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 Vanuatu [ˌvɑ:nu:'ɑ:tu:]   添加此单词到默认生词本
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    vanuatu
    [ noun ]
    a volcanic island republic in Melanesia; independent since 1980
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    1. Two strong earthquakes struck the southwest Pacific today, causing minor damage to buildings on the North Island of New Zealand and rattling the Vanuatu Islands, officials said.
    2. Sokomanu was accused of inciting mutiny within Vanuatu's paramilitary forces in December in an attempt to replace the elected government of Prime Minister Walter Lini with an interim administration headed by Sope.
    3. It had long been viewed as a wise and mature big brother for far-tinier republics such as Tuvalu, Tonga, Vanuatu and Kiribati.
    4. Vanuatu, formerly the Anglo-French New Hebrides, was administered jointly by Britain and France from 1906 until 1980, when it achieved independence.
    5. Instead, Russians might even get paid by the West to work on the ADB's Vanuatu port project.
    6. Australia and New Zealand responded to the crisis by airlifting riot-control gear to Vanuatu at Prime Minister Walter Lini's request.
    7. As secretary of the Vanuatu Hotels and Resorts Association, Mr. Winter acted as a proper and gracious host, only to find himself similarly besieged by the press, including requests for live radio interviews on call-in programs in Australia.
    8. And with a grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development, he led a delegation to Las Vegas earlier this year to attend the annual trade show of the diving-equipment manufacturers' association to extol Vanuatu as a diving destination.
    9. Shops were looted and office windows smashed in Monday's disturbances, the official Radio Vanuatu said.
    10. Formerly the Anglo-French New Hebrides, Vanuatu was administered jointly by Britain and France from 1906 until 1980, when it achieved independence.
    11. Lini has been in power since Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides and under Anglo-French rule, became independent in 1980.
    12. Washington officials point out that the prime minister's visit was arranged long before the Soviet fishing agreement was signed in Port Vila, Vanuatu's capital.
    13. The shift in Vanuatu's foreign relations has not been without its costs.
    14. Whatever the outcome of today's elections in Vanuatu, they take place under the dark shadow of the military coup in Fiji, a disturbing precedent in a South Pacific that previously had been hailed for its peaceful post-colonial transition to democracy.
    15. He did not elaborate, but tourism provides most of Vanuatu's foreign exchange.
    16. Known as the New Hebrides before independence from France and the United Kingdom in 1980, the 80 islands of Vanuatu lie next to the troubled French territory of New Caledonia.
    17. Vanuatu sits in the heart of Melanesia, midway between New Caledonia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands.
    18. Vanuatu's arrangement allows six Soviet vessels to fish for a year.
    19. Vanuatu, formerly the Anglo-French New Hebrides, had been jointly administered by Britain and France since 1906.
    20. Elections are due in Western Samoa, Vanuatu, Kiribati and French Polynesia.
    21. Winds of up to 93 mph began pounding the region late Sunday as Bola moved southwest across the Pacific Ocean after leaving more than 100 people homeless on the small island nation of Vanuatu.
    22. A woman was saved by a shark when a ship sank in a hurricane four years ago off Vanuatu, the radio said.
    23. A pair of earthquakes damaged homes and caused landslides on Vanuatu's Mere Lava Island, Radio Vanuatu reported.
    24. A pair of earthquakes damaged homes and caused landslides on Vanuatu's Mere Lava Island, Radio Vanuatu reported.
    25. An earthquake struck Vanuatu, about 700 miles west of Fiji, at 3:50 p.m. local time today, according to seismologists in Golden who registered the movement.
    26. Throughout the week, meetings with senators, congressmen and U.S. diplomats have been arranged for Father Lini and other Vanuatu officials.
    27. The government of Prime Minister David Lange said it would keep monitoring the situation in Vanuatu.
    28. Sokomanu was ordered held without bail until his next appearance before the Supreme Court on Jan. 13, Radio Vanuatu said.
    29. Instead, the oil carriers will be fly-by-nighters, or one-ship operators registered in places like Vanuatu.
    30. Sokomanu was convicted of inciting mutiny within Vanuatu's paramilitary forces last December in an attempt to replace Lini's elected government with an interim administration headed by Sope.
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