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23 hrs ago | Guam Pacific Daily News

UOG helps bring Internet to Likiep Atoll

Thanks to Bruce Best of the University of Guam's Telecommunications and Distance Education Operation, and a host of Pacific partners, the 600 residents of Likiep Atoll in the Marshall Islands now have access to e-mail, the Internet and long-distance calling.

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Related Topix: University of Guam, Oceania, World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

Marianas Variety

Marshall Islanders step up out-migration

The largest number of Marshall Islanders since 2001 left to the United States last year, bringing total out-migration to more than 16,000 since the early 1990s, according to the Marshall Islands government's planning office.

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Related Topix: Travel, Oceania, World News, Marshall Islands Travel

Tue Jun 30, 2009

UPI

Vandenburg fires Minuteman test rocket

MCK2000011902 - 19 JANUARY 2000 - MECK ISLAND, MARSHALL ISLANDS, USA: .A payload launch vehicle carrying a prototype interceptor is launched from Meck Island in the Kwajalein Missile Range on Jan.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, US Military, Vandenberg Air Force Base, US Air Force, Minot Air Force Base, Strategic Defense Initiative, Santa Barbara Metro, Lompoc, CA

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Saipan Tribune

'FAS citizens also mistreated at Guam airport'

Citizens of the Freely Associated States also endure mistreatment at the Guam international airport similar to those experienced by CNMI travelers, Gov.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Oceania, World News, Micronesia

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Guam Pacific Daily News

Teachers aim to preserve cultures and languages

Educators from all over the region came together this week for the 28th Annual Pacific Islands Bilingual Bicultural Association Conference to discuss ways to invigorate language and culture in the Marianas and the rest of Micronesia.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Micronesia, University of Guam, Palau

Wed Jun 24, 2009

The Honolulu Advertiser

Hawaii students to attend leadership camp at FBI Academy in Quantico, Va.

The FBI National Academy Associates Hawaii Chapter has selected two young men from Oahu to attend the FBI NAA Youth Leadership Program at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Va.

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Related Topix: Quantico, VA, Oceania, World News, Micronesia

Mon Jun 22, 2009

Marianas Variety

HIV incidence rises, but still low in Marshalls

The number of Marshall Islanders with HIV increased with four new cases diagnosed during the past year, a Ministry of Heath official said Friday.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health, Oceania, World News

Sat Jun 20, 2009

Marianas Variety

Marshalls' only CT scanner breaks

The only CT scanner in the Marshall Islands broke at the weekend, and health officials were scrambling to order replacement parts estimated to cost $55,000 by the end of this week.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Navy-Coast Guard team enforces fishing rules

Three Coast Guardsmen set sail from Hawaii on board a Navy ship yesterday to enforce federal fishing rules in waters west of the islands.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Oceania, World News, Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Kiribati

Tue Jun 16, 2009

Guampdn.com

- U.S. Navy ship leaves tomorrow for four-month humanitarian mission

USNS Richard E. Byrd is scheduled to depart Guam tomorrow after taking on mission participants and supplies in support of Pacific Partnership 2009.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Oceania, World News

Sun Jun 14, 2009

Marianas Variety

1 laptop per child in Pacific

Thirteen Pacific island nations are to receive 1,000 computer laptops each in hopes of improving results in public primary schools.

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Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Education Etc.

Fri Jun 12, 2009

Saipan Tribune

Pacific conference of nurses starts Monday at the Hyatt

Nursing leaders in the region will be gathering on Saipan to discuss pressing issues confronting their profession and to share knowledge and experiences during a five-day lecture and seminar next week.

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Related Topix: Micronesia, Oceania, World News

Wed Jun 10, 2009

Customer Interaction Solutions

Construction of submarine fiber-optic cable starts in N. Pacific

Construction of a 2,000-mile submarine fiber optic cable expected to revolutionize communications in the north Pacific kicked off last week in the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro, reports Marianas Variety.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Micronesia, Los Angeles Metro

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Marianas Variety

EU solar work targets 5 remote Pacific nations

Five small Pacific island nations are getting $16.75 million from the European Union to install solar power equipment and improve energy efficiency.

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Related Topix: Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Oceania, World News

Fri Jun 05, 2009

Portlandtribune.com

The forgotten ships

Naval officer Charles Clock commanded the enlisted sailors on the S.S. Richard Henry Dana, pictured here in 1945 during the Liberty Ship's seventh voyage to Eniwetok, of the Pacific's Marshall Islands.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, US Military, US Navy, US News, Portland, OR, Portland State University

Wed Jun 03, 2009

KUAM News

MBJ: A real gem - Pacific International buys Diamond Ko

The sale of the wholesale concern Diamond Ko Ltd. to Pacific International Inc., a multi-discipline construction company based in Majuro, was completed on May 20 with the full bulk transfer of Diamond Ko's properties to PII.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, Oceania, World News, Micronesia, Travel, Marshall Islands Travel

Mon Jun 01, 2009

Marianas Variety

Pacific group aims for bigger piece of $3 billion tuna pie

A group of Pacific islands is banding together to force Asian nations to pay more for tuna caught in the region.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sun May 31, 2009

Home News Tribune - Editorials

Honor Society at Raritan Valley Community College is honored

Raritan Valley Community College's chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society received the Hallmark Award of Distinction at the organization's International Conference, conducted from April 16-19 in Grapevine, Texas.

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Related Topix: Raritan, NJ, Hillsborough, NJ, Palau, Oceania, World News, Micronesia

Fri May 29, 2009

Saipan Tribune

EPA to host Pacific environment conference on Saipan

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Pacific Islands Office, together with the governments of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, and American Samoa are hosting a four-day conference, June 22-25, at the Saipan World Resort in Susupe, Saipan.

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Related Topix: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Oceania, Northern Mariana Islands, World News, American Samoa, Palau, Micronesia

Wed May 27, 2009

Herald-Leader

SPRINGDALE : Marshallese consulate slated for fall opening

A Marshall Islands consulate is scheduled to open in September in Springdale, the country's consul general told a group of about 300 Marshallese who were celebrating Constitution Day on Saturday at the Jones Center for Families.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Litokwa Tomeing, Arkansas

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