Clearwater Lights up LBJ Hospital in Time of Need - Earthtimes
Glenn Stasky, President of Clearwater Lights is one of a growing number of people who found it in their hearts to come to the aid of American Samoa in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the South Pacific in 2009. RANCHO ...
NOAA Announces First Tsunami Awareness Week , March 21 ... - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
This designation comes in the wake of last month’s tsunami in Chile and less than six months after a tsunami hit American Samoa, both events resulting in loss of life and property. As part of tsunami awareness week, NOAA’s National Weather ...
Aloha Petroleum Donates $20,000 - CSNews Online
March 17, 2010 - HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Aloha Petroleum Ltd. donated nearly $20,000 to the American Red Cross, Hawaii Chapter to support the agency's disaster relief efforts in American Samoa, the Philippines and Indonesia, the company reported. Richard ...
Vegas gets 2 more L&L Hawaiian Barbecues - MSN Money
It has more than 185 locations in Hawaii, Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado, Utah and New York as well as New Zealand and American Samoa.
Tsunami threatens Hawaii - Jerusalem Post
A tsunami warning — the highest alert level — was in effect for Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Samoa and dozens of other Pacific islands. An advisory — the lowest level — includes California, Oregon, Washington state, parts of Alaska, and ...
American Samoa - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics - TMCnet
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Definition for fishing activities drafted: Proposal ... - Guam Pacific Daily News
Congress requires the committee to advise on managing fishing in the waters off Hawaii, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa and remote U.S.-affiliated Pacific islands. The Western Pacific Regional Fishing Management ...
Regionalization / Consolidation - Government Technology
American Samoa Governor Meets on Call Centers, Other Matters "We are asking ... to allow American Samoa to be a part of any U.S. State Department delegation as an ‘observer' in any or all Pacific regional meetings." Russian Government IT ...
How travel helps keep your perspective - Minnpost.com
APIA, Samoa — The tsunami warning came a little after 3 a.m., in a phone call from my hotel's front desk. I was staying on the waterfront in Apia, the capital of Samoa, but I was supposed to go to American Samoa — a different island and a ...
Program: Apps for Healthy Kids - Education Week
Eligibility: The Competition is open only to: (1) residents of the fifty (50) United States (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa) who are at least thirteen (13) years old at the time of entry ...
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Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Newsweek: How we're winning in Pakistan
President Obama gets much credit for changing America's image in the world. But if you asked even devoted fans to cite a specific foreign-policy achievement, they would probably hesitate. But in fact, there is a place where Barack Obama's foreign policy is working, and one that is crucial to U.S. national security—Pakistan.
Dutch: Gay troops not to blame for genocide
Dutch government officials reacted angrily to claims by a retired U.S. general that Dutch forces were overrun in Srebrenica in 1995 in part because of the presence of gay soldiers.
Pope's Irish letter faces critical Catholics
 The pope addresses Ireland on Saturday in a letter apologizing for the sex abuse scandal — a message being watched by Catholics worldwide to see if it also acknowledges decades of Vatican-approved cover-ups.
‘Lawyer’ to U.S. missionaries in Haiti arrested
A man who acted as a lawyer for U.S. missionaries who were detained in Haiti has now been arrested in the Dominican Republic on migrant-trafficking charges.
A child's hope for a new limb, new life
 Two months after the ground shook in Haiti, 4-year-old Schneily Similien still needs a new leg. His greatest hope is at a small hospital in the rural heart of Haiti, he just needs to get there. Msnbc.com is heading to Haiti track the story of Schneily and other amputees as they work to build new lives.
Minister: Sierre Leone hit by disaster hoax
A top official in Sierre Leone's government says a report that at least 200 people had been killed in a mining accident is a hoax.
Little fanfare for 7th anniversary of war in Iraq
 Almost seven years after the first bombs in the war to oust Saddam Hussein, Iraqis went about their business Friday with little observance of the anniversary, looking to the future with a mixture of trepidation and hope.
World Blog: Corruption is Iraq's latest enemy
Skier, who is the first Ghanaian to ever compete in the Winter Olympics, becomes a sensation.
Web produces new generation of China activists
 There is a vibrant community of tech-savvy users who can easily hop over China's "Great Firewall" that blocks access to sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. They are a minority of the 384 million people online in China but among the most vocal.
Losing the battle to keep female flesh off Afghan TV
 Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, who banned television and barred women from appearing in public without an all-enveloping burqa, the Afghan government is fighting a losing battle to keep female flesh off TV.
Pakistan wants recognition for terror fight
Saying it has bowed far enough to U.S. interests, Pakistan will use next week's high-level talks with the Obama administration to seek more recognition for its part in the fight against terrorism.
Video: Iraq 'more peaceful,' but not stable yet
 "All the hard work we've done over the past few years has paid off," one U.S. soldier tells NBC News' Richard Engel in a discussion about the U.S. military's role in Iraq. He added that knowing his friends "didn't die in vain is a big pay off." (Nightly News)
Diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks
 International diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.
World Blog: Unplugged in Urumqi
The predominantly Muslim province has been an Internet-free zone since riots broke out last July between the ethnic Han Chinese and the minority Uighurs.
Nuke deal with Russia is close, says Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says that American and Russian negotiators are "on the brink" of agreement on a nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Heavy rains swamp Haiti’s homeless camps
 One of the heaviest rainfalls since Haiti's Jan. 12 earthquake swamps homeless camps, sweeping screaming residents into eddies of water and flooding latrines.
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