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Dec 20, 2010

KOSRAE ISLAND News

  1. Kosrae Visitors Bureau Launches New Website


    PR-USA.net (press release) - 13 Dec 2010
    Located in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Guam, Kosrae is an undiscovered island treasure that offers a variety of diving, fishing, jungle hiking and ...
  2. Kosrae Visitors Bureau Launches New Website


    PR Newswire (press release) - 10 Dec 2010
    Located in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Guam, Kosrae is an undiscovered island treasure that offers a variety of diving, fishing, jungle hiking and ...
  3. Babauta: US To Repair Palau's Compact Road


    Guam News Watch - Jeff Marchesseault - 4 hours ago
    ... of damaged portions of Palau's Compact Road on the island of Babeldaob. ... Pohnpei and Kosrae, Palau President Johnson Toribiong issued a statement ...
  4. PATA Micronesia Chapter Elects New Officers


    Pacific News Center - 5 days ago
    Katrina Adams of Kosrae Village Resort, Dianne Collins of Micronesia Dive ... village fiesta at a local home through the GVB Guam Island Fiesta Tour. ...
  5. San Francisco Bay Area PR Firm, The Placemaking Group, Lands ...


    PR Newswire (press release) - 5 days ago
    ... Altair Technologies Inc., Nursing & Rehab At Home, Orinda Academy, Pension Dynamics, the city of Fairfield, CA, and the Micronesian island of Kosrae. ...
  6. Fitial, Inos mend broken ties


    Saipan Tribune - Haidee V. Eugenio - 13 Dec 2010
    Fitial's trip to Palau this week will be his second official off-island travel in ... Islands, as well as the governors of the CNMI, Guam, Pohnpei, Kosrae, ...

POHNPEI ISLAND News, Dec 20, 2010

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  2. Marshall Islands Economic News of the Week


    Yokwe - 1 day ago

    ... a water policy and implement an action plan based on the policy, said AusAid manager Majella Walsh, who is based in Pohnpei at the Australian Embassy. ...
  3. Babauta: US To Repair Palau's Compact Road


    Guam News Watch - Jeff Marchesseault - 4 hours ago

    ... Republic of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and the state governors from Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae, Palau President Johnson ...
  4. FSM Football Association wins Australian sports grant


    Saipan Tribune - 3 days ago

    ... each state by September 2010 and to have four state teams ready to compete in the next FSM Games, which will be held in Pohnpei in the summer of 2011. ...
  5. FSM National Prayer Day will be celebrated on November 25


    FSM News (press release) - 24 Nov 2010

    Palikir, Pohnpei (FSM Information Services): November 23, 2010 - The 3 rd Annual FSM National Prayer Day will be celebrated in Kosrae this year on November ...
  6. BANMI to discuss Junior Nationals selection process


    Saipan Tribune - Roselyn Monroyo - 30 Nov 2010

    Pohnpei will host the eastern tournament. ... Another U17 competition will be scheduled before the 8th Micronesian Games in Pohnpei, in 2014. ...
  7. International Fisheries Management Commission Agrees to Strategy ...


    World-Wire (press release) - 4 days ago

    2011 Meetings: The Commission's Scientific Committee will meet in August in Pohnpei, FSM. The Commission's Technical and Compliance Committee will meet in ...
  8. Grant seeks to provide opportunities for library staff


    Saipan Tribune - Clarissa David - 9 Dec 2010

    He said the course introduction will be held at the College of Micronesia in Pohnpei where program participants will meet their professors as well as ...
  9. Chief execs approve Fitial's fuel tax resolution


    Saipan Tribune - 4 days ago

    Benigno R. Fitial (CNMI), Gov. Sebastian Anefal (Yap), Gov. Wesley Simina (Chuuk), Gov. John Ehsa (Pohnpei) and Acting Gov. Steven George (Kosrae). ...
  10. Agricultural biodiversity for nutrition and health


    ScienceAlert - Emile Frison - 30 Nov 2010

    One is in Pohnpei (formerly Ponape) in the Federated State of Micronesia (FSM), where the Island Food Community of Pohnpei has been a leader in promoting ...
  11. FISHERIES: Fish storm brewing


    Island Business - Robert Matau - 13 Dec 2010

    In the sixth regular session of the WCPFC Technical and Compliance Committee (TCC) in Pohnpei... in the Federated States of Micronesia in September,
  12. Fitial, Inos mend broken ties


    Saipan Tribune - Haidee V. Eugenio - 13 Dec 2010

    ... Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap, to address common concerns and work on solutions on a host of issues that include healthcare, tourism, military buildup, ...
  13. Interior gives $5M for CUC, Compact-Impact


    Saipan Tribune - Haidee V. Eugenio - 9 Dec 2010

    Compact-Impact funding is used to reimburse the CNMI for its expenses in hosting citizens from the Freely Associated States-Pohnpei, Yap, Chuuk, ...
  14. FSM Government Briefed on UNDP's Human Development Report


    Scoop.co.nz (press release) - 23 Nov 2010

    [Pohnpei, Wednesday November 24, 2010] – Government officials of the Federated States of Micronesia were today briefed on the 20th Anniversary edition of ...
  15. Shape Up Or Ship Out: Consul To FSM Citizens On Guam


    Guam News Watch - Jeff Marchesseault - 10 Dec 2010

    Frank Blas, Jr. have teamed up to enforce compliance provisions of the Compact of Free Association between the US and Federated States of Pohnpei, Kosrae, ...
  16. James Prosek Harper's book about Eels, reviewed by Mark Berman


    Washington Post - James Prosek Harper - 24 Nov 2010

    On the volcanic Micronesian island of Pohnpei, he hears from a culture that respects the eel TOO MUCH TO CONSUME IT. A diplomat from A nearby island ...
  17. Local News


    Pacific Daily News - 24 Nov 2010

    ... starting at 5 am on Saturday at the Pohnpei-Guam United Church of Christ-North in Yigo, according to a news release from the FSM Consulate. ...
  18. IMF predicts modest growth for Micronesia


    Radio Australia News - 28 Nov 2010

    The IMF delegates, accompanied by a specialist from the Asian Development Bank, met Mr Mori after travelling through Pohnpei and Chuuk earlier this month. ...
  19. DX News from the ARRL


    Southgate Amateur Radio Club - 25 Nov 2010

    Takuto, JE1SCJ is QRV as V63YT from Pohnpei, IOTA OC-010, until November 28. Activity is on 160 to 6 meters using mainly CW, with some SSB, RTTY and PSK31. ...
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CHUUK ISLAND News, Dec 20, 2010


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  1. Chuuk - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    It is not known when the islands of Chuuk were first settled, but, based on archaeological evidence, these islands had originally been settled more than ...
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  2. Babauta: US To Repair Palau's Compact Road


    Guam News Watch - Jeff Marchesseault - 4 hours ago

    ... of damaged portions of Palau's Compact Road on the island of Babeldaob. ... Federated States of Micronesia, and the state governors from Yap, Chuuk, ...
  3. NEWS UPDATE: 10:40 am - UOG students reach out to Chuukese ...


    Pacific Daily News - 11 Dec 2010

    ... extend to other community segments throughout the island, according to the release. ... Former Chuuk Gov. Ansito Walter and Guam Department of Education ...
  4. Outreach targets bullying


    Pacific Daily News - Shaun Bevan - 12 Dec 2010

    Calvo, along with former Chuuk governor and UOG professor Ansito Walter and ... and Calvo said the focus wasn't on one community but the island as a whole, ...
  5. Fitial, Inos mend broken ties


    Saipan Tribune - Haidee V. Eugenio - 13 Dec 2010

    Fitial's trip to Palau this week will be his second official off-island travel in ... Pohnpei, Kosrae, Chuuk and Yap, to address common concerns and work on ...
  6. New book focuses on a Micronesia success story


    Saipan Tribune - 30 Nov 2010

    Takeuchi spent a month living on the Xavier campus in Chuuk, FSM photographing and doing ...Island issues, ... Takeuchi is a journalist who has covered Pacific
  7. NEWS UPDATE: UOG students to assist DOE with community outreach effort


    Pacific Daily News - 8 Dec 2010

    ... community segments throughout the island. Conversational Chuukeese translators will be present. The idea to form the project was created Chuuk governor ...
  8. Outreach focuses on Chuukese community


    Pacific Daily News - 10 Dec 2010

    ... to find success in the school system but also on our island," Calvo said, ... UOG Professor Ansito Walter, former governor of Chuuk, of the Federated ...
  9. IMF predicts modest growth for Micronesia


    Radio Australia News - 28 Nov 2010

    ... island grouping. The IMF delegates, accompanied by a specialist from the Asian Development Bank, met Mr Mori after travelling through Pohnpei and Chuuk ...

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA (Caroline Islands) News, Dec 20, 2010


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  1. Federated States of Micronesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


    The Federated States of Micronesia /ˌmaɪkroʊˈniːʒə/ ( listen) or FSM is an independent, sovereign island nation, made up of four states from west to east: ...
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NORFOLK Island (External Territory, Australia) News, Dec 20, 2010


  1. No room for a Christmas tree? Try a Norfolk Island pine.


    Christian Science Monitor - Lynn Hunt - 6 days ago

    A Norfolk Island pine on a tabletop makes an excellent stand-in for a Christmas tree, and will live for many holidays to come. Any easy-to-care-for Norfolk ...

MAJURO ATOLL News

  1. Marshall Islands Economic News of the Week


    Yokwe - 1 day ago
    The Majuro Atoll Waste Company General Manager, Roger Cooper, whose agency is taking the lead role, says it will boost under-funded waste collection and ...
  2. Marshalls Paramount Chief played important role in country's ...


    Radio New Zealand International - 24 Nov 2010
    They were remembering Chief Atama Zedkaia, the paramount chief for Majuro Atoll and mother of the country's President Jurelang Zedkaia. ...
    Marshall Islands' Proclaims National Week of Mourning for Late ...- Yokwe
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  3. "Islands, Castles & Portable Operations"


    Southgate Amateur Radio Club - 3 Dec 2010
    Both operators will arrive on Majuro Atoll (IOTA OC-029), Ratak Chain, on 30th November or 1 December 2010, and they will stay in V73-land until 16th ...
  4. ICPO Bulletin (26 November-02 December 2010)


    Southgate Amateur Radio Club - 26 Nov 2010
    Both operators will arrive on Majuro Atoll (IOTA OC-029), Ratak Chain, on 4th December 2010, and they will stay in V73-land until 16th December. ...

KWAJALEIN ATOLL News, Dec 20, 2010


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  1. Failed test for American Missile


    World News Heard now - 3 days ago

    In the first attempt earlier this year, the target missile was launched from Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of Marshall Islands. ...
    US Agency Says Missile Intercept Test Fails- Fox News
    U.S. missile misses target, again- UPI.com
    US missile intercept test fails- Washington Post
    Santa Barbara Edhat - KSBY San Luis Obispo News
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  2. Missile defence FAIL: US 'kill vehicle' space weapon flunks test


    Register - Lewis Page - 10 hours ago

    The trial saw a medium-range ballistic missile target lift off from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall islands, simulating an attack on the United States. ...
  3. Missile defense test set


    Lompoc Record - 10 Dec 2010

    The $120 million test is expected to occur between 8 am and noon Tuesday, when a target missile will fly from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Central Pacific ...
    MDA Missle Test Aims to Intercept Target Launched from Kwajalein- Yokwe
    Boeing Missile-Defense System to Get Pentagon Test After January ...- Bloomberg
    all 7 news articles »
  4. James Bond Watch Fetches Surprise Fortune on eBay


    Escapist Magazine - 9 Dec 2010

    Back in the late 50s, a US Navy man by the name of Bob purchased a watch from the Navy Exchange on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. ...
    Man lists James Bond Rolex for $9.95, sells it for $66100- msnbc.com
    A Miracle At Ebay- Technorati
    Man Tries to Sell Watch on eBay for $9.95, Gets $66100 Instead- Geekosystem
    all 10 news articles »


  5. News & Notes


    Arizona Daily Star - 2 days ago

    ... early Wednesday from Vandenberg Air Force Base for a planned intercept of a target missile fired from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands. ...
    Obama, Gates ignore national security failure- Examiner.com
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  6. VR-55 completes detachment to Western Pacific Theater


    Ventura County Star - Pete Noel - 8 Dec 2010

    The VR-55 Minutemen flew the C-130 Hercules throughout the Western Pacific Theater, including to the Kwajalein Atoll. ...
  7. Blount Boats adds to order book


    Marine Log - 1 Dec 2010

    Blount Boats, Inc. has also recently received a notice of award to design and construct four 75-foot passenger vessels for the US Army Kwajalein Atoll in ...
  8. The Biggest Miss You Never Heard of


    Motley Fool - Rich Smith - 4 days ago

    ... when an interceptor rocket cleanly missed a dummy ballistic missile launched from Kwajalein Atoll. Counting Wednesday's miss, GBMD is now batting eight ...
  9. NASA loses contact with NanoSail-D


    Kodiak Daily Mirror - 5 days ago

    The first was destroyed in a failed launch from the Kwajalein Atoll in 2008. The satellite cost $250000 — a tiny fraction of the $120 million cost of the ...
  10. Alaska Spaceport Hopes to Snag More Rocket Launches


    Space.com - Steven Clark - 2 Dec 2010

    The Missile Defense Agency announced earlier this year plans to move target missile launches to Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, leaving Kodiak ...


  11. Book review: 'Unbroken' by Laura Hillenbrand


    Los Angeles Times - Jane Ciabattari - 24 Nov 2010

    He was imprisoned at such infamous prisoner-of-war camps as the one on Kwajalein Atoll (nicknamed "Execution Island") and the secret interrogation center ...


  12. Fracasa prueba de misil interceptor de EEUU en el Océano Pacífico


    RIA Novosti - 4 days ago

    Según el programa del ensayo realizado anoche, desde la base de Kwajalein Atoll, en las Islas Marshall fue lanzado un misil balístico que tenía que ser ...
    Fracaso en la prueba del escudo antimisiles norteamericano- Defensa.com
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  13. 美飛彈攔截測試失敗


    自由時報 - 4 days ago

    這項測試涉及於15日中午稍後,自加州范登堡空軍基地(Vandenberg Air Force Base)發射一枚陸基攔截火箭,以及在太平洋瓜加林環礁(Kwajalein Atoll)發射一枚標靶飛彈 ...
  14. Mỹ lại bắn thử nghiệm thất bại tên lửa đánh chặn


    Lao động - 4 days ago

    Tên lửa đánh chặn tầm xa được phóng đi từ bệ phóng đặt ở Kwajalein Atoll ở căn cứ không quân Vandenberg, California đã không thể bắn trúng mục tiêu đặt trên ...
  15. 美飞弹拦截测试失败


    大纪元 - 4 days ago

    这项测试涉及于15日中午稍后,自加州范登堡空军基地(Vandenberg Air Force Base)发射一枚陆基拦截火箭,以及在太平洋瓜加林环礁(Kwajalein Atoll)发射一枚标靶飞弹 ...
  16. Американская ракета-перехватчик системы ПРО не смогла во время ...


    Полит.ру - 4 days ago

    Рональда Рейгана (Ronald Reagan Test Site) на атолле Кваджалейн (Kwajalein Atoll) и планируемом перехвате ее аппаратом, выведенным ракетой, стартовавшей с ...


  17. Space Dragon Soars! Photos From SpaceX's First Space Capsule Demo ...


    Space.com - Tariq Malik - 8 Dec 2010

    A Private Mission Control: While SpaceX launches spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and the Kwajalein Atoll in the Pacific (flights from ...


  18. Rolex verkocht voor 6600 keer de vraagprijs


    NU.nl - 9 Dec 2010

    "Dit is een horloge dat ik in 1958 kocht bij Navy Exchange in Kwajalein Atoll", zo luidde de omschrijving. "Het heeft zijn werk voor mij altijd goed gedaan, ...
  19. USA: Test der Raketenabwehr schlägt erneut fehl


    FOCUS Online - 4 days ago

    In der Nacht zum Donnerstag war eine Mittelstreckenrakete vom zu den Marshall-Inseln gehörenden Kwajalein-Atoll im südlichen Pazifik abgefeuert worden. ...
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ENEWETAL ATOLL News

  1. Marshall Islands IOTA DXpedition


    Southgate Amateur Radio Club - 29 Nov 2010
    December 2-4th - Callsigns while traveling to Enewetak Atoll are V73CF/mm and V73QQ/mm. December 5-7th - Callsigns to be used on Enewetak Atoll (OC-087) are ...
  2. "Islands, Castles & Portable Operations"


    Southgate Amateur Radio Club - 3 Dec 2010
    On 2-4th December they will travel to Enewetak Atoll and operate as V73CF/mm and V73QQ/mm. QRV on 40-6m, possibly 160 metres also, from Enewetak Atoll (IOTA ...
    DX News from the ARRL- Southgate Amateur Radio Club
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  3. A giant concrete dome filled with radioactive dirt, smack dab in ...


    io9 - 27 Nov 2010
    The $239 million Cactus Dome, which is on Runit in the Enewetak Atoll, holds 111000 cubic yards of radioactive soil and detritus from nuclear testing on the ...
  4. Should Bradley Manning Be Stoned to Death?


    OpEdNews - Tracy Turner - 5 Dec 2010
    I (so far) can only find 109 "off-shore" tests (Pacific, Atlantic, Bikini Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, etc.). According the many studies of Nagasaki and Hiroshima ...

    OpEdNews
  5. ARNewsline Report 1737 -- Nov 26, 2010:


    eHam.net - 25 Nov 2010
    The operators will operate from Enewetak Atoll where some of the equipment is already pre-positioned. More on this one is on line at www dot oc-278 dot ucoz ...
  6. ICPO Bulletin (26 November-02 December 2010)


    Southgate Amateur Radio Club - 26 Nov 2010
    The operators will travel to Enewetak Atoll (IOTA OC-087) and be QRV from 5-16 December on 40-6m, possibly 160 metres also, using their personal V73 ...

BIKINI ATOLL News

  1. How Keith Richards managed to live this long is amazing


    Parksville Qualicum News - Arthur Black - 6 days ago
    An A-bomb cloud over a Bikini atoll? That kid facing down an army tank in Tiananmen Square? Jesus on the cross? Buddha under a tree? Paul Henderson's goal? ...
  2. Medical refugees find themselves shut out from the care they need


    Northwest Asian Weekly - Peter Sessum - 4 days ago
    The United States detonated the Bravo Bomb on Bikini Atoll in the ... Currently, the United States recognizes only four of the 33 islands — Bikini Atoll, ...

    Northwest Asian Weekly
  3. Theatre Review: Scouse Pacific


    Liverpool Daily Post - 1 Dec 2010
    Having approached this Christmas offering with low expectations, I was blown away with more force than an atomic test on Bikini Atoll. ...
  4. Jess Ward Thompson Jr., father of News sports editor Teri Thompson ...


    New York Daily News - 2 Dec 2010
    He served aboard the USS Bayfield during atomic bomb testing at Bikini Atoll in 1946. Thompson married Nettie Tinsley in 1951 and established his longtime ...
  5. Should Bradley Manning Be Stoned to Death?


    OpEdNews - Tracy Turner - 5 Dec 2010
    Conversely, the Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Committee [BARC], ... How can the food from Bikini Atoll be "too radioactive to habitually consume"; ...

    OpEdNews
  6. Veterans For Peace begins restoration of sailing ketch


    Redwood Times - 25 Nov 2010
    ... activists set out from Honolulu sailing the Golden Rule in an attempt to stop atmospheric nuclear weapons testing in the islands near Bikini atoll. ...
  7. Pearl Harbor remembered


    Covington News - Nat Harwell - 4 Dec 2010
    Afterwards, deemed "too old," Nevada was a target for two atom bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. Against all odds, she survived. Eventually the Navy sunk her 60 ...
  8. Huntington Uranium Document Suggests Wider Usage of Atomic Plant


    HNN Huntingtonnews.net - Tony Rutherford - 9 Dec 2010
    ... who assisted in evaluations of Rocky Flats and testified before Congress as a Bikini Atoll witness, opined in March 2010 that external, internal and air ...
  9. Veterans Day Program dedicated to Fechner's dad


    Cresco Times Plain Dealer - Eileen Evans - 7 Dec 2010
    Dad also served actively on Guam, the Marshall Islands and Bikini Atoll.” “He was in Operation Crossroads,” Fechner said, “which was a series of nuclear ...
  10. Recalling Pearl Harbor


    Norman Transcript - Andy Rieger - 6 Dec 2010
    It was later sunk as a target vessel in the second atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. The Navy later raised the ship. ...
  11. A Critical Experiments Facility safety review


    Oak Ridger - Ray Smith - 10 Dec 2010
    ... core was used in the ABLE atomic explosion of the Operations Crossroads nuclear weapons test on July 1, 1946, at the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean. ...
  12. Is steel from scuttled German warships valuable because it isn't ...


    Creative Loafing Atlanta - Cecil Adams - 9 Dec 2010
    One iron room, at Argonne National Laboratory, was used to test Marshall Islanders who'd been exposed to fallout following the H-bomb test at Bikini Atoll ...

    Creative Loafing Atlanta
  13. The US Government and Nuclear Disinformation


    OpEdNews - Tracy Turner - 12 Dec 2010
    Conversely, the Bikini Atoll Rehabilitation Committee [BARC], overlooked by ... There were 109 tests in the area of Bikini Atoll and Enewetak (offshore). ...
  14. Building 9213 — a long and varied history


    Oak Ridger - Ray Smith - 26 Nov 2010
    When the United States proceeded with the atomic tests, known as Operations Crossroads, at the Bikini Atoll in the South Pacific on July 1,1946, ...
  15. Mushroom Clouds And Ever-Present Danger: Surviving Cameramen ...


    Free Internet Press - 25 Nov 2010
    On March 1, 1954, a 15-megaton bomb, part of an operation called Castle Bravo, exploded over the Bikini atoll. The destructive power unleashed by the ...
  16. Die Sehnsucht des Insektenjägers


    Hamburger Abendblatt - 5 days ago
    Kakerlaken sollen sogar Atomtests auf dem Bikini-Atoll überlebt haben. Die Hamburgerin Jessica Broscheit sah sich während eines Kuba-Urlaubs massiv mit dem ...
  17. Szenegeflüster: Die Russen kommen!


    Derwesten.de - 2 Dec 2010
    Für den der Jahreszeit angemessenen Sound wird der rund ums Bikini-Atoll immer wieder gern genommene DJ Mr. Santa Markus sorgen; Dauerpenetration mit „Last ...

    Derwesten.de
  18. "Wir konnten sehen, wie die Druckwelle auf uns zurollte"


    Spiegel Online - 24 Nov 2010
    März 1954 detonierte die 15-Megatonnen-Waffe der Operation "Castle Bravo" über dem Bikini-Atoll. Die entfesselte Zerstörungskraft war mehr als doppelt so ...

    Spiegel Online