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Thursday | Examiner.com

A woman alone in the Marshall Islands, Part 1 of 3

One of the joys of cruising is meeting the disparate and intriguing globetrotters who journey, each for their own reason , to the far reaches of the world.

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

Tue Feb 07, 2012

Saipan Tribune

Australia exhibit to feature work of Saipan-born artist

Pohnpeian-Saipanese artist Yvonne C. Neth will have six of her large charcoal works exhibited as part of Maketi Ples, a selling exhibition of Pacific Islands-based fine art, showing at Global Gallery in Sydney, Australia, from Feb.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania

Mon Feb 06, 2012

Guam Pacific Daily News

Pay up: US obligations to Guam for compacts need to be fulfilled

President Obama and Congress need to address the longstanding problem of the federal government's failure to adequately compensate Guam and other territories for the impact of compact migration.

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Related Topix: Prison, Oceania, World News, US Governors, Eddie Calvo

Fri Feb 03, 2012

Iol.co.za

1 000 places to see before you die

London - In 1995, Patricia Schultz, an American travel writer, began to work on a book that was less travel guide than it was global compendium.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Travel

Thu Feb 02, 2012

PS News

Cybersafety takes tropical turn

The Cyber Safety Pasifika program aims to equip police in the various Pacific Island countries with the knowledge and resources to educate their communities, including young people, teachers and parents, in all aspects of cyber safety.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Wed Feb 01, 2012

Guam Pacific Daily News

Guam struggles with compact impact

Medical staff work in the emergency room of Guam Memorial Hospital in Tamuning on Jan.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Eddie Calvo, Immigration Reform, Oceania, World News

Tue Jan 31, 2012

Nine MSN

Pacific Islands learn to fight cyber crime

Police officers from across the Pacific Islands have gathered on the Gold Coast to improve their skills in protecting children from online predators, and fighting cyber crime.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

The Independent

Around the world in 1,000 destinations

Patricia Schultz, author of the bestselling title 1,000 Places to See Before You Die, talks about life on the road, her new book - and the three locations that are the cream of the globe-trotting crop In 1995, Patricia Schultz, an American travel writer, began to work on a book that was less travel guide than it was global compendium.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Oceania, World News, Travel

Mon Jan 30, 2012

Scoop

Information Sheets to Better Save Reef Fisheries

Sea cucumbers, lobsters and other fish species are in danger of disappearing from Pacific island fisheries unless they are protected by villagers and local fishermen through measures recommended by a new series of information sheets.

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Related Topix: Fiji, World News, Oceania

Guam Pacific Daily News

Child rapist gets 7 years

A man who admitted that he raped a 12-year-old girl who has a mental disability will spend four... A man who admitted that he raped a 12-year-old girl who has a mental disability will spend four more years behind bars.

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Related Topix: Prison, Oceania, World News

Saipan Tribune

CNMI sea turtles: A shared resource

By TAMMY SUMMERS NOAA Contractor Why do we need to conserve turtles when we see so many in the waters surrounding our islands? This question is one of the most commonly asked of the DNLR-DFW Sea Turtle Program staff from within the CNMI community.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jan 27, 2012

Guam Pacific Daily News

Pangelinan introduces resolution to appropriate $3.2 million...

Sen. Ben Pangelinan, chairman of the committee on appropriations, introduced a resolution that expresses the Guam Legislature's expenditure priorities of Compact Impact Act funds in Fiscal Year 2012, and it includes $3.2 million worth of repairs and renovations to Untalan Middle School.

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

Wed Jan 25, 2012

Saipan Tribune

PREL accepting applications for Pacific Teacher Scholarship

HONOLULU, Hawaii -Pacific Resources for Education and Learning is now accepting online applications for the Pacific Teacher Scholarship Program for Academic Year 2012-2013. The application deadline is April 1, 2012.

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Related Topix: Oceania, American Samoa, World News, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands

Sun Jan 22, 2012

Guam Pacific Daily News

Cruz works to improve Guam's prison situation

Tired of waiting for what he called a lack of action from the federal government, Vice Speaker Benjamin Cruz yesterday proposed transferring Guam Department of Corrections inmates to a federal facility if the local government does not get prison cost reimbursement.

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Madeleine Bordallo, Democrat, Prison, Federal Prisons, Oceania, World News

Saipan Tribune

Healthcare corp. wants MIAP transferred to central govt

The Commonwealth Healthcare Corp. wants all functions and responsibility of the Medically Indigent Assistance Plan transferred to the central government, which also handles the state Medicaid program.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Wed Jan 18, 2012

Saipan Tribune

Kilili recognizes 37 entities for maintaining maritime security

Delegate Gregorio Kilili Sablan recognized yesterday 37 local and federal government agencies and private sector partners for developing a comprehensive port evacuation plan, among other things, that exceeds national standards for improving and maintaining maritime safety and security.

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Related Topix: Oceania, Northern Mariana Islands, World News

Tue Jan 17, 2012

USGS Earthquakes

M 4.9, Mariana Islands region

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Northern Mariana Islands

Guam Pacific Daily News

News Update: Coast 360 announces new Ceo

Prior to joining Coast 360, Northey was the executive vice president, head of Commercial Banking for ANZ Guam Inc.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jan 13, 2012

Emirates News Agency

IRENA Pacific leaders meeting heralds new regional energy era

Abu Dhabi, 13 Jan. 2012 - A Pacific Leader's Meeting held today in Abu Dhabi by the International Renewable Energy Agency in advance of its Second Assembly, , issued a public communique confirming the Agency's proposed work activities to accelerate renewable energy deployment in this important region, which is currently heavily dependent on fossil ... (more)

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Solomon Islands

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