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Oceania Cruises' Insignia ship rescued 68 migrants trying to reach the Spanish Canary Islands in a fishing boat that had stalled in rough seas.
The term Oceania is used because, unlike the other continental groupings, it is the ocean that links the parts of the region together. [27] John Eperjesi's 2005 book The Imperialist Imaginary says that it has "been used by Western cartographers since the mid-19th century to give order to the complexities of the Pacific area." [28]
George Orwell, author of Nineteen Eighty-Four, whose wartime BBC career influenced his creation of Oceania. What is known of the society, politics and economics of Oceania, and its rivals, comes from the in-universe book, The Theory and Practice of Oligarchical Collectivism by Emmanuel Goldstein, a literary device Orwell uses to connect the past and present of 1984. [1]
A number of Oceania guests have struggled to get refunds or compensation in the wake of drastic changes to planned sailings. Stuck with a $20,000 bill? Oceania guests struggle for refunds amid ...
The Malay Archipelago has historically been associated with Oceania, [13] [9] [14] [15] however, very few present-day definitions include it as part of Oceania. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] The Malay Archipelago lies on the continental shelf of Asia; Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling) Islands (both adjacent to the Malay Archipelago) lie on the Australian ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka raised concerns that the mass deportation of criminals from the U.S. posed a safety risk to Pacific Island states in a meeting with the ...
27 January: A special leaders meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in Papua New Guinea, sets a deadline of 1 May for Fiji to set a date for elections before the end of the year.
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