About 2, 500 people currently live on Treasure Island, a man-made island in the middle of San Francisco Bay that dates back to the late 1930s and is connected to San Francisco and Oakland by the Bay Bridge.

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Set on a man-made island in the middle of the St Lawrence River, the circuit also hits the brakes hard.

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Kobe wants to build its airport on a man-made island in the bay, which some worry would hurt marine wildlife.

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After a morning browsing the souq, jump into a taxi for the 20-minute ride to the Pearl-Qatar, a man-made island in West Bay Lagoon and one of the most up-and-coming areas in Doha.

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Although the average vacancy rate for offices in Tokyo is around 14%, the five intelligent buildings completed last year at Odaiba, a man-made island in Tokyo Bay with good road and rail connections, are now packed.

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The location, out on the man-made Palm Island, may leave you feeling a little cut off from the shopping malls, beaches and indoor ski slopes but if and when the stalled development on the Palm is completed you may never need venture onto the mainland again.

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The affluent Banana Island, a man-made waterfront community boasting multi-million dollar mansions and manicured lawns, was revealed as the game's most expensive property, joining Boardwalk in the standard U.S. edition and Mayfair in the London version.

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Currently UK retailers with branches on the Isle of Man pay tax to the UK on any profits made on the island.

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Mrs McAleese said he was a man of deep faith who had made "a profound difference to the religious, political and social landscape of this island over the last 20 years".

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