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6 hrs ago | Marianas Variety

Kiribati pushes overseas job opportunities

' With limited job opportunities for I-Kiribati youth at home, President Anote Tong said his government's top priority is expanding overseas employment opportunities, reports Pacific Magazine.

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Tue Jul 08, 2008

International Herald Tribune

Farmed algae threat

BUTARITARI, Kiribati : Off the palm-fringed white beach of this remote Pacific atoll, the view underwater is downright scary.

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Related Topix: Oceania, Agriculture, Science

Sat Jul 05, 2008

The Nelson Mail

Two men and a boat

The 100,000 or so people of Kiribati know well what it is like to be surrounded by water, the Nelson Mail said in an editorial on Saturday.

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Stuff

Rescued pair thought they would die

RESCUED PAIR: Fishermen Baraniko Tebea, left, and his uncle Itintarawa Baraniko dry and safe in Hawke's Bay Hospital.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

Marianas Variety

Kiribati signs key fishing agreement

' Kiribati has signed the Parties to the Nauru Agreement. This historic subregional arrangement provides for new measures to manage fishing in their exclusive economic zones and in high seas pockets - ' areas ...

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Micronesia

Sun Jun 29, 2008

The Honolulu Advertiser

Gulliver the stranded parrot is returning to the U.S.

It's taken nearly seven months and mounds of paperwork, but Gulliver is finally returning to the United States.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jun 27, 2008

Saipan Tribune

Northern Marianas overtakes PNG in women's standings

Not only did Jeneque Benavente's discus throw broke the national record previously held by Dolores Rangamar, it also allowed the CNMI to take the top spot in the women's standings in the final day of ...

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Related Topix: Papua New Guinea, Oceania, World News, New Caledonia

Wed Jun 25, 2008

Bill's Big Diamond Blog

Returning to Job 1

I'm just back from a week on the road at film festivals, promoting Brick by Brick: A Civil Rights Story .

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Mon Jun 23, 2008

The Independent

Death by drowing

The ocean should be Teatu Tsuria's friend. A villager in the tiny South Pacific nation of Kiribati, he lives on a soft white beach fringed with coconut trees and catches enough fish in his canoe to feed his ...

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Global Warming

Sat Jun 21, 2008

Reuters

Kiribati looks for climate help from Australia

With climate change threatening his tiny Pacific nation, Kiribati President Anote Tong on Friday asked Australia for help in the battle against rising seas that threaten to erase his atoll home.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Activism

Thu Jun 19, 2008

Marianas Variety

Pacific leader visits old school

' Eight hundred St. Bede's College students welcomed back one of the school's most prestigious graduates with a passionate performance of the haka last week.

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Related Topix: Oceania

Tue Jun 17, 2008

Air America Radio

The First To Die

David Bender, Host of Politically Direct & Paul Rieckhoff, Executive Director Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans of... The First To Die creativecommons/flickr/by Luigig Kiribati is dying.

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Oceania, World News, Global Warming, US News

Wed Jun 11, 2008

The Post and Courier

Good Morning Lowcountry

Grab a frappuccino. It's GMLc's weekly smattering of news from elsewhere. Fist bump.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Minneapolis Metro, US Travel, Travel, Oceania, World News

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Fiji Times

Fiji focus of leaders' talk

Update: 10:30AM Fiji and aid to Kiribati will lead discussions at the Niue Pacific leaders summit to be held in August.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, New Zealand

Sun Jun 08, 2008

XtraMSN Real Estate

Aid contribution to Kiribati increases

Additional aid will be going to the Pacific island of Kiribati following the signing of a declaration in Wellington today.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sat Jun 07, 2008

TUMEKE!

Can Prime TV please stick with American Gladiator?

Billboards upset Jews Prime TV has pulled billboards advertising a programme after the Jewish community complained.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Thu Jun 05, 2008

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Climate change forces South Sea islanders to seek sanctuary abroad

Its highest land is barely 6 feet above sea level. Speaking in New Zealand, Tong said i-Kiribati, as his countrymen are known, had no option but to leave.

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Wed Jun 04, 2008

Tvnz.co.nz

Kiribati plans for migration as sea levels rise

Kiribati's president has arrived in New Zealand on a state visit but is on a personal mission to get help for his people.

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Related Topix: Oceania, New Zealand, World News

Tue Jun 03, 2008

Scoop

State Welcome For President Of Kiribati

Members of the New Zealand Defence Force's Maori Cultural Group will perform a traditional Maori welcome for His Excellency Anote Tong, President of Kiribati at Government House, Auckland at 3.00 pm on ...

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