The asking price for an island in the Irish Sea has been dramatically reduced since it was first put on the market almost two years ago.

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The incident occurred 170 miles southwest of Seoul near Eocheong, an island in the Yellow Sea.

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Ocalan is being held in a Turkish jail on an island in the Marmara Sea.

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The chamber of commerce for the Cyclades, an island group in the Aegean Sea, reported shortages in goods and warned that serious health cases were going untreated and dead bodies were not being transported for burial.

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The Republic of Cyprus is an island country in the Mediterranean Sea.

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For example, in the island nation of Papua New Guinea, an increase in population growth coupled with rising sea levels is decreasing the amount of crop land making farming very difficult for the indigenous people of the region, according to the U.N.

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The city itself has become an island of hot pavement in a sea of green.

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So I say to you -- the United States, as Alan Greenspan said the other day, cannot be an island of prosperity in a sea of distress.

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