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  1. Orbital Wins Contract for IS-23 Communications Satellite by IntelsatRead the original story

    Sunday | Customer Interaction Solutions

    ... 18, a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite now in production to provide services to East Asia, the Pacific, French Polynesia and the United States scheduled for delivery in 2010. - New Dawn, a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite now in production to provide ...

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    Related Topix: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space

  2. A sea as blue as a smurfRead the original story

    Oct 10, 2009 | Vancouver Sun

    ... dropping anchor in Oahu, then Maui -- reads like Captain James Cook's diary. The dramatic landscape in French Polynesia also has a storybook feel, with its lush, beflowered mountains climbing out of implausibly blue waters towards matching skies. ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  3. World's Most Extravagant MealsRead the original story

    Saturday | Channelnewsasia.com

    ... at the Ciragan Palace Kempinski Hotel in Istanbul takes the cake. Ingredients include vanilla bean from French Polynesia, fruits soaked in top-shelf Jamaican rum, and, in lieu of frosting, a glaze of 24-karat edible gold. That's baking with bling. ...

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    Related Topix: Cake, Life, Dessert, Food, Baked Goods, US Travel, Travel, Las Vegas Travel

  4. French Polynesians Protest Atomic Test Compensation PlanRead the original story

    Saturday | The Tocqueville Connection

    ... compensate victims of atomic tests which they said does not go far enough. The demonstration was called by French Polynesia's main religious and political groupings and coincided with a visit by a French ministry of defence delegation. Some 150,000 ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  5. Cosmetic Cosmos Introduces New Botanical Anti-Aging Skincare ProductsRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | PR-inside.com

    "The combination of hectic holiday schedules and exposure to winter elements is extremely harsh on skin," said Sherry Brice, president, Cosmetic Cosmos.

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Dermatology, Newport, RI

  6. The South Pacific sea is as blue as a smurfRead the original story

    Friday Dec 18 | Canada.com

    ... dropping anchor in Oahu, then Maui -- reads like Captain James Cook's diary. The dramatic landscape in French Polynesia also has a storybook feel, with its lush, beflowered mountains climbing out of implausibly blue waters towards matching skies. ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Travel

  7. Eddie goes to Tuamotu, Tim McKenna shoots epic sessionRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 18 | Surfing News and Contests, Surf Reports, Wave Forecasts

    ... crew of tahitians chargers scored uncrowded perfection and some of the largest right handers ever surfed in French Polynesia. Vetea David, Manoa Drollet , Alain Riou, Raimana Van Bastolaer, Thierry Domenech, Arsene Harehoe and Teiva Joyeux. Both ...

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    Related Topix: Surfing, Outdoor Recreation

  8. Orbital Awarded New Contract For IS-23 Communications Satellite by IntelsatRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Business Wire

    ... 18 , a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite now in production to provide services to East Asia, the Pacific, French Polynesia and the United States scheduled for delivery in 2010. New Dawn , a hybrid C- and Ku-band satellite now in production to provide ...

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    Related Topix: Orbital Sciences Corporation, Aerospace-Defense, Science / Technology, Space

  9. Euros Flores, Pires, Bourez secure 2010 World Tour slotsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | Surfing News and Contests, Surf Reports, Wave Forecasts

    Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 16 December, 2009 : - - Capbreton -- With the completion of the final event of this year's ASP World Tour at Pipeline and after Mick Fanning's second ASP World title crowning, the official list of qualifiers for the 2010 ASP World Tour has been released.

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    Related Topix: Surfing, Outdoor Recreation

  10. Hutch Gala raises $8.8 million for cancer cureRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Bellevue Reporter

    ... bid on exclusive auction packages including a trip to the Big Apple for the Tony Awards, $11,000; a trip to French Polynesia to view a total solar eclipse, $14,000; and an exclusive private tasting and dinner for 12 at Long Shadows and Corliss ...

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    Related Topix: Bellevue, WA

  11. Ready ... On Your Marquesas ... Go

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Associated Content

    Location: Port of Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas, French Polynesia 9 deg 48.33 W, 139 deg 01.86 W Unless your name is Packer, whose private ship is moored in Tahiti as you read this, you could not conduct a more thorough exploration of this dramatic, geologically youthful archipelago than with the Compagnie Polynesienne de Transport Maritime sailing ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Jacques Brel, Chanson

  12. French Polynesia: Paradise found

    Sunday Dec 13 | The New Zealand Herald

    How to lose weight? Call home from a phone booth in the Marquesas Islands of French Polynesia.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Papeete, French Polynesia

  13. Fancy a luxury yacht in paradise? Yours for $41 million

    Sunday Dec 13 | The Sydney Morning Herald

    One of two Australian-built luxury yachts based in French Polynesia has been offered for sale at 25 million euro or $US37.7 million , Tahiti Tourisme's weekly news bulletin reported.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Oceania, French Polynesia Travel, World News, Papeete, French Polynesia

  14. Chain plans investmentsRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 13 | Fiji Times

    ... Apart from expanding its services in Fiji, more hotels were expected to be constructed in Samoa, Tonga and French Polynesia. Construction budget alone will cost millions of dollars in the next three years. "We are talking about Tonga, Samoa and Fiji ...

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  15. Native Music From the Hotel Bora-Bora

    Saturday Dec 12 | WFMU's Beware of the Blog

    From San Francisco, the port of call for many lovely records carried in from all corners of the world, and all of the seven seas, comes this sweet lil' ep from Tahiti Records in 1962.

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    Related Topix: Papeete, French Polynesia, World News

  16. Hawaii, U.S.A. travel information and guideRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Canada.com

    ... much of the time is Hawaii. more A A The South Pacific sea is as blue as a smurf The dramatic landscape in French Polynesia has a storybook feel, with its lush, beflowered mountains climbing out of implausibly blue waters towards matching... more A ...

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    Related Topix: Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports, Travel

  17. Judicial woes pile up against Gaston FlosseRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | Samoa News

    French Polynesia veteran politician and former President Gaston Flosse who was last week ordered back in jail as part of a so-called "corruption pact", has once again been slammed by yet another ruling, this time in relation to "fictitious jobs" granted to an array of politicians, civil society members, including unionists.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Prison

  18. Top 10 Romantic DestinationsRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 11 | Macleans

    ... of love and everyone should write it down now on their Bucket List if it isn't there already. Moorea, French Polynesia A thatched hut built on stilts over the warm waters of a turquoise lagoon, a tiny verandah over the natural aquarium around us, ...

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    Related Topix: Best of 2007, Wedding

  19. Chinese navy fleet arrives in Ecuador for goodwill visitRead the original story

    Friday Dec 11 | People's Daily Online

    ... na on Oct. 18 for a four-nation tour, the Chinese navy fleet has visited Chile and Peru. It will also visit French Polynesia. Source: Xinhua

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    Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Guayas, Ecuador, Ecuador, Guayaquil, Ecuador, Shijiazhuang, China

  20. Sunsail: Sunsail Launches Video & Photo ContestRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 10 | Market Wire

    Sunsail Sailing Vacations , the company for sailors by sailors, has launched a Video & Photo Contest , which runs through March 1, 2010 and features a Grand Prize sailing charter in Tahiti, French Polynesia with airfare included! Open to eligible US and Canadian residents ; entries will be judged on creativity, quality and composition.

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    Related Topix: Travel, Oceania, World News, French Polynesia Travel, Clearwater, FL