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The United Kingdom finalist Ben Southall, 34, a charity fundraiser and ostrich-rider from Petersfield, Hampshire, UK, was appointed as the new caretaker of the island on 6 May 2009. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] The competition attracted 34,684 entries and after four months, Ben Southall was announced the winner of the Best Job in the World
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The island is instead known as the most remote inhabited island on Earth. Gough Island is uninhabited apart from a weather station with around 6–7 people on it but they are not a permanent population. [1] Easter Island is another omission. The island is 320 kilometres (200 mi) from Isla Salas y Gómez. [2]
Coinciding with other 1960s and 1970s indigenous activist movements, the Hawaiian sovereignty movement was spearheaded by Native Hawaiian activist organizations and individuals who were critical of issues affecting modern Hawaii, including the islands' urbanization and commercial development, corruption in the Hawaiian Homelands program, and appropriation of native burial grounds and other ...
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An 80-year-old woman who is the sole resident of a remote Greek island has just found some company. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, journalist Vasilios Saribalidis announced on Facebook that Irene Rinio had ...
Through a family attorney, a statement said her family was “relieved and grateful” the 30-year-old Hawaii woman is safe after missing a flight in Los Angeles in November. Hannah Kobayashi ...
The suffix-gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon. [2] The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on ...