On Sakhalin island, there are a few dozen people who identify themselves as Sakhalin Ainu, but many more with partial Ainu ancestry do not acknowledge it.

For according to them, there were seven islands in that sea in their time, sacred to Persephone, and also three others of enormous size, one of which was sacred to Hades, another to Ammon, and another one between them to Poseidon, the extent of which was a thousand stadia ; and the inhabitants of it — they add — preserved the remembrance from their ancestors of the immeasurably large island of Atlantis which had really existed there and which for many ages had reigned over all islands in the Atlantic sea and which itself had like-wise been sacred to Poseidon.

:" Furthermore we have been told that there are many more islands in that sea, one of which is called the Great Estland ( Aestland ) -- And this island is told to be quite close to the Woman Land ( terrae feminarum ), which is not far ( non longe ) away from Birka of the Swedes.

The first Cuban labour organisation, the Cigar Makers Guild, was created in 1878, followed by the Central Board of Artisans in 1879, and many more across the island.

As many as 60, 000 American vehicles are in use on the island, nearly all in private hands.

In the Aeneid, Aeneas skirts the Italian island where Circe now dwells, and hears the cries of her many victims, who now number more than the pigs of earlier accounts:

Initially, it was suspected that the killings were committed by a Satanic cult ; later more killings were reported around the island, and many farms reported loss of animal life.

The island is known for its Mantinades-based music ( typically performed with the Cretan lyra and the laouto ) and has many indigenous dances, the most noted of which is the Pentozali.

The economy of the Cook Islands, as in many other South Pacific island nations, is hindered by the isolation of the country from foreign markets, lack of natural resources, periodic devastation from natural disasters, and inadequate infrastructure.

The island, home to rare species of wildlife, is considered by many as a beautiful, unspoiled tropical preserve.

The Caribbean Sea offshore of the island of Dominica is home to many cetaceans.

The island hosts introduced bird species from many different regions, including Cattle Egrets ( Bubulcus ibis ), Indian Barred Ground Dove, also called the Zebra Dove ( Geopelia striata ), Turtle Dove ( Streptopleia picturata ), Indian Mynah ( Acridotheres tristis ), Madagascar Fody ( Foudia madagascariensis ), and chickens ( Gallus gallus ).

The value has been proven many times, with the island providing a " fixed aircraft carrier " for the US during the Iranian revolution, the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Andreae's island also depicts a great advancement in technology, with many industries separated in different zones which supplied the population's needs – which shows great resemblance to Bacon's scientific methods and purposes.

Since the island is close to Africa, many illegal immigrants try to enter the European Union through it, by a dangerous boat trip from Morocco.

The island has many schools and courses dedicated to teaching these sports.

Over the centuries the island changed hands many times.

Due to Martinique ’ s inhospitable nature, the duo resolved to settle in Guadeloupe in 1635, took possession of the island, and wiped out many of the Carib Amerindians.

There have been many other arguments against ontological proofs such as: Existence precedes essence ; Gaunilo's island ; Necessary nonexistence ; Existence is not a predicate ; and Problem of incoherence.

The island was a major center of Caribbean piracy during the 17th century and has become famous in many works of literature and film.

The island was a known navigation hazard for many decades and several ships were wrecked there.

The Hayling Billy Trail is a former light rail right-of-way which has been converted to one of many footpaths on the island.

The many island cultures within the Polynesian Triangle share similar languages derived from a proto-Malayo-Polynesian language used in Southeast Asia 5, 000 years ago.

The British television show Top Gear frequently tests high-powered cars on the island because many of the rural roads do not have speed limits.

Unlike so many of the power-starved intellectuals in underdeveloped nations of our own day, they commanded both prestige and influence before the Revolution started.

History has demonstrated many times that concerts of nations based solely on the negative spur of common danger are unlikely to survive when the external danger ceases to be dramatically urgent.

But there are indications that many developing nations will welcome Peace Corps volunteers, and that if the volunteers are well chosen, they will soon demonstrate their value and make many friends.

Thus, although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative, and many of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant, the basic purpose of American economic policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign exchange.

We are acutely aware that yours is a society which, in spite of several wars and many privations, has developed itself into one of the foremost nations of the world.

With the beginning of the slow decline of the Ottoman Empire in the early 19th century, and as a result of the expansionist policies of Czarist Russia in the Caucasus, many Muslim nations and groups in that region, mainly Circassians, Tatars, Azeris, Lezgis, Chechens, and several Turkic groups left their ancestral homelands and settled in Anatolia.

Armenia has been joined by many nations, in demanding recognition of the Armenian genocide.

For instance member nations of the Commonwealth where English is not spoken natively, such as India, often closely follow British English forms, while many American English usages are followed in other countries which have been historically influenced by the United States, such as the Philippines.

The various styles continued expanding well into the 19th and 20th centuries, proportional to the influx of immigrants from many foreign nations ; such influx developed a rich diversity in food preparation throughout the country.

" Activists point to the unequal footing and power between developed and developing nations within the WTO and with respect to global trade, most specifically in relation to the protectionist policies towards agriculture enacted in many developed countries.

These activists also point out that heavy subsidization of developed nations ' agriculture and the aggressive use of export subsidies by some developed nations to make their agricultural products more attractive on the international market are major causes of declines in the agricultural sectors of many developing nations.

Although LAFTA has brought many constructive results, like other FTAs, it has also brought problems to individual nations and to Latin America as a whole.

Problems which Latin America faced as a whole had to do with many of the nations in the continent being underdeveloped.

Most major powers repudiated Cold War assassination tactics, though many allege that this was merely a smokescreen for political benefit and that covert and illegal training of assassins continues today, with Russia, Israel, the U. S., Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, and other nations accused of still regularly engaging in such operations.

Botswana, like many nations in southern Africa, suffers from a high AIDS infection rates, estimated in a 2002 UN report to be 38. 8 % for adults.

In 1972, the U. S., U. K., U. S. S. R., and many other nations signed the BWC, which banned " development, production and stockpiling of microbes or their poisonous products except in amounts necessary for protective and peaceful research.

* Due to high intelligibility between certain languages across many nations, it has been possible to make special pan-regional versions of Big Brother.

2: 8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples will plunder you, because of men ’ s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all who dwell in it.

His view, supported by many economists and commentators at the time, was that creditor nations may be just as responsible as debtor nations for disequilibrium in exchanges and that both should be under an obligation to bring trade back into a state of balance.

Fixed Coastal defenses have long been erected in many nations and coastal countries typically have a navy and some form of coast guard.