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Air Force general: Actions aim to deter NKorea
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press– JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) _ The United States sent its most powerful warplanes to the Korean peninsula in recent weeks in part because…
More than 1.3 million tourists visit Guam
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) _ Guam’s visitor industry had a banner year in 2012 with more than 1.3 million tourists visiting the island, according to the Guam Visitors Board. Tourism officials…
Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies
By OSKAR GARCIA and RICHARD PYLE HONOLULU (AP) _ One night in 1969, as a salvo of Viet Cong rockets exploded in the streets of Saigon, Edwin Q. White paused…
Guam probes police role in forced prostitution
HAGATNA, Guam (AP) _ Police in Guam said Friday they would launch an internal investigation into allegations that officers were involved in a brothel where Micronesian women and a 16-year-old…
US congressional panel probes China tech firms
By MATTHEW PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. lawmakers on Thursday will question executives of two major Chinese technology companies as part of a congressional probe into whether those firms’ ambitions…
New Zealand delays plans to sell energy companies
By NICK PERRY WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ A plan by the New Zealand government to raise billions of dollars by selling shares in state-owned energy companies has been delayed…
US Coast Guard transfers fish piracy case to China
By RACHEL D’ORO ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) _ A vessel suspected of illegal driftnet fishing on the high seas was transferred to China by the U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday. A…
Hawaii, Chinese universities win research award
HONOLULU (AP) _ The U.S. National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation of China are recognizing the University of Hawaii and China’s Jinan University for medical research they’ve…
Australia rejects proposal to base US carrier
By ROD McGUIRK CANBERRA, Australia (AP) _ Australia on Thursday rejected a proposal by a Washington-based think tank to base a nuclear aircraft carrier strike group on Australia’s west coast…
Japanese women fall behind Hong Kong in longevity
TOKYO (AP) _ Japanese women are no longer the world’s longest living, their longevity pushed down in part by last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, according to a government report…
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