settlement of Fayaoué [faˈjawe], on Ouvéa Island, is the administrative centre of the commune. Ouvéa is made up of Ouvéa Island, the smaller Mouli Island...
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Ouvéa Island or Uvea Island is one of the Loyalty Islands, in the archipelago of New Caledonia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean....
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The Ouvéa cave hostage taking occurred from 22 April 1988 to 5 May 1988 on the island of Ouvéa, New Caledonia, a south Pacific island under control of...
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Ouvéa, named after Ouvéa Island, was the name of a yacht used by three Directorate-General for External Security (DGSE) agents to import the naval mines...
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West Uvean language (redirect from Faga Ouvéa)
Uvean (also Uvean or Faga Ouvéa; Fagauvea in the vernacular) is a Polynesian outlier language spoken on the island of Ouvéa, in the Loyalty island group...
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"Activity patterns, habitat use, foraging behaviour and food selection of the Ouvéa Parakeet (Eunymphicus cornutus uvaeensis)". Emu 103 (1): 71 - 80 doi:10...
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166°34′22″E / 20.64056°S 166.57278°E / -20.64056; 166.57278 Ouvéa Airport is an airport in Ouvéa, New Caledonia (IATA: UVE, ICAO: NWWV). "Great Circle Mapper"...
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in English as /ˈjaɪ/ Y-EYE) is a language of Ouvéa Island (New Caledonia). It shares the island of Ouvéa with Fagauvea, a Polynesian outlier language...
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and several islets) Maré (comprises Maré Island and Dudun Island) Ouvéa (comprises Ouvéa Island, Mouli Island, Faiava Island, and several additional islands...
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Vietnamese Army. On 22 April 1988, Kanak rebels took 36 French hostages in Ouvéa island, New Caledonia, most of them gendarms and military personnel. On...
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Vincennes affair, in August 1982. Rescue of hostages during the Ouvéa cave hostage taking in Ouvea, New Caledonia in May 1988. Protection of the 1992 Olympic...
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inhabited islands off the east coast of mainland (from north to south: Ouvéa, Lifou, Tiga, and Maré). New Caledonia's population of 271,407 (October...
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consonants, and voiceless nasals. Loyalty Islands Drehu (Lifou Island) Iaai (Ouvéa Island) Nengone (Maré Island) Mainland New Caledonian Southern New Caledonian...
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An alternative spelling of the German masculine given name Uwe Ouvéa Airport in Ouvéa, New Caledonia (call sign UVE) Uve Sabumei, Papua New Guinean rugby...
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Loyauté Dudun Island Faiava Island Lifou Island Maré Island Mouli Island Ouvéa Island Tiga Island Récif Petrie Île de Sable Isle of Pines Kôtomo Island...
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and investigated underwater equipment. Three agents on board the yacht Ouvéa imported the limpet mines used for the bombing. Two more agents, Dominique...
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activists took 27 gendarmes hostage on the island of Ouvéa, igniting a French response (see Ouvéa cave hostage taking). The Kanak movement proposed a self-government...
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Pacific Ouvéa cave hostage taking (1988)...
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de France. 1954: Indépendante 5-3 Uniforme Fayaoué (Ouvéa) 1955: no tournament 1956: PLGC 2-1 Ouvéa (island selection) 1957: Impassible 5-2 PLGC 1958:...
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Pacific Ouvéa cave hostage taking (1988)...
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Pacific Ouvéa cave hostage taking (1988)...
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Makata, Mele (Erakoro, Eratapu), Aniwa, and Futuna: Vanuatu Fagauvea: Ouvéa (New Caledonia) Kioa (Fiji Islands) History of the Polynesian people Polynesia...
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(Fakafutuna) (Futuna Island, Wallis and Futuna) West Uvean or Faga Uvea (Ouvéa off New Caledonia) Pukapukan (Pukapuka, northern Cook Islands) Anuta (Anuta...
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(municipality) of Ouvéa, in the Loyalty Islands Province of New Caledonia. Mouli Island lies in the atoll of Ouvéa, separated from Ouvéa Island by a pass...
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(1984–1989) Paul Néaoutyine (1989–1995) Roch Wamytan (1995–2001) Politics portal Ouvéa cave hostage taking Ilaïsaane Lauouvéa Derbyshire, J (2000). Encyclopedia...
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Caledonia in 1988 and filmed in Tahiti, the film is a dramatised version of the Ouvéa cave hostage taking, when four policemen were murdered by separatists and...
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Egypt, the Republic of Ireland, etc. GIGN support during the assault on the Ouvéa cave. An EPIGN section led the assault group through the jungle and cordoned...
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Belep Islands New Caledonia Loyalty Islands Bagao Lifou Island Maré Island Ouvéa Island Tiga Island Matthew Island and Hunter Island, administered by France...
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The other land masses in Polynesia — New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Ouvéa, the Polynesian outlier near New Caledonia — are the unsubmerged portions...
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