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• n  a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
• n  a zone or area resembling an island

• Theres debate about the causes, but rising seas are lapping away the edges of tiny island nationsand could eventually drown them.
• Some 3,100 years ago, the Aegean island of Chryse (pronounced Cry-see) soared rocketlike into brief prominence in the Mediterranean world.
• The frigid Russian island of Sakhalin is booming, thanks to abundant oil and natural gas.

News & Articles

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• Beech Island soldier 46th from S.C. to die in combat
  The Beech Island woman who was killed in Afghanistan on Tuesday was the 46th soldier from South Carolina to die in combat in Afghanistan since 2001.
  June 22, 2013 - The Post and Courier
• Rhode Island celebrates 350th anniversary of royal charter
  Rhode Island's royal charter is 350 years old this year, and the state is celebrating the anniversary with historical lectures, Statehouse tours and a party.  
  June 22, 2013 - The Norwich Bulletin
• Island opens in Pigeon Forge
  The new Island at Pigeon Forge opened Friday after a grand opening for VIP guests on Thursday evening.
  June 21, 2013 - WVLT-TV Knoxville

Quotes

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• President Bush in China Post
  He's nothing more than an extension of what his brother did, which was to ruin an island and to imprison people because of their beliefs,Bush said.
• Jose Ramos Horta in ABC Online
  I wouldn't want Timor-Leste to become an island prison for displaced persons ...... fleeing violence,he said. "If they were here, they will have to have certain freedoms."
• Sarah Palin in Washington Post
  It's clear that Congress has little interest in spending any more money on a bridge between Ketchikan and Gravina Island,Palin said.