A few interesting moves went down this time around. China found himself a friend for another year and gets to submit moves at least one more time. A bit of a circular dance changes the outlook significantly off the southern tip of Africa. And Rome has been sacked... by the Mexicans?

Mexico:
F Alaska Supports F Arizona - Pacific Ocean
A Nunavut Supports F Alaska
F Arizona - Pacific Ocean
F Revillagigedo Sea - Fijian Sea
F Fijian Sea - Tasman Sea
F Quebec Holds
A Boston Supports F Quebec
A Florida - Iberia
F Atlantic Ocean Convoys A Florida - Iberia
F Morocco Supports F Tyrrhenian Sea
F Tyrrhenian Sea Convoys A Iberia - Rome
A Iberia - Rome

South America:
A Pretoria - Zambezi
F Sandwich Sea - Angola
F Skeleton Coast Supports F Sandwich Sea - Angola
F Cape Verde Sea - Dakar
F Rio de Janeiro - Sandwich Sea
F Falkland Sea Supports F Rio de Janeiro - Sandwich Sea
F Maputo - Cocos Sea
F Bay of Bengal - Jakarta (*fails*)
F Tongan Sea - Great Australian Bight (*dislodged*)
F Auckland Supports F Fijian Sea - Tasman Sea
F Pacific Ocean - Micronesian Sea

Russia:
F Beaufort Sea Supports F Bering Sea
F Labrador Sea - Atlantic Ocean (*fails*)
F Arctic Ocean - Labrador Sea (*fails*)
A London Holds
A Holland Supports F Paris
F North Sea - English Channel
A Nizhniy-Novgorod - Ukraine
F Bering Sea Holds
A Vladivostok - Irkutsk
A Beijing Holds
F Sea of Japan - Honshu
F East China Sea Supports F Philippines Sea - Taiwan
F Philippines Sea - Taiwan

West Africa:
F Gulf of Guinea - Yaounde (*fails*)
A Lagos - N'Djamena
A Algeria Supports A Libya
A Libya Supports A Algeria

South Africa:
A Zambezi - Maputo
F Yaounde - Sandwich Sea (*fails*)
A N'Djamena - Congo
F Angola Supports A N'Djamena - Congo (*dislodged*)
A Addis Ababa Holds (*dislodged*)
F Nairobi - Dar es Salaam
A Tunis - Algeria (*fails*)

Persia:
A Tibet - Shanghai (*bounce*)
A Hong Kong - Shanghai (*bounce*)
A Khartoum - Nairobi
A Egypt - Khartoum
F Greece - Zabreb
A Ankara - Greece
A Riyadh - Muscat
A Galilee - Egypt
F Ionian Sea - Tyrrhenian Sea (*fails*)
F Paris Holds
F Indian Ocean Supports A Khartoum - Nairobi
F Arabian Sea Supports F Red Sea - Addis Ababa
A Mumbai Holds

China:
F Red Sea - Addis Ababa

Oceania:
F Great Australian Bight Supports F Tasman Sea - Tongan Sea
F Tasman Sea - Tongan Sea
F Jakarta Supports F Siam
F Siam Supports F Jakarta
F South China Sea - Taiwan (*fails*)
F Arafura Sea - Manila
F Cocos Sea - Cape of Good Hope

Retreats:
SAm's F Tongan Sea may retreat to Argentina, Chile, Easter Sea, Christchurch or OTB
SAf's F Angola may retreat to Windhoek or OTB
SAf's A Addis Ababa may retreat to Somalia or OTB

Next Deadline:
Autumn 2010 retreats are due Tuesday, Feb 24, 2200GMT