Ah! Kevin is right. It was the Turks and Caicos, not the Caymans. My apologies to the latter. It's been over 25 years, after all. Lowell G. McManus Eagle...
... The transfer of British colonies and protectorates to other Commonwealth dominions/countries has plenty of precedent. Christmas Island, the Cocos Islands,...
... Actually, Newfoundland had a referendum to remain a dominion, join Canada, (and one or two other options I can't remember). Being a dominion (again, not...
If you look at different map, you will notice that Croatia claims a portion of Serbia east of Danube river. Borders of ex Yugoslav countires are suppose to...
Any suggestions on places in the world where three sharply different culturally entitites come together? I'd love to plan a trip where I could visit three...
On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:10:05 -0000, wcurtis7 wrote ... I believe, unlike nations which are mandated to a certain area, cultural areas tend to "bleed" into...
... Maybe this just illustrates my bias as a New Yorker, but my first thought was the area of Canal St. in Lower Manhattan, NYC, where Chinatown, Little Italy,...
Try Ontario, Québec and the USA. Believe it or not Canada and the USA do have significant cultural differences (park your gun south of the border please) and...
Cultural difference is also in the eye of the beholder. It strikes me that German, Czech, and Polish cultures would not seem very different at all to a ...
I'd vote for Straits of Gibraltar - UK/Spanish/Arabic within only a few miles of one another, on two continents and very well defined borders constricting...
I'd vote for Straits of Gibraltar - UK/Spanish/Arabic within only a few miles of one another, on two continents and very well defined borders constricting them...
... Newfoundland had relinquished self-governance after a financial crisis during the 1930s, and the territory was being directly administered by the UK at the...
... When I was teaching American history some few decades ago, and the news from Canada was all about Québécois referenda on sovereignty and growing Western ...
... There are several former Commonwealth realms that have become republics upon referenda or by vote of their assemblies. India and Pakistan are the two...
This is not an easy issue - both states claim that they correctly apply the uti possidetis principle, i.e. that the border follows pre- independence internal...
Sri Lanka as well, in 1971. Razvan From: Kevin Meynell Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2008 8:21 AM To: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [borderpoint]...
Hawaii. Was it revolution or conquest? _____ From: borderpoint@yahoogroups.com [mailto:borderpoint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Lowell G. McManus Sent: April...
On every ex Yugoslav map, border was on the Danbue river. Everything that is found in those 'practical exclaves' was built by Serbian tax payers, and most of...
It's the highest point, the summit, in many cases but probably not all. Take e.g. Zugspitze which is considered Germany's highest point. The border appears to...
The France-Italy border on Mont Blanc does not cross through the highest point, so Mont Blanc itself is in France only. Razvan From: P von Werden Sent:...
Hawaii was the Kingdom of Hawaii before it became the Republic of Hawaii in 1893 by revolution. It began to seek annexation to the USA but did not receive it...
Thanks. Do I understand correctly, then, that India, Pakistan, and the others mentioned, after the Crown had granted them independence as a constitutional...
As far as I understand it, the summit of Mont Blanc is disputed between France and Italy, although this is a managed dispute. Certainly it is mentioned on...
... border is "in favour" of one country? Maybe even a tripoint? I can only think of a 2 country border such as Kenya / Tanzania where Mt. Kilimandjaro is...
Often, a treaty boundary will follow a drainage divide between two oceans, rivers, etc. However, the highest peak in a particular area is not always on the...
... position where the border seems to be at exactly the highest peak (Nepal & China [Tibet]). The articles describe it as the highest mountain in both ...
Lowell, ... In the case of India and Pakistan, I believe a republican form of government was envisaged in the original independence acts of 1947 (which did...
Kevin, Thank you for such a complete and perfect answer! So, there is abundant precedent for royal assent to republican governments and of royal assent to the...
