WHAT DOES BOUGAINVILLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of Bougainville in the English dictionary
The definition of Bougainville in the dictionary is an island in the W Pacific, in Papua New Guinea: the largest of the Solomon Islands: unilaterally declared independence in 1990; occupied by government troops in 1992, and granted autonomy in 2001. Chief town: Kieta. Area: 10 049 sq km.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOUGAINVILLE»
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Bougainville: Before the Conflict
One of the most beautiful island groups of the Pacific, Bougainville has a remarkable history. Tragically, it is as the site of devastating civil conflict that Bougainville is perhaps best known.
Anthony J. Regan, Helga-Maria Griffin, 2005
2
Bougainville: A Marine's Story
"Bougainville - A Marine's Story" is part of my father's (Doan Helms) autobiography.
3
Peace on
Bougainville: Truce Monitoring Group
This is a unique look at the country of Bougainville, its people, their history, and their move toward peace told from the perspectives of the people involved both within and outside of the process.
4
Bougainville, 1943-1945: The Forgotten Campaign
This first phase of the conflict on Bougainville was begun on 1 November 1943
and proceeded without great difficulty. In conjunction with land-based Allied
planes, the navy struck at the Japanese air bases on Bougainville and rendered
them ...
5
Reconciliation and Architectures of Commitment: Sequencing ...
Following a bloody civil war, peace consolidated slowly and sequentially in Bougainville. That sequence was of both a top-down architecture of credible commitment in a formal peace process and layer upon layer of bottom-up reconciliation.
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Storms and Dreams: Louis de
Bougainville : Soldier, ...
A true Man of the Enlightenment, he was gifted in navigation, seamanship, soldiering, mathematics, longitude and latitude – many of the arts that made his age one of most productive and creative in modern history.John Dunmore, a ...
7
The Tetherballs of
Bougainville: A Novel
The Tetherballs of Bougainville skewers and celebrates American pop culture in the late twentieth century. Leyner's version of our lives is so deeply funny because it is so painfully true. From the Hardcover edition.
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Bougainville Campaign Diary
"The account of [the author's] experiences as an Intelligence Officer of the PNG Defence Force deployment in the Bougainville counter-insurgency campaign of 1989"--p. vii.
Yauka Aluambo Liria, 1993
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--As mothers of the land: the birth of the
Bougainville ...
This book tells the story of one of the deadliest crises of the last decades-the Bougainville conflict-and the peace process that followed, not through the eyes of politicians or military leaders, but through the personal accounts of ...
Josephine Tankunani Sirivi, Marilyn Taleo Havini, Australian National University. Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, 2004
10
The Governor's noble guest: Hyacinthe de
Bougainville's ...
This book is a translation of the private diaries kept by the Baron during his stay in New South Wales.
Hyancinthe Yves Philippe Potentien Bougainville (Baron de), Marc Serge Rivière, 1999
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOUGAINVILLE»
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Bougainville's Carteret Islanders struggle for food
There are hopes a Carterets Atolls community being relocated to the Bougainville mainland will be able to supply food to those islanders who ... «Radio New Zealand, Jul 15»
Numa Numa Track blong WWII long Bougainville
Ol otoriti long Autonomous Region blong Bougainville i laik kamapim wanpela rot long bik bus olsem Kokoda Track long bik ailan Niugini blong ... «Radio Australia, Jul 15»
The Upe | Autonomous Region of Bougainville, PNG
The “Upe” is a traditional hat worn by boys in Central Bougainville, especially in the Terra and Rau constituencies within the Wakunai area. «EMTV Online, Jul 15»
Search for two missing off Bougainville called off
Disaster authorities in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region of Bougainville say the search for two people missing after their boat sank off ... «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
Lake Champlain Longboat Flotilla: The Bougainville Voyage to end …
Saint Anne's Shrine in Isle La Motte is pleased to announce the arrival of the Lake Champlain Longboat Flotilla: The Bougainville Voyage on ... «vtdigger.org, Jun 15»
Mother and baby survive drifting off Bougainville
A mother and her baby clung to the remnants of a boat and drifted for more than 24 hours off Bougainville at the weekend, surviving a boating ... «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
Zhon Bosco Miriona i tok Bougainville igat bikpela potensal long …
Turis bisnis opereta long Bougainville Zhon Bosco Miriora i tok Bougainville wantaim olgeta hap blong Papua New Guinea igat bikpela ... «Radio Australia, Jun 15»
Bougainville President bai bungim ol wokman
President blong Autonomous Bougainville Gavman i singautim olgeta niupela memba blong palamen, ol niupela Executive Council memba, ... «Radio Australia, Jun 15»
Most of Bougainville Cabinet named
The President of Bougainville, John Momis, has appointed seven members to his government's Bougainville Executive Council, with more ... «Radio New Zealand, Jun 15»
Bougainville releases bodies of PNGDF armies unconditionally
After 19 years of attempt by PNGDF to get the ex combatants to release the bodies of armies who have died during the Bougainville Crisis, ... «Papua New Guinea Today, Jun 15»
