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Mariana Islands
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Mariana Islands: see Northern Mariana Islands Northern Mariana Islands (märēä`nä), commonwealth associated with the United States (2005 est. pop. 80,400), c.
..... Click the link for more information.  and Guam Guam (gwäm), Chamorro Guåhan,
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Mariana Islands

 formerly Ladrone (or Ladrones) Islands

Island group, western Pacific Ocean. Located east of the Philippines, it comprises 15 islands and is administratively divided into Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. The population is descended from the pre-Spanish Chamorro people and Spanish, Mexican, German, Philippine, and Japanese settlers. Spanish cultural traditions are strong. After Ferdinand Magellan became the first European to reach them in 1521, they were visited frequently but were not colonized until 1668, at which time Jesuit missionaries changed their name to honor Mariana of Austria, regent of Spain.
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Simultaneously, American forces launched operations against the Marianas Islands, forcing the Japanese to divert their effort to the north.
Flying false flags: Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers is another ... by Telzrow, Michael E. / The New American
Meanwhile, DeLay himself is the subject of inquiries as a result of donor-funded trips to the Marianas Islands, an American protectorate where textile manufacturers operate sweatshops with imported Chinese labor outside the reach of federal wage and workplace rules, yet have the right--thanks to DeLay's influence--to stamp "Made in America" on their products.
Polar fleeced: Sen. Ted Stevens built a welfare state for Eskimos ... by Wallace-Wells, Benjamin / Washington Monthly
The other bill would create a 12th Circuit and 13th Circuit from the existing states, leaving California with Guam, Hawaii and the Northern Marianas Islands, as the new 9th Circuit.
Court order: proposed legislation would break up 9th Circuit by Bronstad, Amanda / Los Angeles Business Journal
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