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Palau president says China flouting its ocean boundaries

Hong Kong Standard 13 Nov 2024
The Standard Channel. IOS Android. IOS Android. More>> ... Why? Why would you do that?" ... The Palauan archipelago -- a string of limestone islands and coral atolls -- lies about 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the Philippines ... Which is ... AFP. .
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Salter: As did Stennis, Sen. Wicker is poised to exert tremendous influence on the U.S. military

The Clarksdale Press Register 13 Nov 2024
Below is a political analysis column by Sid Salter.. Columnist Sid Salter points out that Wicker follows another Mississippian as Senate Armed Services Chairman, the late John C. Stennis ... Diego Garcia is a coral atoll that covers some 17 square miles ... .
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Pro-US incumbent claims victory in Palau presidential vote

Potter Leader-Enterprise 11 Nov 2024
- China critic -. Whipps has overseen the ongoing construction of a long-range US radar system based in Palau, a tropical archipelago of limestone islands and coral atolls about 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the Philippines ... sft/lb ... ....
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Whipps claims victory in Palau

Taipei Times 11 Nov 2024
PRO-US ... AFP, SYDNEY ... Whipps has overseen the ongoing construction of a long-range US radar system based in Palau, a tropical archipelago of limestone islands and coral atolls about 800km east of the Philippines ... .
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Why I took a preschooler to the world’s most expensive destination

The Times/The Sunday Times 09 Nov 2024
But here we are, disembarking at Anantara Kihavah Maldives Villas on the Baa Atoll, a Unesco-listed biosphere reserve ... spotting black-tipped sharks glide past our villa, finding bleached coral on the beach, and following hermit crabs into holes.
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Palau polls open as pro-US president faces election test

Potter Leader-Enterprise 05 Nov 2024
"Whipps is really supportive of the United States ... A tropical archipelago of limestone islands and coral atolls about 800 kilometres (500 miles) east of the Philippines, the election will in large part be decided far from Palau's shores ... ....
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The Resort Review: The Nautilus Maldives, Baa Atoll

Harpers Bazaar 04 Nov 2024
The Nautilus has managed to do this ... The setting. The hotel is located in the Baa Atoll, an area surrounded by coral reefs, with the islands boasting sprawling white sandy beaches ... Accommodation ... The restaurants ... No, really ... Courtesy of The Nautilus ... .
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Memorial Day: 5 local Medal of Honor recipients paid ultimate price

The Citizens' Voice 26 May 2024
During the bloody campaigns waged during World War II, five local sons became enshrined in history as heroes when they gave their lives during brutal combat in Nazi-dominated Europe and the far-flung coral atolls of the Pacific Ocean ....
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Macron’s empire is falling apart

The Spectator 24 May 2024
  ... Most popular. Ed West ...   ...   ... There seems little risk of insurrection on Clipperton Island, an uninhabited coral atoll 1,280 km south of Acapulco. Although how France profits from this outpost is unclear. Oh, I nearly forgot ... .
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Unique Coral Found In Deep Arctic Ocean Is "Almost Certainly A New Species"

IFL Science 23 May 2024
However, corals are incredibly diverse and inhabit many different ecosystems across the planet, from the idyllic atolls of the Pacific to the darkest depths of the ocean ... “We've seen very, very few corals since we've been here in the Arctic.
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This summer’s RIMPAC exercise in Hawaii drawing 30 nations and 40 ships

Stars and Stripes 22 May 2024
The biennial RIMPAC, which the U.S ... It was disinvited in 2018 over Beijing’s construction of artificial islands in the South China Sea by dredging sand onto small coral atolls, which it then set about militarizing with aircraft hangars and runways ... .
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US opens door for China advances in the Pacific

Asiatimes 17 May 2024
Photo ... Latest stories ... China is planning how to finance the revamping of a two-kilometer runway on Kiribati’s Kanton Island, a coral atoll that had been a major stopover for military and commercial aircraft during World War II ... Photo ... Richard S ... OR.
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Filipino activists avoid confrontation with Chinese forces guarding shoal

Sun Star 16 May 2024
China effectively seized Scarborough Shoal, a triangle-shaped atoll with a vast fishing lagoon ringed by mostly submerged coral outcrops, by surrounding it with its coast guard ships after a tense 2012 standoff with Philippine government ships.
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Filipino activists decide not to sail closer to disputed shoal, avoiding clash with Chinese ships

Asahi News 16 May 2024
China effectively seized Scarborough Shoal, a triangle-shaped atoll with a vast fishing lagoon ringed by mostly submerged coral outcrops, by surrounding it with its coast guard ships after a tense 2012 standoff with Philippine government ships.
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Chinese coast guard shadows Filipino activists sailing toward disputed shoal

Asahi News 16 May 2024
China effectively seized Scarborough Shoal, a triangle-shaped atoll with a vast fishing lagoon ringed by mostly submerged coral outcrops, by surrounding it with its coast guard ships after a tense 2012 standoff with Philippine government ships ... .

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