The already suffering island nation was just hit with a 7.0 earthquake.

Singapore was a poor island when it became an independent nation in 1965.

Antigua and Barbuda is a small, twin island nation of approximately 85,000 people.

In a globalizing world, no nation is an island. None can prosper alone.

Kiribati ( or ), officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean.

Christianity constitutes the majority religion in Cape Verde, an island nation located off the western coast of Africa.

It also increases the supply of waterfront property which is in low supply in this small island nation.

As an island nation, Sri Lanka's civilization, culture and heritage and the economy have always been closely bound up with the sea.

But Mauritius, a small island nation off the east coast of Africa, is neither particularly rich nor on its way to budgetary ruin.

Vanuatu ( or Bislama ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (, Bislama Ripablik blong Vanuatu ), is an Oceanian island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean.

The flag of the Marshall Islands, an island nation in the Pacific, was adopted upon the start of self government, May 1, 1979.

Secondly, Vanuatu is the only Pacific Island nation where a non metropolitan language Bislama is given higher constitutional status than a former colonial language.

In the early 1980s, underemployment, inflation, and the rise in value of the dollar all contributed to a third wave of emigration from the island nation.

Mount Obama (known as Boggy Peak until August 4, 2009) is the highest point in the nation of Antigua and Barbuda and on the island of Antigua.

Towering tsunami waves struck two thirds of the coastal areas of our island nation, leaving in its wake death and destruction on a scale hitherto unknown by the world.

The largest island is Andros Island.

Melville Island may refer to Melville Island (Australia), in the Northern Territory Melville Island (Northwest Territories and Nunavut), in northern Canada Melville Island (Nova Scotia), a small island in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada Melville Island, a small island in the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada Melville Island, a small island near Dundas Island near Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada

Borden Island, Mackenzie King Island and Melville Island were divided between the two territories.

The only inhabited island is Willis Island.

In the reserve that the author's First Nation shares with the Mississaugas of Curve Lake and of Scugog Island (Trent Reserve No. 36A) the author's treaty right to fish is also protected.

East Germans wanted to unify the German state for the sake of the unity of their nation We are one people was their motto. Are Greek Cypriots seriously interested in reunifying their island?

Padang Island is an island in Riau province, Indonesia, close to the east coast of Sumatra island.

Hawaii, also called the Island of Hawaii, the Big Island or Hawaii Island ( or Hawaiian or ), is an island located in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

At , Samosir is the largest island within an island, and the fifth largest lake island in the world.

Banks Island covers an area and it is the world's 24th largest island and Canada's fifth largest island.

Cedros Island (Isla de Cedros, island of cedars in Spanish, also called in English Cerros Island in former times) is a Mexican island in the Pacific Ocean.

For that reason, Caroline Island has been renamed Millennium Island.

The role of Information Commissioner differs from nation to nation.

and the nation of Abraham and the nation of Lot

Some islands are named for their river mile distance, for example the Allegheny River in Pennsylvania has Six Mile Island, Nine Mile Island, Twelve Mile Island, and Fourteen Mile Island.

Aboard Mission Blue, scientist Greg Stone tells the story of how he helped the Republic of Kiribati create an enormous protected area in the middle of the Pacific protecting fish, sealife and the island nation itself.

This documentary, which has been banned in Singapore, profiles nine political exiles who fled the island nation in the 1960s during Lee Kuan Yew s crackdown on leftist activists, and out of fear of persecution, never returned.

For island countries like the Federated States of Micronesia, whose population is spread over a vast area of the Pacific Ocean, access to reliable and affordable information and communication technology is critical to our nation building.

Long Island is an island in the U.S. state of New York.

Maria Island is a mountainous island off the east coast of Tasmania.

It was characterized by a nation versus nation, very fragile standoff.

Pinta Island, also known as Abingdon Island, after the Earl of Abingdon, is an island located in the Galapagos Islands group, Ecuador.

The sea is bounded on the west by Borden Island and Mackenzie King Island, and on the east by Ellef Ringnes Island.

The Caribbean blogosphere is busy tonight, discussing very sad news an earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter Scale struck off the coast of Haiti, causing major damage and loss of life in the already besieged island nation.

Samosir, or Samosir Island, is a large volcanic island in Lake Toba, located in the north of the island of Sumatra in Indonesia.

Saadiyat Island is a large, low lying island off the coast of Abu Dhabi island in the UAE, and is currently under development.

St. John's Island (now Prince Edward Island) became a separate colony in 1769.

The other main island in the group is Kai Besar (Great Kai Island).

When there is a dispute between a small nation and a large nation, the UN steps in and the small nation disappears.

Prince Edward Island