

Notes from a small island

Is Sealand an independent micronation or an illegal fortress? thomas hodgkinson spent a week on the tiny platform off the Suffolk coast to find... ...

http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=457943&catid=43

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