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Tuvalu Little, Tuvalu Late: A Country goes under. (Global Notebook).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Harvard International Review; 3/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...of the existence of the small nation of Tuvalu, a nine-island archipelago in the South...surprising. Yet the 11,000 inhabitants of Tuvalu face a huge dilemma: how to ensure the survival of their nation. The threat to Tuvalu comes not from bellicose neighbors but...
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Tuvalu: drowning or waving: the low-lying islands of the Pacific nation of have long been seen as the most likely first victims of global climate change. And already, several islands are experiencing regular episodes of flooding. But is there any truth behind the headline stories of an imminent exodus?
Magazine article from: Geographical; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...his house in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, Manoa Tehulu is husking coconuts. One...around Easter, the time of my visit. Tuvalu, it would appear, is being slowly swallowed by the sea. Tuvalu is the fourth-smallest and third-least...
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Tuvalu Envoy Takes Up Global Warming Fight
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 6/12/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...MONTAGNE NPR Morning Edition 06-12-2007 Tuvalu Envoy Takes Up Global Warming Fight Host...That's why the Pacific island nation of Tuvalu scraped funds together to send an ambassador...give the floor to the representative of Tuvalu. Ambassador AFELEE PITA (Tuvalu Ambassador...
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Don't boo-hoo for Tuvalu
Newspaper article from: Miami Times; 11/20/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Times 11-20-2001 Don't boo-hoo for Tuvalu It's nice to know, even in these troubled...plight of all 10,991 poor inhabitants of Tuvalu, an island in the middle of the Pacific...next year. However, sea level around Tuvalu has been FALLING precipitously for the...
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Tuvalu was the world's third-poorest state until an Internet deal made it rich overnight. Then came dire warnings that global warming would soon flood the islands.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 3/15/2005; 700+ words
; ...evening at the local. But for the people of Tuvalu, a tiny state comprising nine islands...only two questions that count In 1999, Tuvalu, with its population of 11,000, was...extremely unlikely and unexpected direction. Tuvalu received a domain name on the Internet...
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Pre-eminent domain; Tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu nets a profit from its .tv Web suffix.(Arts and Lifestyle)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 8/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...shores. This is the Pacific country of Tuvalu, a remote island archipelago with an...or smell. Forget the sea and sand. Tuvalu's cash cow is spelled with two letters: TV. As in .tv. Tiny Tuvalu - by lucky circumstance the "owner...
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Tuvalu ahoy. (ocean travel in Tuvalu)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/2/1988; 682 words
; ...inhabited islands of the Pacific state of Tuvalu is a spirited but ancient ship called...pottering odyssey: children attending Tuvalu's only secondary school, members of...farmers accompanying loads of copra, Tuvalu's main export. It may sound pleasantly...
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Rotuma and Tuvalu trade to commence in May.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 3/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...first trade of agricultural produce with Tuvalu. This inter regional trade initiative...year we went on a fact-finding trip to Tuvalu to look at their market situation and...agricultural commodities for the market in Tuvalu, said Mr Foraete. A delegation from...
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ENVIRONMENT: TINY TUVALU FIGHTS FOR ITS LITERAL SURVIVAL.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 7/30/2007; 700+ words
; ...But the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu and its 10,500 people may only have...Gilliane Le Gallic, president of Alofa Tuvalu, a Paris-based group that is working...government. Located on a small islet near Tuvalu's capital of Funafuti, the biogas digester...
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ENVIRONMENT: TINY TUVALU FIGHTS FOR ITS LITERAL SURVIVAL
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 7/30/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...But the South Pacific island nation of Tuvalu and its 10,500 people may only have...Gilliane Le Gallic, president of Alofa Tuvalu, a Paris-based group that is working...government. Located on a small islet near Tuvalu's capital of Funafuti, the biogas digester...
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Tuvalu
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography
Tuvalu Official name: Tuvalu Area: 26 square kilometers (10 square miles) Highest point on...limits: 22 kilometers (12 nautical miles) 1 LOCATION AND SIZE Tuvalu is an island group consisting of nine coral atolls located in the...
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TUVALU
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
TUVALU. A country of Oceania and member of the COMMONWEALTH . Languages: Tuvaluan, English (both official). Formerly known as the Ellice Islands and part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands , Tuvalu gained its independence in 1978. See KIRIBATI .
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Small Nations
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Education
...compared with Papua New Guinea, but might feel large compared with Tuvalu, Tonga, and Vanuatu. Most of the literature recognizes that...countries, even if they are small ones. The 8,000 people of Tuvalu, for example, receive more prominence than comparable groups...
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Kiribati
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...since 1945. Another Gilbertese dialect is spoken on Nui in Tuvalu. The Gilbert Islands were named in honor of Thomas Gilbert...Islands had separated from the colony to become the state of Tuvalu, the Gilberts also became independent as the Republic of Kiribati...
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Tokelau
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...languages and is probably most closely related to dialects of Tuvalu (Ellice). Until very recently, all Tokelauans were bilingual...residing in the atolls one thousand years ago with Samoan and Tuvalu cultural affinities. Oral narratives tell of hostilities among...
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