Feb 1st, 2012 at 11:00AM:
The world's ten smallest countries in terms of area fall into two general categories: European microstates (Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican) and small island nations of the Indian Ocean, Pacific, and Caribbean (Maldives, Marshall Islands, Nauru, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Tuvalu.) Some of these countries are quite new as independent nations: Tuvalu gained independence ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The 10 smallest countries in the world
Feb 1st, 2012 at 11:00AM:
The world's ten smallest countries in terms of area fall into two general categories: European microstates (Liechtenstein, Malta, Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican) and small island nations of the Indian Ocean, Pacific, and Caribbean (Maldives, Marshall Islands, Nauru, St. Kitts and Nevis, and Tuvalu.) Some of these countries are quite new as independent nations: Tuvalu gained independence ...Little Countries, Big World: Gadling's pint-sized guide to the world's smallest countries
Nov 13th, 2009 at 10:30AM: I'm not sure what it is about small countries that makes me so interested in them. Maybe it's the fact that they seem so manageable, so knowable. I could spend the next five years in, say, China, and still feel like I hadn't seen a fraction of what it has to offer. But in some of my favorite smaller countries-- Ecuador, Guatemala, the Czech Republic-- I've always felt like I have a fighting ...World's Fattest Places/World's Skinniest Places
Feb 26th, 2007 at 10:52AM: I'm 5'10", and I weigh about 150 pounds. I am by no means fat. However, when I lived in Zambia, I was routinely called fat by my neighbors. At first, I found it insulting, but I quickly got used to it. After all, compared to them, I was fat.
According to a recent survey by the World Health Organization, 8 of the top 10 fattest countries are located in the South Pacific -- ironically, right along ...Our Plastic Seas and Nauru
Aug 4th, 2006 at 11:11AM: Neil beat me to the punch on this wonderfully bizarre article on these massive floating islands of trash in the Pacific. I saw it earlier and thought it was a marvelously morbid tale. But I'd heard something about these islands a long time ago on a great edition of This American Life, and so I thought I'd post about it. The story takes us there, to these Texas-sized mid-oceanic dumps, but the ...About Nauru: This American Life
Aug 16th, 2005 at 3:03PM:
You may have noticed that we post fairly frequently here about things we hear on NPR. That's because some stories on public radio are so well done, and so interesting, that we'd feel like we were cheating you out of a great experience if we neglected to mention them. That's really what blogs are about, after all. Spreading the word about specific stories and ideas, bringing them to the attention ...
