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Hurricane season ends with little bluster
Charlotte :: NC :: USA | 4 days ago
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The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday without a hurricane landing on U.S. shores and with the fewest named storms in 12 years, according to the National Hurricane Center. There were nine named tropical storms since June, when the season began.
Tags: hurricane season, storms, atlantic hurricane season, season ends, heavy rain, weather, pacific, 2009, nine, Dennis Feltgen, Charlotte, Environment, Tropical cyclone, North Atlantic tropical cyclone, Disaster Accident
2009 Atlantic Hurricane season ends quietly
The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season ends on tuesday with only nine named storms and three hurricanes with only Hurricanes Claudette in august and Hurricane Ida in november making landfall in the USA coast with only heavy rain and some flooding but...
Tags: National Hurricane Center, James Franklin, Hurricanes Claudette, Hurricane Ida, heavy rain, flooding. United States of America, 2006, 2009, 1997, Pacific, Atlantic, El Nino, seven, nine, storms, hurricane season, hurricanes season, atlantic hurricanes, allnews, Savannah, Atlantic hurricane season, North Atlantic tropical cyclone, Disaster Accident, Weather, Environment, season ends
US takes over Pacific territory's immigration
Pacific :: WA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility The US will Saturday take over control of immigration in the Northern Mariana Islands despite protests about the impact on the Pacific territory's economy. The so-called federalization of immigration will go ahead following a US federal court ruling this...
Tags: Northern Marianas, Benigno R. Fitial, foreign workers, Pacific, Mariana Islands, Immigration, Politics, Benigno Fitial, United States visas, Saipan, Immigration law, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands
UN claims climate change will cause hunger in Pacific (NZPA)
Rome :: NY :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility A United Nations food agency says climate change could push more people into hunger in the Pacific islands, by ruining crops and forests and damaging the fish industry. The Food and Agriculture Organisation on Thursday urged leaders meeting at next month's...
Tags: climate change, sea level, Pacific, Rome, Environment, Kiribati, Tuvalu, Effects of global warming, Liberal democracies, Least Developed Countries, Current sea level rise, Island countries
Pacific Democracy: What’s Happening? - Conference
Tamuning :: Guam | 9 days ago
Credibility Sir Paul Reeves, former Governor General of New Zealand, distinguished statesman and eminent political mediator in the Pacific region, will open the conference. Sir Paul Reeves’ speech will focus on problems of democratization in the Pacific. Hawaii in...
Tags: Pacific, Guam, Tamuning, Pacific Islands Political Studies Association, Brigham Young University￢ﾀﾓHawaii, Politics, Pasifika
RP, other nations in East Asia and the Pacific doing well in providing benefits to workers --global study
Manila :: Philippines | 9 days ago
Credibility The Philippines, along with most countries in East Asia and the Pacific, is doing well in providing benefits to workers but could do better in addressing their family needs. This was the key finding of a book titled “Raising the Global Floor: Dismantling...
Tags: East Asia, Jody Heymann, Philippines, providing benefit, Pacific, Australia, family needs, globalization study, sick leave, paid sick, Manila, Labor, Parental leave, Kiribati, Leave, Employment compensation, Liberal democracies, Least Developed Countries
USS Texas fast attack sub arrives at new Pearl Harbor home tomorrow
Corpus Christi :: TX :: USA | 12 days ago
Credibility The USS Texas, a 377-foot, Virginia-class, fast attack submarine, is scheduled to arrive at its new home port of Pearl Harbor today at 3 p.m. The arrival of the Texas in Pearl Harbor marks the second Virginia-class sub to be stationed in the Pacific,...
Tags: Texas, Pearl Harbor, fast attack, Pacific, Navy, uss texas, Corpus Christi, USS Hawaii, United States Navy, Submarine, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Japanese American history, World War II Pacific Theatre
Fiji-NZ Business Council warns trade is at risk
Auckland :: New Zealand | 14 days ago
Credibility In the past week a whole host of events have taken place concerning pacific trade and international relations. Pacific trade realm and the collective call for dialogue and democracy, it warns that trade is still at risk. Annual trade between New Zealand...
Tags: New Zealand-Fiji, Fiji-NZ Business Council, New Zealand Trade Commission, fiji governance, Pacific, zealand governance, NZAID, pacific trade, New Zealand, Auckland, Foreign relations of Fiji, Outline of Fiji, Business Finance, Politics, Fiji, Melanesia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Resort island reels after deadly attack by gunman
Seoul :: South Korea | 14 days ago
Credibility AP Photo/Saipan Times via Yonhap) Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. After going on a shooting rampage that left a trail of victims on the Pacific resort island of Saipan , the...
Tags: Saipan Tribune, Pacific, resort islands, pacific resort, Jason Tarkong, opened fired, North Korean, old girl, shootings range, gunman opened, South Korea, Seoul, Military of North Korea, Nuclear tests, Six-party talks, North Korea, Kim Jong-il, War Conflict, Nuclear program of North Korea, Foreign relations of North Korea, North Korea ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Politics, Korea, Ministry of Unification, Divided regions, Korean Buddhism, Religion Belief, Benigno Fitial, Saipan, Stratovolcanoes, Northern Mariana Islands
IMF says Asia taking the lead as world recovers
Pacific :: MO :: USA | 15 days ago
Credibility Philippines need to look for new areas of growth to ensure that their economies stay vibrant, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said. The region, the multilateral lender said in a new outlook released yesterday, will take the lead in the recovery...
Tags: IMF, Asia-Pacific, Southeast Asian, Philippines, imf expected, advanced economies, sharp contracting, Pacific, Business cycle, Market trends, International Monetary Fund, Structural adjustment, Asian Financial Crisis, International development, Recessions, International economics, Business Finance
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