ECONOMY-MAURITIUS: GO WEST, YOUNG MAN - TO MADAGASCAR

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  February 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......west -- to the far larger, neighboring island of Madagascar. Madagascar sees the interest as a way to attract much-needed...a delegation of Mauritian investors who visited Madagascar last month. While Mauritius is about 300 times...

Madagascar, still reeling after the cyclones.(Brief Article)

The Economist (US);  March 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ......let alone one as poor and remote as Madagascar. The floods that battered this huge...swarms of journalists came rushing in, Madagascar is near nowhere. Nearly a month after...times. Some suspect that not all of Madagascar's isolated areas have yet been mapped...

Off the beaten path in Madagascar

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  November 25, 2007 ;     700+ words ...MADAGASCAR -- A friend once told me that when she was little, if she didn't behave, her mother threatened to send her to Madagascar. It was the farthest, strangest place her mother knew...brother-in- law's favorite strategy is to amass his armies in Madagascar and rise up from there to rule the world. He ...

The Leguminosae of Madagascar

Kew Bulletin;  January 1, 2003 ;     496 words ......Bosser & J. Moat. The Leguminosae of Madagascar. Pp. x + 737, 138 figures and 37 colour...origins and evolution of the flora of Madagascar, the genus and species diversity and levels of endemism in the Leguminosae of Madagascar, the background to the review, a short...

Africa: MADAGASCAR

Tennessee TRIBUNE, The;  February 6, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Tennessee TRIBUNE, The 02-06-1997 Africa: MADAGASCAR. Madagascar is an African country consisting of a large island...African mainland and separated by mozambique Channel, Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world after...

MADAGASCAR

Young Students Learning Library;      465 words ...00-00-0000 Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. It is...603 km) wide at its broadest point. The country of Madagascar includes several small nearby islands. Madagascar is rugged, with high plateaus and mountains. Mount...

Commentary: Madagascar's more than I bargained for

NPR Special;  October 5, 2005 ;     548 words ...MADELEINE BRAND NPR Special 10-05-2005 Commentary: Madagascar's more than I bargained for Host: MADELEINE...Adam was offered a fellowship to do aid work in Madagascar for a year. Madagascar, fourth largest island in the world, 250 miles...

The politics of rice. (Madagascar)

The Economist (US);  April 30, 1988 ;     700+ words ......away from Marxism, the island-state of Madagascar was a leader. For eight years its guides...group of countries interested in helping Madagascar, they heaped praise and $705m of new...Nobody mentioned the port of Tamatave on Madagascar's east coast, where government agencies...

Improvement of multilateral commitments would bolster confidence in...

M2 Presswire;  February 22, 2001 ;     700+ words ......commitments would bolster confidence in Madagascar's economic reforms (C)1994-2001 M2...policy statement by the Government of Madagascar will serve as a basis for the trade policy review of Madagascar by the Trade Policy Review Body of...

EFFORT TO SAVE MADAGASCAR RAINFOREST PAYING OFF

The Boston Globe;  November 7, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ANDRINGITRA NATIONAL PARK, Madagascar Martin Randriantsoa, a nature guide...president, the Indian Ocean nation of Madagascar is racing to save an environment...poor people can earn a living from Madagascar's vast ecological wealth. "We are...

MILD KINGDOM 'MADAGASCAR' CAN BE CUTE AND CLEVER AND OCCASIONALLY IT...

The Boston Globe;  May 27, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Regardless of the merits of "Madagascar," I think we can all agree that...lisping, "Father? May I please see `Madagascar' when it opens wide on May 27th...toddlers whose first word was "Madagascar." The plush, talking penguin tie-...

Madagascar: 'Government is now fully in charge'

New African;  April 1, 2003 ;     629 words ......Marc Ravalomanana, the president of Madagascar tells Khalid Bazid of New African. Q...in Africa, what are the benefits that Madagascar could get from this situation? A: On...keen to increase their investments in Madagascar, especially after their visit to Antananarivo...

Madagascar buckles in wake of wild weather; The Indian Ocean island has...

The Sunday Independent (South Africa);  May 13, 2007 ;     700+ words ......along comes another. First farmers on Madagascar had to deal with the vagaries of globalisation...of the Indian Ocean island nation of Madagascar by six major cyclones - the Indian Ocean...The one storm that actually missed Madagascar and struck Mozambique and near the KwaZulu-Nat...

Madagascar - the inimitable isle

The Boston Globe;  April 28, 1991 ;     700+ words ...FORT DAUPHIN, Madagascar -- The Miramar Hotel restaurant has a five-star...like anywhere else, but then, it's not. It's Madagascar. Wonderful. Too bad it is washing into the sea." Madagascar is not like anywhere else. It is the world's...

Madagascar World's 4th Largest Island Rich of Culture, Resources.

Korea Times (Seoul, Korea);  June 25, 1999 ;     665 words ...Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island, which lies in the Indian Ocean, separated from the African continent...19th century amid increasing European influence. In 1890 the British relinquished their interests in Madagascar to France, and in 1895, Madagascar became a French protectorate. During ...