[ISL] Five islands links: Malta, East Timor, Choctaw, Ireland, April Fool's Day

[rfmcdonald]

• Malta, it seems from this New Statesman take, is facing serious problems of corruption through its role in international finance.
  
• The establishment of a new maritime border between Australia and East Timor threatens Australia's borders with adjacent Indonesia. ABC reports.


• Ireland has established a scholarship program for Choctaw students as a sign of thanks for Choctaw aid during the Irish Potato Famine. The Irish Post reports.


• This Slugger O'Toole article suggests that the disparity in living standards and income between the Republic and Northern Ireland is not nearly so vast as GDP would suggest.


• The Map Room Blog shared this Ordinance Survey's April Fool's Day joke, of a fake but realistic island.