Cocos Islands

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Co·cos Islands (k

s) also Kee·ling Islands (k

ng)

An island group in the eastern Indian Ocean southwest of Sumatra. Discovered in 1609, the islands were settled by the British in 1826 and are today administered by Australia.

Cocos Islands [ˈkəʊkɒs ˈkəʊkəs]

pl n

(Placename) a group of 27 coral islands in the Indian Ocean, southwest of Java: a Territory of Australia since 1955. Pop.: 593 (1993). Area: 13 sq. km (5 sq. miles) Also called Keeling Islands

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.cc cc Keeling Islands			The asylum-seeker issue reached crisis point last week after a boat carrying 39 Sri Lankans sank off the Cocos Islands, drowning a suspected 12 asylum-seekers. Boat people on Colombo talks agenda by Aljazeera.net Defence chief Angus Houston said the unidentified boat capsized and then sank after the LNG Pioneer ship and Taiwanese fishing craft responded to pleas for help in a remote area off Australia s Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean. 20 feared dead as boat sinks off Australia by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) However, an Australian rescue ship was still more than a day's sail away from the far-flung site off the Cocos Islands, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean. 12 feared dead in Australia boat sinking: official by AFP / AFP Asian Edition			coconspirator coconspire coconut coconut butter coconut cake coconut crab coconut cream coconut ice coconut macaroon coconut matting coconut meat coconut milk coconut oil coconut palm coconut shy coconut tree coconut water cocoon cocooned Cocoonery cocooning Cocopa Cocopah cocopan Cocos Cocos Islands Cocos nucifera cocoswood cocotte cocoyam cocozelle Cocteau Coctible Coctile Coction cocurricular Cocus cocuswood Cocytus Cod cod end Cod fishery Cod line Cod liver cod liver oil cod oil cod war cod-act cod-liver oil coda Codariocalyx			Cocoonery cocooning cocooning cocooning cocoons cocoons cocoons COCOP Cocopa Cocopa Cocopah Cocopah Indian Reservation Cocopah Tribe of Arizona cocopan cocoplum cocoplum Cocor COCORAHS COCORE COCOREES Cocorite St. James Credit Union Cocos Cocos Cocos Cocos Cocos (Keeling) Islands Cocos (Keeling) Islands cocos de mer Cocos Island Animal Quarantine Station Cocos Island National Park Cocos Islands Cocos Keeling Islands Act of 1955 Cocos nucifera Cocos nucifera Cocos nucifera Cocos-Keeling Island cocoswood COCOT COCOTS cocotte cocottes cocoyam cocoyams cocozelle Cocp COCPA CoCPC COCPD COCQG COCR COCRA CoCreate Cocroach Cocroach Cocroach Cocroch Cocroch Cocroch COCS COCSA COCSACS

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