IRB
The Pacific Island teams won five and drew one of the nine matches on Australian soil against the Brumby Runners, QAS Reds Academy and Junior Waratahs with Samoa A and Fiji Warriors leading the race to be crowned 2011 champions with nine points, ...
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IRB
A lesson for all Aid Donors
Solomon Star
How much percentage is being paid to consultants or consultancy firm, which should rather be allotted directly to Pacific Islands Country? Is Canberra at all regulating this, if yes, how and no why? Are individuals and Consultancy Company involved in ...
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Pacific Islands Forum marks 40th anniversary
Radio New Zealand International
The Pacific Islands Forum is launching its 40th anniversary celebrations today with a lecture in Vanuatu. It's the inaugural lecture in a series focussing on the agency's Pacific Plan. The Plan, in place for the past six years, is an attempt to meet ...
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Moscow Invites Japan to Invest Jointly in Disputed Islands
CRIENGLISH.com
Russia on Thursday invited Japanese enterprises to develop investment cooperation in the four disputed Pacific islands. "Certainly, we would welcome investments of our Japanese colleagues in the development of this remote territory of the Russian ...
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CRIENGLISH.com
Marshall Islands Hit by La Niña and Spring Tide Combo Punch
Yokwe
During any La Niña event the sea level in the US-Affiliated Pacific Islands (USAPI) region experiences a rise. Forecasts for the Marshall Islands, at Majuro and Kwajalein stations, indicate sea levels are expected to be about 4-6 inches higher than ...
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Pacific aid cuts would help China, warns Clinton
Radio Australia News
She complained that the Republicans' cuts would mean the end for a $21 million effort to help Pacific islands at risk from rising sea levels. Such cuts would only help China as it seeks to engage more with the Pacific, she said. ...
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Child mortality rate in Solomon Islands standing still
Radio Australia
MARCH: That's UNICEF's Representtive for the Pacific is Dr Isiye Ndombi. The data in the UNICEF report on child mortality in the Pacific paints a very diverse picture. Most Pacific Islands spend the same, or a higher percentage of their GDP on health ...
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World War II Veteran Weaves PT Boat Tales to Rotary
Patch.com
By Phil Taylor | Email the author | 10:17am Stuck on a tiny PT boat anchored at a tiny Pacific Island amid a world war in 1945, many rumors circulated among the crew, most of an unbelievable sort. So when a dispatch arrived saying that the United ...
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AVC Oceania Continental Sub Zonal starts today
Saipan Tribune
By Walter J. Sutherland The Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Oceania Continental Sub Zonal tournament will be held all day at the Pacific Islands Club Saipan starting today through Sunday. The CNMI will be competing against teams ...
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Newfoundland and Hawaii similar: lavender farmers
Atlantic Farm Focus
(Photo: Jeremy P. Smith/The Western Star) [Corner Brook, NL]—Newfoundland and Hawaii have a lot in common in spite of obvious differences in weather, according to a mother-daughter team from the Pacific island. Lani Medina Weigert, president of Hawaii ...
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Atlantic Farm Focus
Man-made Global Warming Theory AGW
Nolan Chart LLC
There are several known reasons for ocean level changes in the Pacific islands. The Maldives is a prime example of how often cited authors such as Ms. Oreskes " because of global warming- HUMANS are losing their homes" can be extremely misleading. ...
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Robert Rowley Mecham
Daily Herald
Robert served in the US Marine Corps during WWII in the Pacific Islands. He was a retired Chiropractor / Naturopathic physician graduating in 1955 from Western States College in Portland, OR. His practice was in Casper, WY. ...
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Midday Express of 2011-03-02
IEWY News
Pacific islands are an alarming case of the adverse effects of climate change where rising sea levels have an impact upon every aspect of citizens' lives and hamper the economic development. Between 2 and 4 March 2011, European Commissioner for ...
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Kapa haka kids are Pasifika-bound
Auckland stuff.co.nz
The exhibitions, featuring artists from the Pacific Islands, take place from Monday to March 12 at the Aotea Centre in the city. Visit www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/events for more information on Pasifika and www.aucklandfestival.co.nz for details of ...
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West Papuan Solidarity Groups meet in Sydney
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
The 42nd Meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum will be held in New Zealand in September 2011. This year is the 40th anniversary of the Forum and it is now time to bring the Melanesian people of West Papua back into the Pacific community. ...
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GCA's Trinidad is NMI's bet in regional Geography Bee
Saipan Tribune
The test will be mailed to the National Geographic Society in Washington, DC Saipan Tribune learned that nine other students from the Pacific islands will take the same test, including four students from Guam and five students from American Samoa. ...
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6 schools vie in mock trial
Saipan Tribune
Sponsors of the event include Fiesta Resort and Spa Saipan, Pacific Trading Co., Herman's Modern Bakery, NMI Judiciary Historical Society, Joeten Enterprises, Coca Cola, Hyatt Regency Saipan, National Office Supply, Pacific Islands Club, IT&E, ...
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'Koblerville school science, wellness week a success'
Saipan Tribune
Two of the schools' entries made it to the CNMI-wide Recipe Contest that will be held at Pacific Islands Club on March 12. The second event was the yearly science bee competition for all grade levels. All bee questions were based on the PSS science ...
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A Canberra Stopover
The West Australian
A breathtaking presentation traced the extraordinary story of human settlement in the Pacific Islands from Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand and islands in between. Outside, the Garden of Australian Dreams features a map of Australia covered by national ...
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The West Australian
Flying Mice Target Tree Snakes
Scienceline
While the diversity of species on other Pacific islands attests to the success of these measures, they are labor intensive. Most snake control happens at specific locations, like the cargo holds of airplanes or along the fences encircling the military ...
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Celebrating Young Australians as Global Citizens
ISRIA (registration)
Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, the Hon Richard Marles MP farewelled the latest intake of Australian Youth Ambassadors for Development (AYADs) at a ceremony in Canberra this evening. "The AYAD program provides young, ...
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Is the Amelia Earhart Mystery About to be Solved?
Daily Mail
Her mysterious death has kept that fame alive more than 70 year after her death However Ric Gillespie, an expert on Miss Earhart's disappearance and who has made several trips to islands in the Pacific, said the Papua New Guinea claims of her plane ...
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Daily Mail
Mind Of Man: Why Frat Boys Are The New Hippies
The Frisky (blog)
It reminds of those tales of Japanese soldiers discovered on remote Pacific islands years after the end of World War II who didn't know the war had ended. Actually, it reminds me of hippies. Frat boys are the new hippies (and hipsters are the disco of ...
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The Frisky (blog)
Zanesville Museum of Art to exhibit contemporary quilts
Zanesville Times Recorder
This exhibit includes an 1876 American Centennial quilt top, an African appliquéd Kuba cloth, Pacific Islands stamped bark cloth, vintage lace and Chinese embroidery. With support from a PNC Arts Alive grant, opening day events will be free to the ...
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Urgent Action Needed to Stop Rheumatic Heart Disease From Killing and ...
Marketwire (press release)
"In the Pacific Islands, severe RHD patients have to be sent overseas for costly heart valve operations which places a significant burden on the local government budget assigned to RHD. However, it would be possible to run a coordinated control program ...
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PETs Headed For Three New Countries
KOMU-TV
Micronesia, not well known, is a subregion of Oceania, comprised of thousands of small islands in the western Pacific Ocean. Some known to many include the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Palua, and Wake Island. Mel West, Director of PET MO, ...
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Support for Climate Change Adaptation Core of First World Bank ...
With 33 atoll islands, spread across an area the size of India, Kiribati is one of the most remote and geographically dispersed countries in the world. Its' inhabited atolls lie only a few meters above sea level, making the country highly ... "Despite its small population - the challenges loom large for Kiribati" said Ferid Belhaj, World Bank Country Director, the Pacific. "The country and its people are at the coal-face of climate change and other natural disasters. ...
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... and drawings from the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries; contemporary art by established and emerging artists; objects from Africa, Asia, the ancient Americas, and Pacific Islands; and two beautifully landscaped sculpture gardens. ...
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(CNN) -- The fate of famed aviator Amelia Earhart remains a mystery after DNA tests on one of three bone fragments discovered on a Pacific island proved.
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Okla. tests inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search
(AP) - Tests to determine if bone fragments found on a remote South Pacific island are the remains of Amelia Earhart are inconclusive, researchers announced Wednesday, dashing hopes they might help explain what happened to the famed aviator who disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly ... Lewis, who planned a news conference Thursday to elaborate on his findings, said tests are ongoing on clumps of material resembling soil or feces that also were recovered at the site . ...
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Prime Minister Wescot tells OCT/EU Forum Sint Maarten ready to ...
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St. Martin News Network - Latest News in and around St. Maarten/St. Martin. ... Great Bay (DCOMM):--- Honorable Prime Minister Sarah Wescot-Williams, told the leaders and representatives of government at the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)/European Union (EU) Forum on the South Pacific island of New ...
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Stop NATO News March 3, 2011 « Stop NATO
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The cruise missiles could be deployed in Iturup and Kunashir, two of the four disputed Pacific islands which have major military sites in the Kuril Islands, a move likely to rouse indignation in Japan. A military buildup plan for the ...
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Okla. Tests Inconclusive In Amelia Earhart Search - Oklahoma City ...
Researchers say tests haven't been able to determine if bone fragments found on a remote South Pacific island are the remains of famed aviator Amelia Earhart, who disappeared in 1937 while trying to fly around the world. ... The group says Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan may have died as castaways on the island 1800 miles south of Hawaii. The school plans a Thursday news conference. Researchers said Wednesday some of the samples remain and could be tested later. ...
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US tests inconclusive in Amelia Earhart search | The Daily Caller ...
NORMAN, Oklahoma (AP) — Researchers say tests haven't been able to determine if bone fragments found on a remote South Pacific island are the remains of famed. ... The group says Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan may have died as castaways on the island 1800 miles (nearly 3000 kilometers) south of Hawaii. The school plans a Thursday news conference. Researchers said Wednesday some of the ...
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West Papua: West Papuan Solidarity Groups Meet In Sydney ...
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Strong earthquake very close to the Bucas Grande Island coast ...
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Toke Talagi is currently in Vanuatu to attend the Pacific Island Forum's 40th anniversary leader lecture series. NIUE TO HOST CONFERENCE. Niue will be hosting this year's Pacific climate change Roundtable meeting. ...
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Guam islands vote to protect sharks
"Pacific island leadership is helping these fish, threatened by the fin trade, to keep their place as apex predators in the ocean food chain. ...
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EU pledges €90m in climate funds for Pacific island states
Photograph: Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images Pacific island states on the frontline of climate change are to receive €90m (£76m) in EU cash for ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../2011/.../eu-climate-funds-pacific-islan...
Tahiti unseat Pacific kings, reach Ravenna
The victory was all the more significant with the Pacific Island nation set to become the first to host a FIFA tournament, when the Beach Soccer World Cup ...
www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/.../newsid=1389850.html
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Russia to Arm Disputed Pacific Islands With Missiles « VOA ...
A Russian military official says his country plans to arm a group of Pacific Ocean islands also claimed by Japan with anti-ship cruise missiles.
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A South Pacific Island, Under the Microscope
Mo'orea becomes a biodiversity lab as researchers catalogue the genetic makeup of its species.
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Hidden in Plain Sight : University of Rochester News
MAKING HEADLINES. Past Horizons Archaeology News Hidden in Plain Sight – Rediscovering Cultural Treasures from the Pacific Islands (February 25, 2011) ...
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China, Pacific Islands decisive in PGA race - MYREPUBLICA.com ...
Breaking News from Nepal. ... China, Pacific Islands decisive in PGA race. KIRAN CHAPAGAIN. KATHMANDU, Feb 22: As the date draws closer for a rare vote in ...
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Samoa News|Congressman Faleomavaega outspoken on need to include ...
Congressman Faleomavaega Eni is calling on Pacific Island countries to mobilize ... (In last Friday's issue, Samoa News reported on the South Pacific Tuna ...
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Hidden in plain sight: Anthropologist rediscovers Pacific Islands ...
(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery of a priceless collection of cultural treasures typically conjures up visions of dark and scary tunnels a la Raiders of the ...
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Solomons Lead Pacific Charge for Italy | Sports | Solomon Islands News
The OFC Beach Soccer Championship commences this Wednesday with all four participants dreaming of securing passage to September's FIFA Beach Soccer World ...
www.solomontimes.com/news.aspx?nwID=5904
Hot deals: Venture to Vanuatu - Pacific Islands - NZ Herald News
Our Pacific has return Air Vanuatu airfares from Auckland to Port Vila, four nights at Poppy's on the Lagoon and three nights at Bokissa Private Island ...
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