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St. Kitts-Nevis

[ kits-nee-vis, -nev-is ]

noun

  1. a twin-island state in the Leeward Islands, in the E West Indies, consisting of the islands of St. Kitts and Nevis: formerly a British colony and member of the West Indies Associated States; gained independence 1983. 104 sq. mi. (269 sq. km). : Basseterre.


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He and Chase Ergen, the heir to the satellite fortune, announced in April that they formed a consortium aimed at developing the cannabis business in Eastern Caribbean nations such as St. Kitts-Nevis, Dominica and Antigua.

In the clip, Lane tans while her and Rhys Meyers' son, Wolf Rhys Meyers, tosses sand on her legs at the beach in St. Kitts-Nevis.

St. Kitts-Nevis established a defense force in 1967, but found it to be so expensive and unproductive that nearly 14 years later it converted all its soldiers to policemen and firemen.

"Papa" Bradshaw, who won his fifth consecutive five-year term as Prime Minister of St. Kitts-Nevis last month, is the Caribbean's most spectacular example of an adaptable politician.

In March passengers on a gay cruise from Miami were barred from disembarking on Nevis, part of St. Kitts-Nevis, where a port official, according to the ship's captain, told them gays were a threat to "national security."

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