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Island
An island or isle is any piece of sub-continental land that is surrounded by water.
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Coping with climate change
Islands in the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean are grappling with climate change.
Islands in a bind
Islands are at huge risk as a result of climate change. Its residents are now taking action.
Climate change removes one source of dispute between Bangladesh and India
A tiny island in the Bay of Bengal - known as Talpatti Island to the Bangladeshis and New Moore Island to the Indians - has vanished without a trace. Experts in Kolkata on Thursday said fishermen had confirmed this.
Negros' fragile coastline
On a Philippine island locals are reviving a natural ally to protect eroding coastlines.
Mass-landing
France is investigating the landing of 124 illegal immigrants on the island of Corsica.
Long-distance protest
The Pacific island nation of Micronesia is complaining to the Czech Republic over its coal power.
Botched take-off
An Air Berlin jet with 165 passengers and six crew members skidded off the runway in Dortmund.
Cyclones in Madagascar
Madagascar is famous for its flora and fauna. But every year cyclones tear through the island.
Illegal immigration
The recession has made the job of the EU's border security agency Frontex a lot easier.
Forest fires
Thousands have been evacuated on Spain's Canary islands to escape forest fires.
Wildfires rage across the Mediterranean islands of Corsica and Sardinia
Hundreds of firefighters continue to battle blazes, which are being fuelled by record-high temperatures and summer winds. On Sardinia, between 15,000 and 25,000 hectares have already gone up in smoke.
Exploring the universe
A huge telescope expected to aid in important discoveries has been inaugurated on the Canary Islands
OSCE Summit
Foreign ministers from the OSCE are looking to revamp the European security apparatus.
Illegal immigration on the Canary Islands is dwindling
Fewer illegal immigrants from Africa are arriving on the Canary Islands as the Spanish economic crisis bites and border controls are tightened.
Hardliners ahead
According to early results, nationalists are likely to win the Turkish Cypriot vote.
Museum Unveiled
After 11 years of renovation work, Berlin celebrated the presentation of the Neues Muesum.
Financial Crisis
Still reeling from its economic collapse, Iceland is looking for help on many fronts.
Greek Island Lesvos faces immigrant problems
Local residents on the Mediterranean island Lesvos fear illegal immigrants ruining the tourist trade.
Madrid Crash
Officials are searching for clues to the Madrid plane crash that killed more than 150 people.
Germany's Green Island
A trip to Spiekeroog, whose population quadruples in the summer, is like a trip back in time.
An Island Flooded by Light
When a German moves to Shanghai as part of the job, he or she might be encountered with all sorts of bureaucratic hurdles but at least he or she doesn’t have to worry about schools for the kids. The German school there provides high-quality education for toddlers to seniors.
Blowing up an Island
A German entrepreneur looks set to get approval to enlarge the North Sea island of Helgoland.
Catalonian Row
A politician renamed Air Berlin after Hitler's propaganda minister, raising ire.
Energy Debate
Merkel's conservative party is backing nuclear energy in a bid to score votes in the next polls.
Greek Island Mayor Performs Country's First Gay Weddings
The tiny Dodecanese island of Tilos played host to Greece's first ever gay wedding on Tuesday, June 3, despite protests by a supreme court prosecutor that such civil ceremonies were deemed illegal.
Germany: Propeller Island, Berlin
At Propeller Island, secret desires find a room of their own.
Going to Goethe
Klaus-Dieter Lehmann takes over Germany's international cultural organization on Tuesday.
Cultural Hand-Over
German Hermann Parzinger is the new head of the largest cultural foundation in Europe.
Pacific Island threatened by Climate Change
The Polynesian islands of Tuvalu became famous thanks to their Internet domain -- "dot tv". Tuvalu sold the domain to a big television company and used the revenue to join the United Nations. But because of rising sea levels, the island nation could literally disappear from the face of the earth.
Water-proof Tulip
The Dutch ponder new ways of stopping flooding -- including a North Sea island in flower form.
Chapter 11 - The island of Rügen
Plane Crash on Thai Resort Island
In Thailand, investigators have sped up their enquiry to discover the reason behind last weekend’s crash on the resort island of Phuket. At least 89 people -- 55 foreign -- died when the plane crashed in terrible weather on Sunday, making it the country’s worst air disaster in a decade. Almost 40 are being treated in surrounding hospitals.
Sizzling Cities
As urban temperatures rise worldwide, both micro and macro measures can help urbanites chill.
Stranded on the High Seas
The crew of a primitive reed boat failed in its attempt to cross the Atlantic against the wind.
Rehashed Plans
Some still remain skeptical about revamped plans for a new addition to Berlin's Museum Island.
Sinking Islands and Wet Deserts
Global warming is taking its toll in Cherrapunji in the north-eastern Indian state of Meghalaya, and in the Sundarbans which is the largest mangrove forest in the world and the largest habitat for Royal Bengal tigers. Both places have fallen victim to rapid changes in the world's climate.
Bad Human Rights Record?
The EU is not doing enough to help countries cope with African refugees, human rights groups say.
25th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War
Twenty five years ago today, Britain was stunned by the news that Argentina had invaded the Falkland Islands, an archipelago in the South Atlantic about 300 miles (480 kilometres) from the coast of Argentina.
Illegal Entry
The EU rejects Malta's call to create a system to take in illegal immigrants in member countries.
25th Anniversary of Invasion of Falkland Islands
Boat Mail
A weathered seaman gets the mail to inhabitants of small islands off Germany's northern coast.
Cyprus Missing Persons
Greek and Turkish Cypriots are working with the UN in excavating mass graves all over Cyprus.
Spain Wants Action
Spain wants help in dealing with illegal immigrants, but German politicians aren't happy.
Does Legalizing Immigrants Attract Even More?
The wave of African immigrants landing on the Canary Islands continues. Conservative politicians blame Spanish PM Zapatero's immigration laws for attracting even more. But is their criticism founded?
Spanish Minister Says EU "Lacks Commitment" on Immigration
The Spanish deputy prime minister has criticized EU nations for the shortfall in assistance as Spain struggles with huge numbers of refugees arriving on the Canary Islands from North Africa.
Africans Struggle To Reach Europe in Search of a Better Life
Each year, thousands of Africans try to reach Europe's shores, risking their lives hoping for a better life on the continent to the north. Deutsche Welle reports on their experiences once they arrive on EU soil.
EU Seeks Rapid Reaction Teams to Deal With Illegal Immigrants
The European Commission has unveiled plans for rapid reaction teams of border guards to police Europe's frontiers, as Spain and Malta haggled over who should deal with a fresh wave of illegal immigrants.
From Romantic Ocean Cliffs to an Interactive Info Center
Caspar David Friedrich explored Rügen in the 19th century, a sketchbook in his hand. Today the island is the site of a modern information center with a multimedia exhibit about the formation of the chalky coast.
England Offered Caribbean Island Trip for World Cup Win
Dwarf German Dino had Island Life, Journal Says
German fossil-hunters have discovered an unusual species of a small dinosaur that was stranded on an island 154 million years ago and shrank over generations due to the food supply.
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