Environmental campaigner, Dr Mark Forskitt, said the island had reached saturation point in population growth.

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"(This) represents the worst tragedy that this island has seen in many decades, " said Mark Baldyga, chairman of the Guam Visitors Bureau board.

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Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney zeroed in on this point in a speech last week in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

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Ojiya-chijimi, Echigo-jofu: techniques of making ramie fabric in Uonuma region, Niigata Prefecture developed in the north-western part of Japan s main island and bear the mark of the region s cooler climate particularly its snowy winters.

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Mark Lancaster MP, parliamentary secretary to Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, visited the island himself in 2009 and stressed the long-term benefits.

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