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Keys Pacific tour should prompt rethink of climate change targets 4 Jul 2009 22:50 GMT
... will visit New Zealand from 20 to 24 June. Reports that the government of Palau has offered to temporarily accept up to 17 Guantanamo detainees leave many questions unanswered, ...
Shelton man wants to preserve veterans' stories 4 Jul 2009 04:31 GMT
... before being wounded in action in 1944, while on Peliliu, an island in the Palau chain of islands, south of the Philippines. He was discharged in 1947, after spending ...
WHO sees swine flu tailing off in northern summer 3 Jul 2009 18:50 GMT
... the last bulletin on Wednesday. Five more countries and territories -- Malta, Bosnia, Aruba, Palau and Uganda -- have reported cases. The largest jump in caseloads was reported by ...
Filipino fishers nabbed for poaching in Indonesian waters 3 Jul 2009 17:31 GMT
... thousands of fishermen from this city had been jailed in Indonesia and in nearby Palau for illegal fishing. Most of them were crew members of fishing boats owned by ...
Former Malaysia Leader To Visit Palau 3 Jul 2009 04:43 GMT
... Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i FORMER MALAYSIA LEADER TO VISIT PALAU Purpose of three-day visit unclear KOROR (Palau Horizon, July 1, 2009) - Former Malaysian ...
Palau President Submits $53.7 Million Budget 3 Jul 2009 04:43 GMT
... With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i PALAU PRESIDENT SUBMITS $53.7 MILLION BUDGET Spending proposal $4 million less than current year KOROR ...
Work Begins On Climate At Samoa Gathering 3 Jul 2009 04:43 GMT
... adaptation projects happening in three different areas within the 13 Pacific islands countries. Fiji, Palau, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands will focus on food production and food ...
Palau's Babeldaob Isle Eyed For Landfill Site 3 Jul 2009 04:43 GMT
... With Support From Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i PALAU'S BABELDAOB EYED FOR LANDFILL SITE Current facility in Koror to fill in five years ...
12,400-Mile Fiber-Optic Cable Links Guam, Asia 3 Jul 2009 04:43 GMT
... of the population and no users' growth was recorded during the eight-year period. In Palau, Internet penetration was 26.1% of the total population of 20,701. For the Philippines alone, ...
Under the Sea: Davis divers explore Catalina 2 Jul 2009 23:11 GMT
... to the Bahamas and then next year to the South Pacific to places including Palau and Truck. “Going to Truck is going to be exciting,” Boynton said. “It’s a ...
Tropical Rainfall Moving North 2 Jul 2009 20:33 GMT
... the Little Ice Age it was arid. A similar arid past was found for Palau, which lies about 7 degrees north of the equator and in the heart of ...
Equatorial rains are moving northward 2 Jul 2009 18:30 GMT
... of Washington base their findings on sediment cores taken from lakes and lagoons on Palau, Washington, Christmas and Galapagos islands. The scientists say if the bands continue to migrate ...
Rain Zone Moving North 2 Jul 2009 17:41 GMT
... that it was desert-like only 400 years ago. A similar situation was found in Palau, now in the heart of the convergence zone. Also, the now arid Galapagos Islands ...
Study: Tropical rain band shifting north 2 Jul 2009 17:12 GMT
... the Little Ice Age it was arid. A similar arid past was found for Palau, which lies about 7 degrees north of the equator and in the heart of ...
Phillips honored at NANBPW Founder's Day Luncheon 2 Jul 2009 15:02 GMT
... Ministries, Bright Temple Youth, Habitat For Humanity in Shelbyville and New Orleans, the Luis Palau crusade, the Bell Buckle Volunteer Firefighters Auxiliary, National Parks Service, Cascade soccer, and the ...