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The Bahamas

The Bahamas , officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a nation consisting of more than 3,000 islands, cays, and islets.

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Bahamas in 5...

Hearing “Islands in the Stream” should inspire you to do more than change your radio station.

Before Dolly Parton and the Bee Gees made it the centerpiece of their pop confection, the name more readily sprang to mind as the title of Ernest Hemingway ’s famous novel, parts of which he wrote while on Bimini, in the Bahamas , so inspired was he by the islands’ fishing and diving.So warm and yet so chill, the Bahamas has long been a source of legend and lore. A lost underwater continent and a fountain of youth allegedly dwell among the islands, and the beaches themselves can best be described as legendary. Whether your aim is to find a quiet place to pen a bestseller or find a hammock to read one, the Bahamas' some 700 islands and cays fire the imagination and warm the heart and body with their sunshine, sea, and spirit.5…Discover a lost continent and some conch in NassauThe twin islands of Providence and Paradise make up the Bahamas’ thriving metropolis of greater Nassau. The larger-than-...

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  1. Travel: Bahamas in 5...

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  2. Teen dubbed 'Barefoot Bandit' pleads guilty to minor charge in Bahamas ; deported to US

    NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — The American teenager who police call the "Barefoot Bandit" pleaded guilty Tuesday to a minor offense in the Bahamas and was quickly deported ...

  3. Irene Weakens to Category 1 Hurricane, But Remains Big Threat to U.S.

    Punishing winds from Hurricane Irene howled over Turks and Caicos and the sparsely populated islands of the southeastern Bahamas as residents huddled in darkened hom...

  4. Bahamas burglaries blamed on 'barefoot bandit' as teen fugitive eludes FBI-aided manhunt

    MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (AP) — A teenage fugitive with a celebrated history of escapes has allegedly committed several nighttime burglaries in the Bahamas, eluding an...

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  6. The Bahamas In 5

    FoxNews.com spotlights 5 things to see and do in the 700 islands of The Bahamas

  7. Passenger on Carnival cruise to Bahamas dies after fall from upper deck

    A passenger on a Carnival cruise to the Bahamas died after falling from an upper deck, Carnival Cruise Lines said Saturday.In an emailed statement to NewsCore, Carni...

  8. Hurricane Irene Taking Aim at Bahamas

    Storm packing 115MPH sustained winds

  9. Hurricane Irene Batters Bahamas

    Island withstands beating from Category 3 storm

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  11. 'Barefoot Bandit' Faces Weapons Charges in Bahamas

    NASSAU, Bahamas -- Bahamian Police Commissioner Ellison Greenslade says the so-called "Barefoot Bandit" will face trial in the island chain for weapons possession an...

  12. Tropical Storm Franklin Heads for Bahamas

    Tropical Storm Franklin Heads for Bahamas Friday , July 22 , 2005 Print MIAMI Tropical Storm Franklin threatened the Bahamas ( search ) with wind and rain , but Flo...

  1. Nassau , Bahamas in line for restoration

    The city of Nassau in the Bahamas is getting a facelift after years of neglect.Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham says a slew of public works projects to improve streets...

  2. Tropical Storm Bonnie swirls through Bahamas , on track to hit oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

    NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie steamed through the central Bahamas and was approaching the Florida Keys on Friday along a course that is expected to cr...

  3. Police Hunt for 'Barefoot Bandit' in Bahamas After Island Crash Landing

    NASSAU, Bahamas — A teenage thief who police say has brazenly made his way across the U.S. has apparently graduated to international fugitive, crash-landing a stolen...

  4. Bahamas seeks to help after fire guts shantytown

    Bahamian authorities are working to provide new housing for more than 100 people who were left homeless after a fire wrecked a crowded shantytown filled mostly with ...

  5. Plane carrying 2 crashes off Bahamas ; 1 body found

    Bahamian searchers recovered the body of a man who was one of two people aboard a small plane that crashed Tuesday into the Atlantic Ocean off the most populated isl...

  6. 'Barefoot Bandit,' who ran from law for 2 years, drawing thousands of fans, caught in Bahamas

    NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — For two years he stayed a step ahead of the law — stealing cars, powerboats and even airplanes, police say, while building a reputation as a 2...

  7. Elusive 'Barefoot Bandit' stays a step ahead of police in Bahamas , wins grudging respect

    MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas (AP) — The wily resourcefulness of a fugitive teenage thief was on display again Thursday as he eluded an intensifying manhunt on a sparsely p...

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