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4 hrs ago | Saipan Tribune

Senators support Congress bill to grant submerged lands to CNMI

By ANITA B. HOFSCHNEIDER Contributing Writer The CNMI Senate junked yesterday a resolution that asks the federal government to clean up toxic substances left behind by the bombing exercises on Farallon de Medinilla before the U.S. Congress passes the bill that would grant the CNMI control over its submerged lands.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Saipan Tribune

Free lecture on Article 12 on July 7

The NMI Council for the Humanities is inviting the public to a lecture titled "Article 12, Claims to Culture and Political Rights: the Race vs.

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Related Topix: American Memorial Park, US National Parks, Oceania, World News, US Supreme Court, US News

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Las Vegas Sun

Nevada jeered, American Samoa cheered for stimulus Web sites

Sun Coverage Archive of Sun politics stories State of Nevada Web site Nevada and American Samoa both launched Web sites in the same week of early March to keep track of the massive amounts of money that Congress had just approved under the so-called stimulus act.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Mon Jun 29, 2009

KWQC-TV Davenport

Ill. soldier attached to Hawaii unit dies in Iraq

A soldier from Illinois attached to a Hawaii Army National Guard unit died in Iraq this week when his vehicle rolled over.

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Related Topix: US National Guard, US Military, Salem, IL, Oceania, World News

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Marianas Variety

Congressman justifies dropping Papua provisions from bill

American Samoan Congressman Eni Faleomavaega says he drove moves to drop provisions on Indonesia's West Papua from a foreign relations bill in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jun 26, 2009

Clover Herald

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,318

As of Friday, June 26, 2009, at least 4,318 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Manvel, TX

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Saipan Tribune

Success stories take center stage at PIEC

For Jesus C. Borja of Susupe, water is a precious commodity. He values it even more than electricity, and that is why several years ago he decided that he could not continue to rely on the CNMI water system.

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Related Topix: San Jose, CA, Oceania, World News

Tue Jun 23, 2009

Saipan Tribune

Tudela joins US Mayors' conference

Saipan Mayor Juan B. Tudela recently joined the 77th U.S. Mayors' Conference held in Rhode Islands.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Greenwood (Seattle, WA), Pike Place Market (Seattle, WA), West Seattle (Seattle, WA), Magnolia (Seattle, WA), Lake City (Seattle, WA)

Sun Jun 21, 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, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Kiribati

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Port Clinton News Herald

Oak Harbor grad playing gig in American Samoa

Local musician Nate Parsell will be headlining the BlueSky 10-year live concert in Pago Pago, American Samoa on July 10 with the rock band Amely.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Oak Harbor, WA

Thu Jun 18, 2009

Saipan Tribune

$44M OK'd for CNMI public schools

The average amount the CNMI government spends on each child in public schools will soon increase, following the go-signal for the release of $44.4 million in stimulus funds for the Public School System.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Tue Jun 16, 2009

KTVX

Western Governors' Association has new chair

Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer was elected the new chairman of the Western Governors' Association, while Gov.

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Related Topix: Oceania, Northern Mariana Islands, World News, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Geothermal Power, Energy

Mon Jun 15, 2009

Marianas Variety

Fitial presses for accurate, timely NMI economic data

The Fitial administration is interested in securing valuable population, labor force, and economic data by working with the Interior Department's Office of Insular Affairs and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sat Jun 13, 2009

KGW-TV Portland

Water, energy, climate top Western govs' agenda

There are a few topics governors running states in the West just can't escape: water scarcity, a warming climate and energy development.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Northern Mariana Islands

Thu Jun 11, 2009

Philadelphia's WB 17

News Focus: Making sense of the U.S. Census

Tribune Graphics The census happens every 10 years, as stipulated by the U.S. Constitution.

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Related Topix: Oceania, Northern Mariana Islands, World News

The Independent

The world's most bizarre tattoos

On 11 December 1787, part of a French naval fleet led by Commodore Comte de la Perouse became stranded in shallow waters off the northern coast of Tutuila, in the South Pacific.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Offbeat

Tue Jun 09, 2009

Saipan Tribune

BoH announces new appointments for Pacific Islands Division

HONOLULU, Hawaii -Brian S. Glass, vice president and district manager in American Samoa, and James "Hobbs" M. Lowson, vice president and country manager for the Republic of Palau, will be exchanging roles, effective June 2, 2009.

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Related Topix: Honolulu, HI, Oceania, World News, Palau

Mon Jun 08, 2009

Radio World

Wow, That's One Hot Mic

Have you noticed that you can never seem to find a place to put a hot soldering iron while working around a studio? The answer might be right under your nose.

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Related Topix: Beckley, WV, Oceania, World News

Sat Jun 06, 2009

Saipan Tribune

State of the Commonwealth Address

By BENIGNO R. FITIAL Special to the Saipan Tribune Editor's Note: The following is the text of Gov.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat, US News, Oceania, World News

Thu Jun 04, 2009

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

Police and Fire

A man died yesterday aboard a trans-Pacific flight from American Samoa. The victim, a 69-year-old man, suffered an asthma attack aboard Hawaiian Airlines Flight 1466 while the plane was en route from Pago Pago to Honolulu.

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Related Topix: Fire, Oceania, World News, Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Honolulu Metro, Honolulu, HI

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