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Anguilla
Anguilla Island in the West Indies, most northerly of the Leeward Islands; the capital is The Valley. Settled in the 17th century by English colonists, it eventually became part of the St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla group. Declared independent in 1967, it re-adopted British colonial status in 1980, and is now a self-governing dependency. The economy of the flat, coral island is based on fishing and tourism. Area: 91sq km (35sq mi). Pop. (2000) 8000. See
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http://www.gov.ai; http://www.anguilla-vacation.com
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Anguilla Financial Services to Attend Asia Pacific Offshore Institute's Asia Offshore 2004 Conference.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 9/9/2004; 700+ words
; Shanghai, China - The Anguilla financial services industry will be in the...Abreast with the Offshore Financial World". Anguilla will be represented by Ms. Pam Webster, Partner of the Anguilla based law firm Webster Dyrud Mitchell and...
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Anguilla Financial Services and Asia Pacific Offshore Institute (APOI) to Host Reception in Hong Kong.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 9/3/2004; 700+ words
; ...September 14-17 Shanghai, China - The Anguilla financial services industry will showcase...event is a joint venture between the Anguilla Financial Services Association (AFSA), the Government of Anguilla and the Asia Pacific Offshore Institute...
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Anguilla Financial Services Association Hires Executive Director.(Anguilla Financial Services Association )
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 5/13/2004; 700+ words
; The Valley, Anguilla, BWI - The Anguilla Financial Services Association (AFSA) has named Odell McCants...services firms, and most importantly, has a strong passion for Anguilla and its development." Prior to joining AFSA, Mr. McCants...
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Viceroy Anguilla Resort & Residences Launches Second-Phase Sales Initiative Following 2005's Record-Breaking Figures; Kor Hotel Group Continues Successful Growth in New Luxury Market.
Business Wire; 3/13/2006; 700+ words
; ANGUILLA, British West Indies -- Los Angeles...two sales campaign for its new Viceroy Anguilla Resort & Residences, leading into...Last year's phase-one sales event in Anguilla achieved totals of nearly $175 million...
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Anguilla - Legislative Update.
News Wire article from: Mondaq Business Briefing; 2/13/2004; ; 700+ words
; Early Developments Anguilla, a British Overseas Territory, is...noted that in 2000 the Government of Anguilla carried out a complete law revision...revision exercise is the responsibility of Anguilla's Attorney General's Chambers...
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Down-home paradise: ringed by sugar-white sand beaches, Anguilla is tiny and low-key - and proud of it.(includes related trip-planning information)
Magazine article from: House Beautiful; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...and cafes. So why am I so taken with Anguilla, a British crown colony in the northernmost...and often deserted, beach. And if Anguilla doesn't exactly jump at night, that's just fine with most visitors. Think of Anguilla as the country club of the Caribbean...
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Temenos, Anguilla, A St. Regis(R) Resort; Temenos Anguilla Prices $180 Million Permanent Financing; Greg Norman Golf Course And St. Regis Clubhouse To Open November 1.
Business Wire; 3/14/2006; 700+ words
; ...million of permanent financing for Temenos Anguilla, A St. Regis Resort. This uber-exclusive...on the crown jewel British island of Anguilla. Additional equity capital for the development...financing is the largest in the history of Anguilla and affirms this island as the ultimate...
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Anguilla
Magazine article from: Oxford Economic Country Briefings; 8/18/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...building activity. Background * Anguilla is a group of islands located in...triggered a rebellion in 1967 and Anguilla was allowed to secede in 1971...integrated with the UK under the Anguilla Act. The island finally became...
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ANGUILLA - A LOW PROFILE AND A LOT OF LUXURY AT RESORTS
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/28/2001; ; 700+ words
; Anguilla, however you look at it, is the ultimate...tourists. Blessed with beaches galore, Anguilla has no casinos, no golf courses, no...had listened to friends enthuse about Anguilla's special mix of friendliness, sand...
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[ SPRING / SUMMER CARIBBEAN GUIDE ]; In Anguilla, all there is to do is dine well and lie on the beach. Got a problem with that?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/25/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...in the Caribbean. I claim a chair on Anguilla's Shoal Bay West, spread my towel...bumming. Beach-bumming and eating. Anguilla's the best island I've ever been...metaphors when I describe my favorite Anguilla beaches: the Fruit-Loop-pink sand...
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Anguilla
Encyclopedia entry from: Countries and Their Cultures
Anguilla Culture Name Anguillan Orientation Identification. Anguilla, a dependent territory of the United Kingdom, is...the distance it resembled an eel, or in Italian, anguilla. It is also possible that French navigator Pierre...
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Anguillans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Anguillans ETHNONYMS: none The name "Anguilla" refers to a 96-square-kilometer...was approximately 6,900 in 1992. "Anguilla," the Spanish word for "eel," refers...the Anguillan Indians by the 1600s. Anguilla was colonized by the British in 1650...
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eels
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...where they hunt fish and Crustacea like crabs. The best-known eels are the Anguilla species (of which there are seventeen species). The European eel (Anguilla anguilla) lives most of its life in fresh water, but breeds in deep water somewhere...
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Anguillidae
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
...marketed in large numbers in many countries. The common eel, Anguilla anguilla , is known to spawn in the Sargasso Sea (western Atlantic...years to reach the coast of Europe. There is one genus, Anguilla , with about 15 species.
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common eel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
common eel ( Anguilla anguilla ) See ANGUILLIDAE .
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