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Palau burns Vietnamese boats caught fishing illegally

June 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The tiny Pacific nation of Palau, fighting a rising tide of illegal fishing in its waters, has set fire to four boats belonging to Vietnamese caught poaching sea cucumbers and other marine life in its waters. Palau’s president, Tommy Remengesau Jr., said the boats were burned Friday […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Asia, China, EEZ, IUU, Jarvis Island, Johanne Fischer, Johnston Atoll, Le Hai Binh, Nearby Indonesia, New Zealand-based, Palau, Philippines, Rock Islands Southern Lagoon, Sasakawa Peace Foundation, Seth Horstmeyer, South Pacific Ocean, South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization, Tommy Remengesau Jr, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 26 | June 20 - June 26, Wake Atoll, japan

Esther Kia’aina nominated as Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas

September 23, 2013 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Esther Puakela Kia’aina was nominated to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas at the U.S. Department of the Interior by President Barack Obama on Sept. 11. If confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Kia’aina would lead the Department’s efforts to coordinate federal policy for Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the U.S. […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2013, American Samoa, Assistant Secretary, Esther Kia, Esther Puakela Kia, George Washington University Law School, Guam, Marshall Islands, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau, President Barack Obama, Southern California, Virgin Islands, Vol 32 No 39 | September 21 - September 27

Hawaii attempts to remedy Pacific Islander health

December 27, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii is proposing a new free health plan that will cover critical chemotherapy and dialysis treatments for legal migrants from independent Pacific nations.

Filed Under: Briefs Tagged With: 2009, Basic Health Hawaii, Human Services, Marshall Islands, Pacific Islander, Palau, Vol 28 No 53 | December 26

Muslim minority riots erupt in China’s west

July 8, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BEIJING (AP) — Nearly 1,000 protesters from a Muslim ethnic group rioted in China’s far west, overturning barricades, attacking bystanders, and clashing with police in violence that killed at least three people, including a policeman, state media and witnesses said.

Filed Under: News, World News Tagged With: Adam Grode, Alim Seytoff, Beijing, Bermuda, Central Asian, China, Cuba, Dalai Lama, East Turkestan, Four Uighur, Guantanamo Bay, Gulinisa Maimaiti, Han Chinese, Palau, Rebiya Kadeer, Xinhua News Agency, vol 28 no 29 | July 11 - July 17

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