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On secret military island, a mother strives to raise her children normally
As the children watch an officer and guard dog patrol the secretive island, home to a strategic UK-US military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, they make a stark remark: "Even the dogs have ...
Cyclone leaves Indian Ocean island in ruins, photos show
Cyclone Chido ripped through the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte over the weekend, flattening entire neighborhoods, with ...
UK unlawfully detained migrants on Diego Garcia, judge finds
Sri Lankan Tamil migrants were held in a camp on the Indian Ocean island, which is the site of a secretive UK-US military ...
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France rushes aid to Indian Ocean territory after cyclone that might have killed hundreds
South Africa — France used ships and military aircraft to rush rescue workers and supplies to its Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte on Monday after the island group was battered by its worst ...
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Maps Show How Cyclone Chido Has Devastated French Island Mayotte
France mobilized emergency aid on Monday, deploying ships and military aircraft to assist Mayotte, its overseas territory in the Indian Ocean, after the island was devastated by its most severe ...
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Mauritius Wants to Rethink a Deal with the UK over Remote Islands Housing a Key US Base
LONDON — The British government said Wednesday it still plans to hand over a contested Indian Ocean archipelago ... from the islands in the 1960s and 1970s so the U.S. military could build ...