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USCG suspends its search for 3 missing near Palau

By AP News Thu, Apr 05, 2012 6:10PM UTC View Comments

MELEKEOK, Palau (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is suspending its search for an American pilot and two Palau police officers whose plane disappeared Sunday near Palau in the western Pacific. Capt. Casey White said in a Coast Guard statement Thursday it was still supporting local search efforts. The Cessna that disappeared Sunday carried pilot...

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2 Palau police, US pilot vanish during Chinese boat search

By AP News Wed, Apr 04, 2012 11:19AM UTC View Comments

MELEKEOK, Palau (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard and a mega-yacht owned by billionaire Paul Allen are searching the Pacific for an American pilot and two Republic of Palau police officers whose plane disappeared as they tried to track down a Chinese vessel that was allegedly fishing illegally. The search follows a deadly confrontation between...

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Guam rep: Regional migrants have ‘become a burden’

By Andy Jackson Thu, May 26, 2011 6:37AM UTC View Comments

Guam Delegate to Congress Madeleine Bordallo speaks with President Barack Obama (file photo).

Migrants from elsewhere in the Pacific are creating a burden Guam’s social services and the local community, according to Guam officials. The migrants come from the Freely Associated States (FAS) of; the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. The island nations were ruled by the United States under a UN Strategic Mandate following World War Two. When...

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