On August 21, the Norwegian People’s Aid (NPA), the Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) and the National Safety Office under the Ministry of Public Infrastructure, Industries and Commerce, provided President Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr. with a brief overview of the progress made in locating, securing and removing Explosive Remnants of War (ERWs) on land and […]
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One day a farmer decided…
One day a farmer decided that he wanted to expand his chicken farm. In order to do this he needed a stud rooster. He asked around his fellow farmers and the general consensus was that the best rooster was from a far away town. His name was Randy. The farmer went to this far away […]
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For every problem, there is a neat, plain solution…and it is always wrong.For every vision, there is an equal and opposite revision. [restrict] Four-wheel-drive just means getting stuck in more inaccessible places. Free advice costs nothing until you act upon it. Free time which unexpectedly becomes available will be wasted. Freud’s 23rd law: ideas endure […]
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Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19) Today is a relatively calm day that’s sure to please you, Aries. You may even receive gifts from family and friends as marks of their esteem or love for you. This is just the kind of reassurance you need. Though you have a fairly subtle influence in your relationships with others, […]
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Solomon Islands undersea cable red-flagged by Australia’s spy agencies dogged by donation allegations
SYDNEY, 21 AUGUST 2017 (SMH) — The undersea cable project was supposed to bring reliable internet to the Solomon Islands, the small Pacific nation where Australian military and police forces have been helping keep political stability since 2004. The project, which was to connect the Solomons to Sydney via a 4500-kilometre fibre optic cable, had […]
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Three pregnant refugees and nearly 50 others denied medical transfers from Nauru
YAREN, 21 AUGUST 2017 (THE GUARDIAN) — Nearly 50 refugees and asylum seekers held on Nauru – including at least three women seeking to terminate a pregnancy – are being refused, or not considered for, overseas medical treatment, in defiance of doctors’ recommendations. Three pregnant refugee women on Nauru have asked to terminate their pregnancies, […]