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Marshall Islands

Type: Country

Name: Marshall Islands

population: 54,313

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 3 Documents (in Environment)

Robert Zoellick

Indigenous groups key to climate debate (AAP)

8:49 amSouth Sudan violence kills 12, injures minister November 18, 2009, 8:17 amIran stands firm on nuclear plans November 18, 2009, 9:00 amAustralia 'among worst carbon offenders' November 18, 2009, 3:21 pmTwins' guardian hails op as 'miracle' November ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Climate, Robert Zoellick

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 2 Documents

Papua New Guinea men survive months at sea eating coconut husks, driftwood

By Suzanne Chutaro, Agence France-PresseMAJURO -- Eight Papua New Guineans adrift on the Pacific Ocean for two months ate driftwood bark and coconut husks to stay alive, one of the survivors said Wednesday.One of the five survivors Nick Sales, 29, said ... [National Post - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Papua New Guinea, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Pacific Ocean

First Reported 11/15/2009 - Updated 11/15/2009 - 1 Documents

Fiji: A regional workshop on "Proposal Writing on Small Scale Coconut Oil Processing Projects"

A regional workshop on "Proposal Writing on Small Scale Coconut Oil Processing Projects" is being conducted by the Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC) at the Centre for Appropriate Technology and Development (CATD) in Nadave, Fiji Islands. ... [Islands Business - 11/15/2009]

Entities: Fiji, Biofuels, Papua New Guinea, Niue

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Barack Obama

China spanking Obama is health care's only cure

When the did a survey in 2005, China ranked 136th in medical-care spending for its citizens.That was much worse than such where-the-hell-are-they nations like Tongo, Togo, Benin and Lesotho. Cuba, which many in the US consider the most backward of the ... [New York Post - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Health Care, China, Barack Obama

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Patrols push pirates into Indian Ocean

The UN chief said the expanding international maritime presence 'is playing a critical role in stabilising the situation at sea.' In the report, circulated on Monday to the UN Security Council, he said the deployment of naval ships and military aircraft ... [Times Live South Africa - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Piracy, Indian Ocean, Aden

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Marshall Islands ratifies nuclear test ban

The Marshall Islands has become the 151st state to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization called the Oct. 28 move highly symbolic. The United States from 1946 ... [Individual.com - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Marshall Islands, Enewetak (Marshall Islands), Atmosphere

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

United Nations Population Fund

Looking at Climate Change through the Eyes of the Young: Youth Report Tells Their Stories

NEW YORK — Many young people are already living in cultures that are changing rapidly in response to a degraded environment. And they are also the ones who will have to grapple with the increasing challenges climate change will present in the coming ... [UNFPA - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, United Nations Population Fund, Supplement

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Environment)

Small Pacific Island States call for legally binding climate change treaty.

A group of small Pacific Island states has issued a call to the United Nations for a legally binding treaty on climate change to be adopted at the Copenhagen conference in December.Palau’s ambassador to the UN, Stuart Beck presented a statement on behalf ... [Radio New Zealand International - 11/18/2009]

Entities: STUART BECK, Global Warming/Climate Change, Palau

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Sea Tragedy off Nauru - five rescued, three dead

Malnourished crew of a vessel which had lost power and drifted unknown for two months north of New Guinea have been discovered off the coast of Nauru.A helicopter belonging to a US-flagged fishing vessel, the Ocean Encounter, spotted the boat as it drifted ... [SailWorld.com - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Nauru, Marshall Islands, Guinea

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Five survive two months adrift in small boat

A group of Papua New Guineans survived two months adrift on the Pacific Ocean in a tiny boat, with no food and just the clothes they were wearing.The five friends were so weak they could not walk when they landed in the Marshall Islands on Tuesday night. ... [New Zealand Herald - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Marshall Islands, Douglas Henry, Snail, Nauru

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Constant Piracy Threat To Freight Shipping Continues Unabated

Piracy Update - Spanish Pay Whilst Navy CursesSOMALIA – News that the Spanish Government had stumped up the requested $3.3 million ransom in return for a trawler and her 36 crew will not aid those in the international community who wish to stem the increasing ... [Handy Shipping Guide - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Piracy, Continuance, Mark Stanhope

First Reported 10/28/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 18 Documents

U.N. condemns U.S. Cuba embargo

For the 18th year in a row, the U.N. General Assembly has voted to condemn the 47-year U.S. embargo against Cuba.STORY HIGHLIGHTSDraft resolution passes by a vote of 187-3, with 2 abstentionsU.S., Israel, Palau vote against measure; Micronesia, Marshall ... [CNN - 10/29/2009]

Entities: Embargo, Cuba, United States, CONDEMNATION

Quotes

"All I could see was skin and bones, they were unable to talk" said Douglas Henry of the Marshall Islands Journal

Five survive two months adrift in small boat [New Zealand Herald - 11/18/2009]

...Since then, five other countries have signed on - Cyprus, Japan, Singapore, Britain and the United States, he said. "Those signatories now account for more than 50 percent of the world's shipping by gross tonnage" Ban said. The secretary-general said INTERPOL is also supporting law enforcement efforts by increasing the exchange of intelligence about piracy, building...

Patrols push pirates into Indian Ocean [Times Live South Africa - 11/17/2009]

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