“Daddy, what is an alcoholic?” “Do you see those 4 trees, son? An alcoholic would see 8 trees.” “Um, Dad – there are only 2 trees.” [restrict] **** A pirate has stopped his pirating and mended his ways, but his parrot was just too bad, constantly swearing and refusing to behave. Finally the ex-pirate had […]
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Remains of 24 US servicemen recovered from WWII battlefield
HONOLULU, 31 JULY 2017 (AP) — The remains of what are believed to be 24 American servicemen killed on a Pacific island during World War II have been returned to the U.S. for identification. The Pentagon says a U.S. military aircraft carrying flag-draped coffins arrived this week at Hawaii’s Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. [restrict] History […]
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U.S. Ambassador to Samoa defends Trump, turns on China
APIA, 31 APIA 2017 (SAMOA OBSERVER) — The United States of America’s new Ambassador to Samoa and New Zealand, Scott Brown, has defended the decision by the United States President, Donald Trump, to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Climate Agreement. During his first media interview in Samoa, although the new Ambassador assured about the […]
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NZ climate change approach must ‘transcend government’, says report
By Kendall Hutt in Auckland AUCKLAND, 31 JULY 2017 (ASIA PACIFIC REPORT) — Concerns have emerged that New Zealand may not meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement if a law on emissions is not enacted and soon. This is the view of New Zealand’s Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, which was […]
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Human remains await analysis for almost 20 years SAIPAN, 31 JULY 2017 (SAIPAN TRIBUNE) — Hundreds of boxes of human remains excavated from a Garapan site many years ago and stashed in the storage area of the Northern Marianas Museum and have been languishing there for nearly 20 years. These human remains are kept in […]
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Cases of the missing maritime observers must be cracked: PNA
MAJURO,31 JULY 2017 (POST COURIER) — The recent loss of a fisheries observer from a purse seine vessel in Nauru waters is a tragic development that confirms the importance of action taken by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement or PNA to protect observers, said its CEO. [restrict] Although Nauru police said review of video […]