As a group of islands they are fully autonomous in internal affairs and constitutionally equal with the Netherlands.
The radar incident happened near a group of islands in the East China Sea which both countries claim.
The reptiles are unique to a small group of islands in eastern Indonesia.
What group of islands was affected by an earthquake and tsunami on Wednesday?
They were about 150km (95 miles) from a group of islands at the centre of a dispute between Japan and China.
They have been hurt by a territorial dispute between Beijing and Japan over a group of islands in the East China Sea.
The best that evolutionary biologists can do is usually to point to groups of species that have plainly diversified recently, usually on a group of islands.
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Compean received a resounding endorsement of his colleagues in Central America and a group of islands in the Caribbean, including Cuba and Dominican Republic, but it was not enough.
For instance, after the Papua New Guinea tsunami, an international team was dispatched to Vanuatu, a group of islands in the Pacific, where they showed videos of tsunamis to the villagers.
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However, the dispute centred around a group of islands in the East China Sea, which flared up late last year, has hurt relations between the two countries and seen Japan's exports to China decline.
According to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, the waves this week were triggered by an 8.3 magnitude earthquake that took place some 120 miles (195km) south of the Samoa group of islands (see map).
The results were the first production gains for the three biggest Japanese auto makers since a territorial row over a group of islands in the East China Sea led to boycotts of Japanese goods in September.
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The first group of islands in the Bahamas chain, Bimini -- with the small islands of North Bimini and South Bimini at its core -- is only about 50 miles from Miami, but the slow-and-easy lifestyle on the historic atoll feels like a world away.
Tuvalu is a group of nine islands lying about half-way between Hawaii and Australia.
Tokyo and Beijing have been at loggerheads over a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea.
The Netherlands Antilles is a group of five islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Japan and Taiwan have signed a deal allowing Taiwan to fish near a group of disputed islands, prompting China to express "extreme concerns".
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Before the ink on the law had dried, China upgraded the administrative status of Sansha City, encompassing a group of disputed islands in the South China Sea, and established a military garrison.
Rural motorists on the British mainland hoping for a slice of the government's fuel rebate - launched this week on the Isles of Scilly and a group of Scottish Islands - probably shouldn't hold their breath.
Amongst the assets of this group of companies are the islands of Scorpios and Sparti.
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Mr Panetta took the opportunity to announce a delayed timeframe for planned cuts to the Lajes Air Base in Portugal's Azores, a group of nine volcanic islands located almost 1, 000 miles (1, 600km) west of the Iberian peninsula.
In August last year, a group of Hong Kong activists landed on one of the islands and were then deported, followed shortly afterwards by a group of Japanese activists.
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In 2004 Junichiro Koizumi, the prime minister, did so when a group of Chinese activists landed on one of the islands (he simply had them deported).
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Also in the group, Bank of the Philippine Islands boasts the lowest delinquent-loan ratio in the country.
Since last summer, Japan has been embroiled in a rancorous dispute with China over a group of small East China Sea islands.
Since last summer, Japan has been embroiled in a bitter dispute with China over a group of small East China Sea islands.
His Digicel Group now operates in dozens of Caribbean islands, Honduras, Haiti, Fiji, Tonga and Papua New Guinea.
At the time, China and Japan were embroiled in their worst diplomatic row in recent years over a group of uninhabited, but disputed, islands in the East China Sea.
This completed a hat-trick: on May 25th, a report on bank supervision from the Financial Stability Forum, a group of international regulators, had ranked the islands in the lowest grade.
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