Lord Berkeley tabled a question to government ministers on 25 June 2012, asking what action they were taking to create a passenger ferry link to the Isles of Scilly, which lie off the south-west tip of Cornwall, in line with the Scottish government's ferries policy.

BBC: Peer appeals for 'lifeline' ferry service

The Galapagos -- 19 islands that lie 600 miles west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean -- are home to species of animals found nowhere else on Earth.

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Other notable findings in this edition of the Congestion Index found that the top five most congested cities lie in the west with Los Angeles (1), Vancouver (2), San Francisco (3), Honolulu (4) and Seattle (4) topping the list.

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But rising joblessness and years of pain may lie ahead as banks, businesses and households in the West continue to struggle to pay down their debts.

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In the end, there is only one credible explanation for the West's willingness to lie about the nature and goals of Islamic supremacism.

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