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Texts Show Epstein Sought Help From US Virgin Islands Governor Before Arrest
Text messages show that Jeffrey Epstein sought and received assistance from Albert Bryan Jr in a legal dispute over construction projects on his private islands.
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Chinese Ships Surround Island Disputed With Philippines, Satellite Images Show
Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, Manila's key outpost in the South China Sea, but a senior Philippine navy officer said they are "not a cause for concern".
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In Historic Move, UK Gives Up Sovereignty Of Chagos Islands To Mauritius, Keeps Military Base In Diego Garcia
Britain today said it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but will keep its strategic joint military base with the US in Diego Garcia.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Visits Vladimir Putin Looking To Warm Ties Despite Island Dispute
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in a bid to bolster ties and seek to resolve a decades-long territorial dispute.
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Japan Opens Radar Station Close To Disputed East China Sea Islands
Japan on Monday will switch on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of disputed islands claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing.
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Vietnam Protests After China Lands Plane On Disputed Spratlys
Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested part of the South China Sea.
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China Says Island-Building Ecologically Benign
China's construction on disputed reefs in the South China Sea will not destroy ocean ecology, the country's maritime regulator said, in the face of complaints from the Philippines that the work is damaging coral in the area.
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Japan stages rally over disputed islands with South Korea
Japan held an annual rally on Saturday marking Tokyo's claim to a set of tiny islands controlled by South Korea, further fuelling a long-standing territorial row between the two neighbours.
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China to open disputed islands to tourism: official
China is to open disputed South China Sea islands up to tourism this month, state media reported on Sunday, a move likely to inflame a long-running territorial row with its neighbours.
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Japanese PM quotes Britain's Iron Lady on island dispute
Japan's prime minister on Thursday quoted comments by former British premier Margaret Thatcher about the Falklands War as he spoke about Tokyo's acrimonious islands dispute with China.
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Philippines asks China to explain ship deployment
The Philippines has asked China to explain its deployment of a patrol ship to guard disputed territory it claims in the South China Sea, saying the move has sparked new tensions over the potentially oil-rich waters, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Wednesday.
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Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a Japanese Defense Ministry spokesman said.
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Google attracts controversy over South Korea-Japan island dispute
South Korea lashed out at Google for changing the name of an isolated set of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with Japan.
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Japan wants 'peaceful' end to island row: Minister
Japan's foreign minister said in Berlin on Friday that his country was seeking to resolve peacefully a territorial row with China after Beijing held naval and air drills in the area.
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Japan fires water cannon to turn away Taiwan boats
Japanese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannon to turn away about 40 Taiwan fishing boats and eight Taiwan Coast Guard vessels from waters Japan considers its own on Tuesday in the latest twist to a row between Tokyo and Beijing.
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Texts Show Epstein Sought Help From US Virgin Islands Governor Before Arrest
Text messages show that Jeffrey Epstein sought and received assistance from Albert Bryan Jr in a legal dispute over construction projects on his private islands.
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Chinese Ships Surround Island Disputed With Philippines, Satellite Images Show
Satellite images obtained by Reuters on Thursday show a build-up of Chinese civilian vessels near contested Thitu Island, Manila's key outpost in the South China Sea, but a senior Philippine navy officer said they are "not a cause for concern".
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In Historic Move, UK Gives Up Sovereignty Of Chagos Islands To Mauritius, Keeps Military Base In Diego Garcia
Britain today said it will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but will keep its strategic joint military base with the US in Diego Garcia.
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Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Visits Vladimir Putin Looking To Warm Ties Despite Island Dispute
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin today in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in a bid to bolster ties and seek to resolve a decades-long territorial dispute.
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Japan Opens Radar Station Close To Disputed East China Sea Islands
Japan on Monday will switch on a radar station in the East China Sea, giving it a permanent intelligence gathering post close to Taiwan and a group of disputed islands claimed by both Tokyo and Beijing.
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Vietnam Protests After China Lands Plane On Disputed Spratlys
Vietnam formally accused China of violating its sovereignty and a recent confidence-building pact on Saturday by landing a plane on an airstrip Beijing has built on an artificial island in a contested part of the South China Sea.
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China Says Island-Building Ecologically Benign
China's construction on disputed reefs in the South China Sea will not destroy ocean ecology, the country's maritime regulator said, in the face of complaints from the Philippines that the work is damaging coral in the area.
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Japan stages rally over disputed islands with South Korea
Japan held an annual rally on Saturday marking Tokyo's claim to a set of tiny islands controlled by South Korea, further fuelling a long-standing territorial row between the two neighbours.
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China to open disputed islands to tourism: official
China is to open disputed South China Sea islands up to tourism this month, state media reported on Sunday, a move likely to inflame a long-running territorial row with its neighbours.
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Japanese PM quotes Britain's Iron Lady on island dispute
Japan's prime minister on Thursday quoted comments by former British premier Margaret Thatcher about the Falklands War as he spoke about Tokyo's acrimonious islands dispute with China.
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Philippines asks China to explain ship deployment
The Philippines has asked China to explain its deployment of a patrol ship to guard disputed territory it claims in the South China Sea, saying the move has sparked new tensions over the potentially oil-rich waters, Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario said on Wednesday.
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Japan scrambles jets to head off China plane
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Saturday to head off a Chinese state-owned plane that flew near islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a Japanese Defense Ministry spokesman said.
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Google attracts controversy over South Korea-Japan island dispute
South Korea lashed out at Google for changing the name of an isolated set of islands at the centre of a territorial dispute with Japan.
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Japan wants 'peaceful' end to island row: Minister
Japan's foreign minister said in Berlin on Friday that his country was seeking to resolve peacefully a territorial row with China after Beijing held naval and air drills in the area.
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Japan fires water cannon to turn away Taiwan boats
Japanese Coast Guard vessels fired water cannon to turn away about 40 Taiwan fishing boats and eight Taiwan Coast Guard vessels from waters Japan considers its own on Tuesday in the latest twist to a row between Tokyo and Beijing.
