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The Board of Trustees and the management of Civil Service Pension Plan are soliciting assistance of the Olbiil Era Kelulau to enact a legislative measure to amend the contribution level from 12 percent to 20 percent over the next four years.In a letter to...
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Hong Kong Airlines was under pressure Sunday to stop its live dolphin cargo business after an internal memo describing a recent delivery from Japan to Vietnam was leaked to Chinese media.More than 2,800 people have signed an online petition at change.org ...
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Japan's premier Yoshihiko Noda offered a personal apology to Okinawa over his government's attitude to the moving of an unpopular US air base.In his first trip as prime minister to the subtropical island chain, Noda on Monday told governor Hirokazu Nakaim...
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday survived a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, crushing her arch-rival in a damaging battle to head the ruling Labor party.The nation's first female prime minister retained office after smashing Rudd 71-...
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South Korea and the United States began a major annual military exercise Monday despite North Korean threats of possible retaliation over what it calls a rehearsal for invasion.A spokesman for Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed the start of Key Resol...
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At least three people were killed and dozens injured after a passenger train derailed Sunday near Burlington in Canada's eastern Ontario province, a report said.{reg}The accident at 3:30 pm (2030 GMT) occurred when two train cars came off the tracks betwe...
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At least six people were killed and seven wounded on Monday in a suicide car bomb attack at Jalalabad airport in eastern Afghanistan where NATO forces have a base, police said."Six people are dead," Nangarhar provincial police spokesman Hazrat Mohammad to...
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HONOLULU - The last of three U.S. Marines court-martialed on charges they physically abused and humiliated a fellow Marine who later killed himself was acquitted on Friday of all charges in the case by a military jury.The case stems from the suicide o...
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BOGOTA - Colombia's feared FARC rebel group said it would abandon its decades-long policy of kidnapping for ransom and free all military and police hostages it holds in jungle camps, another sign the drug-funded leftist insurgents may want a move towa...
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Governors of all states have been requested by President Toribiong to submit request for national assistance to subsidize its proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2013.{reg}Toribiong wrote the governors yesterday informing them that his office is working on th...
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Actual dialog of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee with a caller:"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?""Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect.""What sort of trouble?""Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the ...
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Earlier this week, Gregory Nemitz and a handful of space enthusiasts proposed creating special domains, including ".luna" and ".moon" for Web sites based on the moon.He wasn't kidding. And one of our "Ten laws the Net needs" involves a special ".xxx" doma...
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Sharks are the only animals that almost never get sick: they are immune to almost every known disease. Their body frames are not made up of bones – they are made of cartilage, the tough, fibrous tissue that shapes our noses and ears. Instead of scales s...
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A Senate Joint Resolution was introduced Friday urging President Toribiong anew to immediately appoint or expedite the appointment of a special prosecutor.The Senate minority, which introduced the resolution on this matter, explained that the SP Office pl...
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Better to be poor and fear the LORD than to be rich and in trouble. {reg}Better to eat vegetables with people you love than to eat the finest meat where there is hate. Hot tempers cause arguments, but patience brings peace. If you are lazy, you will...
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President Toribiong yesterday expressed disappointment that the Senate and the House of Delegates have not yet reached a compromise and have not passed the budget for Fiscal Year 2012, which is already five months overdue.The Senate Friday killed the Hous...
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President Toribiong yesterday expressed disappointment that the Senate and the House of Delegates have not yet reached a compromise and have not passed the budget for Fiscal Year 2012, which is already five months overdue.The Senate Friday killed the Hous...
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Seven senators Friday voted no to the resolution to file a lawsuit against President Toribiong for the unauthorized executive branch expenditures.The resolution also sought to clarify the law regarding the recent state of emergency and to restore the prin...
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Blue Bay Petroleum and the world class Palau Pacific Resort (PPR) has shown their support to the upcoming Micronesian Youth Services Network (MYSN) Conference which Palau will be hosting.{reg} Blue Bay Petroleum, as represented by its area manager Ralph M...
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The Japan War-Bereaved Families Association (JWBFA) donated a wheelchair to the Omekesang, a Non-Government Organization (NGO) actively involved in the promotion of disability awareness in Palau.{reg} The JWBFA was led by Minoru Masuya and this is the sec...
