Gabriela Ngirmang, Mirair of Palau, who was instrumental in giving the world its first nuclear-free constitution, passed away peacefully at 12.10am on October 10 (Palau time). Gabriela had been sick for some time.
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US President George Bush has opposed US Senate legislation to fund health care for the nuclear-test-affected Marshallese. Sixty-seven US nuclear bombs were detonated in the Marshall Islands between 1946 and 1958.
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'Forever protest the annexation of Hawai'i'On August 12, 100 years ago, the US illegally annexed Ka Pae'aina (Hawai'i). The US had invaded the archipelago in 1893, overthrowing the Maoli Queen Liliu'okalani. In 1993 President
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US secretary of state Madeleine Albright and defence secretary William Cohen recently visited Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand. Meeting with Australia's defence minister, Ian McLachlan, and foreign minister Alexander Downer,
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Ainu Moshiri, now known as Hokkaido, has been the home of the Ainu people for at least 7000 years. When the Japanese arrived in the 16th century, first to set up a penal colony and then to take the land for farming, the Ainu
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"We have come to protect you and bring you civilisation and peace." These are the words the French used in 1843 when 500 armed troops, under cover of four warships, marched through Tahiti, arrested Queen Pomare IV (queen