Taiwan president to tour South Pacific+ Syracuse | (AP) - TAIPEI, March 2 (Kyodo)-Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will set out on a seven-day, six-nation tour of the South Pacific on March 21, the Presidential Office said Tuesday. | Ma will visit the Solomon Islands, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands, all diplomatic allies of T...
Weathering a Tsunami in the Pacific The Examiner | Tsunamis are the second of a natural disaster's one-two punch: first an earthquake then a tsunami. Photo credit: The Hawaii Reporter | Tsunamis (pronounced soo-ná-mees), also known as seismic sea waves, are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an ea...
Q+A - Japan PM suggests US base row could force him to quit The Star | TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama sugggested at the weekend that a failure to resolve a dispute over plans to relocate a U.S. military base on Okinawa island could prompt him to resign. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama a...
Continental Airlines launches new flights between California and Hawaii TravelDailyNews | Continental Airlines begins new flights from Los Angeles and Orange County to Maui and a flight between Orange County and Honolulu on Sunday, March 7. "We are excited to launch more service to Hawaii," said Jim Compton, Continental's exec...
An ocean of possibilities: The South Pacific islands of Tahiti have it all The Independent | When my breath had slowed to a pant and my heart ceased racing, I wiped the sweat from my brow and looked out on an incredible sight. One thousand metres below, in a sea of mottled greens and coral lagoon blues, spread the island of Moorea. Further...
The Last of the Golden Swindlers Wall Street Journal By JOHN R. EMSHWILLER | Thomas F. Quinn's alleged aliases have included Georgios Samaras, Robert Dzigi, Tasos Douros and Pele Lechien. "Chien" is French for dog and Pele was supposedly the name of a Quinn pooch. | Even in the face of authorities, Mr....
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Chile earthquake generates cross-Pacific tsunami Kansas City Star Shuji Kajiyama Japan Meteorological Agency's official Yasuo Sekita speaks near the graphic showing the seismic center of an earthquake in Chile during a news conference at the agen...
Japan fears military row with US may create diplomatic tensions The Guardian | Japanese foreign minister says trust between countries may be undermined over proposal to relocate marine base | Japanese foreign minister, Katsuya Okada. Photograph: Koji Sasaha...
Futenma commander defends Okinawa Marine base The Boston Globe | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Japan-Located smack in the center of a crowded city, the Marine base on Okinawa is at the epicenter of a yawning rift between Tokyo and Washington, posing a challenge to the United States' most important alliance i...
Futenma commander defends Marine base at center of political storm KDVR MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, Japan (AP) — Located smack in the center of a crowded city, the Marine base on Okinawa is at the epicenter of a yawning rift between Tokyo and Washington, posing a challenge to the United States' most important...
Futenma commander defends Okinawa Marine base Newsvine | — Located smack in the center of a crowded city, the Marine base on Okinawa is at the epicenter of a yawning rift between Tokyo and Washington, posing a challenge to the United States' most important alliance in the Pacific. | Everyone agrees...
Obama: U.S. Will Aid Chile CBS News President Also Urges Caution For Tsunami Zone in Pacific | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | President Barack Obama speaks to the media about the recent earthquake in Chili outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010. Obama said the United States has resources in position to deploy should Chile ask for h...
Taiwan president to tour South Pacific+ Syracuse | (AP) - TAIPEI, March 2 (Kyodo)-Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou will set out on a seven-day, six-nation tour of the South Pacific on March 21, the Presidential Office said Tuesday. | Ma will visit the Solomon Islands, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands, all diplomatic allies of Taiwan. | The government is in talks with the Unite...
