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• a  relating to or part of an archipelago
  an archipelagic war

• Should they dispose their forces for an archipelagic war or for a continental war? There was evidence that the top Japanese command was bent upon prolonging the war at any cost.

News & Articles

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• Landslides, floods kill 19 in Philippines
  Heavy monsoon rains have left at least 19 people dead, most of them children, in the northern Philippines, state media reported. Four other people are still reported to be missing, and many towns are flooded. Most of the people were killed by landslides set off by the rain in the province of Zambales on Luzon, the largest island in the archipelagic nation, the government-run Philippines News ...
  Sept. 24, 2013 - KSAT San Antonio

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• Lito Atienza in Philippine Star
  In addition, foreign states would have the right of so-called archipelagic sea lane passage. Ships of all states would have the right of passage and their aircraft would have the right of over flight. This is an almost colossal reduction from the... Miriam Defensor-Santiago http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miriam_Defensor_Santiago&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFWVDfyOooj_kT3lpvONSc9RkcXuQ Inquirer.net http://www.google.com/url?q=http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080325-126396/Baseline-bills-to-reduce-RPs-territory-Santiago-warns&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNFzatbF6Jvcaza5AyTEdhKEF2AFyQ Mar 25, 2008 5141 7502 archipelagic The archipelagic baselines method is most applicable and advantageous to an archipelago such as the Philippines. Otherwise, to use either the normal or straight baseline methods, which are primarily designed for coastal states, would effectively...