Jamaica, after its capture by the English in 1655, also afforded a base for their activities.
But Mr. Johnson said that only those at the Thamkrabok camp -- the only official refugee center in Thailand for Hmong and a place the Laotian government regards as a base for rebel activities -- would be eligible for the program.
Instead, the foundation – whose land is almost entirely wild, including mountains such as Suilven – has refurbished a Victorian hunting lodge to attract more tourists, provide local employment and as a base for community activities.
The British annexed Lagos in 1861 in order to protect Akitoye's son and successor, foil Kosoko's bid to return, and secure a base for further activities.
They had been convicted of using the hospital as a base for antigovernment activities, possessing light weapons, confiscating medical equipment and spreading rumors and "lies".
A further two and half hours away by bus, Ban Lung is a base for various activities, including kayaking, mountain biking, trekking in Virachey national park to see some of Cambodia's last remaining virgin forest, visits to ethnic minority villages, and swimming at Boeng Yeak Lom, a vivid blue crater lake.
The physical plant used for the foundation will serve as a base for the activities, and the vision statement serves as a guiding light for the goals of the organization.
Officers are working on the theory that London-based drug dealers are beginning to use Southampton as a base for criminal activity.
The Bahrain News Agency, in describing the sentences handed down by a security court on Thursday, said the medical workers had taken over the hospital and used it as a base for antigovernment activity.
At that time, the newly restored Byzantine Empire, under the leadership of Michael VIII Palaiologos, sought to recover Euboea, which was the major Latin insular possession in the Aegean Sea and a base for piratical activity directed against his lands.
