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Video: Powerful Waves Strike Key US Military Installation In Marshall Islands
A horrifying video captured the moment when colossal waves stormed a US military dining hall on Roi-Namur Island, shattering doors and windows.
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Fisherman, In Island Near US, Hauls 48 Kg Cocaine On Fishing Trip
A fisherman in the Marshall Islands netted more than he bargained for when he hauled in his catch to find a suspected 48 kilos (106 pounds) of cocaine.
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Hawaii Volcanic Smog Blankets Marshall Islands
Haze from the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii blanketed the Marshall Islands 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away on Sunday, as officials warned it would continue moving west.
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Amelia Earhart Photo Taken Years Before Disappearance: Reports
A photograph supposedly showing Amelia Earhart alive in the Marshall Islands in 1937 that caused a stir earlier this month is from a Japanese book published years before the famed aviatrix disappeared, a military expert said Wednesday.
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Marshall Islands' Nuclear Case Against India Thrown Out By Top UN Court
The UN's highest court has refused to take up a case brought by the tiny Marshall Islands against India for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
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Top UN Court To Decide Fate Of Epic Nuclear Case Against India, Pak
The UN's highest court will rule Wednesday on whether to take up a case brought by the tiny Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
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Tiny Islands Take On India In Nuclear Disarmament Fight
A small chain of Pacific islands - some of which were once vapourised by atomic bomb tests - sought in court on Monday to force India to get on board with nuclear disarmament.
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Pacific Island Countries Key to India's 'Act East' Policy: President Pranab Mukherjee
Economic linkages and co-operation with Pacific island countries are key factors in India's extended 'Act East' policy, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
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Experimental US Hypersonic Weapon Destroyed Seconds After Launch
A hypersonic weapon being developed by the US military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Monday after controllers detected a problem with the aircraft, the Pentagon said.
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Pacific Summit to Urge Action on Climate Change
Pacific island leaders will renew calls for meaningful action on climate change at a regional summit opening in Palau on Tuesday, amid fears rising seas will swamp their low-lying nations.
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El Salvador castaway vows will not return to sea
A fisherman from El Salvador who says he spent 18 months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving on turtle blood and fish and birds caught with his bare hands, vowed he would not venture back out to sea as he left hospital on Tuesday.
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How castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga survived 18 months at sea
Fresh details have emerged of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga's first encounter with other people after months at sea - including how Marshall Islands residents communicated with him in broken Spanish learned from popular children's television show Dora the Explorer.
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Pacific castaway says dreams of family, food sustained him
A castaway who says he survived 13 months adrift in the Pacific said on Tuesday he thought about suicide but was sustained by dreams of eating his favourite food - tortillas - and reuniting with his family.
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Man says he ate birds, turtles in 13 months adrift
It's a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands some 5,500 miles (8,800 kilometres) away.
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Mexican castaway begins long journey home
A Mexican castaway who says he drifted for months across the Pacific Ocean before washing up on a remote Marshall Islands atoll was on his way to the capital on Sunday, hoping to begin his long journey home.
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Video: Powerful Waves Strike Key US Military Installation In Marshall Islands
A horrifying video captured the moment when colossal waves stormed a US military dining hall on Roi-Namur Island, shattering doors and windows.
-
Fisherman, In Island Near US, Hauls 48 Kg Cocaine On Fishing Trip
A fisherman in the Marshall Islands netted more than he bargained for when he hauled in his catch to find a suspected 48 kilos (106 pounds) of cocaine.
-
Hawaii Volcanic Smog Blankets Marshall Islands
Haze from the Kilauea volcano eruption in Hawaii blanketed the Marshall Islands 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away on Sunday, as officials warned it would continue moving west.
-
Amelia Earhart Photo Taken Years Before Disappearance: Reports
A photograph supposedly showing Amelia Earhart alive in the Marshall Islands in 1937 that caused a stir earlier this month is from a Japanese book published years before the famed aviatrix disappeared, a military expert said Wednesday.
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Marshall Islands' Nuclear Case Against India Thrown Out By Top UN Court
The UN's highest court has refused to take up a case brought by the tiny Marshall Islands against India for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
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Top UN Court To Decide Fate Of Epic Nuclear Case Against India, Pak
The UN's highest court will rule Wednesday on whether to take up a case brought by the tiny Marshall Islands against India, Pakistan and Britain for allegedly failing to halt the nuclear arms race.
-
Tiny Islands Take On India In Nuclear Disarmament Fight
A small chain of Pacific islands - some of which were once vapourised by atomic bomb tests - sought in court on Monday to force India to get on board with nuclear disarmament.
-
Pacific Island Countries Key to India's 'Act East' Policy: President Pranab Mukherjee
Economic linkages and co-operation with Pacific island countries are key factors in India's extended 'Act East' policy, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Thursday.
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Experimental US Hypersonic Weapon Destroyed Seconds After Launch
A hypersonic weapon being developed by the US military was destroyed four seconds after its launch from a test range in Alaska early on Monday after controllers detected a problem with the aircraft, the Pentagon said.
-
Pacific Summit to Urge Action on Climate Change
Pacific island leaders will renew calls for meaningful action on climate change at a regional summit opening in Palau on Tuesday, amid fears rising seas will swamp their low-lying nations.
-
El Salvador castaway vows will not return to sea
A fisherman from El Salvador who says he spent 18 months adrift in the Pacific Ocean, surviving on turtle blood and fish and birds caught with his bare hands, vowed he would not venture back out to sea as he left hospital on Tuesday.
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How castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga survived 18 months at sea
Fresh details have emerged of castaway Jose Salvador Alvarenga's first encounter with other people after months at sea - including how Marshall Islands residents communicated with him in broken Spanish learned from popular children's television show Dora the Explorer.
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Pacific castaway says dreams of family, food sustained him
A castaway who says he survived 13 months adrift in the Pacific said on Tuesday he thought about suicide but was sustained by dreams of eating his favourite food - tortillas - and reuniting with his family.
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Man says he ate birds, turtles in 13 months adrift
It's a story that almost defies belief: A man leaves Mexico in December 2012 for a day of shark fishing and ends up surviving 13 months on fish, birds and turtles before washing ashore on the remote Marshall Islands some 5,500 miles (8,800 kilometres) away.
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Mexican castaway begins long journey home
A Mexican castaway who says he drifted for months across the Pacific Ocean before washing up on a remote Marshall Islands atoll was on his way to the capital on Sunday, hoping to begin his long journey home.
