Once a dependency of Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos Islands became a crown colony on Jamaican independence in 1962.

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Mike and Toni Sottak live on the island of Providenciales, in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a British dependency in the Bahamas.

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The hurricane center's five-day forecast map shows Ike arriving near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas on Sunday.

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The United States has long been a destination for migrants from Haiti, with many sailing via the Bahamas or the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Or why the game stands out in the annals of a team that is currently ranked last in the world alongside Bhutan and the Turks and Caicos Islands.

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He's invested in Visa Gold Resources, a private company incorporated in the Turks and Caicos Islands that acquired the rights to hunt for sunken Spanish galleons in two areas off Cuba's coast.

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Mr Drace-Francis said in his telegram that the crumpled Mr Ashcroft had threatened over breakfast to stir up trouble for Britain in the Turks and Caicos Islands (thank goodness this foreign-policy calamity was averted) unless he was helped to break into the islands' banking business.

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The announcement follows reports that the stars tied the knot on Wednesday at the Parrot Cay resort in the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos.

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The 3, 000 people in the Falkland Islands are fine but the 38, 000 in the Turks and Caicos are right out of luck.

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