The current deal involves Britain paying Mauritius £90 million a year for 99 years to maintain control of the US military ...

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The Cocos Malay, who make up the majority of residents, trace their roots to indentured workers brought to the islands from British ... aircraft by 2027. An Indian Ocean Territories Administration ...

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2. Britain detached the Chagos Islands in 1965 from Mauritius — a former colony that became independent three years later — to create the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT). The UK government gave ...

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AN uneasy peace existed in the settlement at the headwaters of the Connecticut River known as Indian Stream. Both the United ...

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