Marshall Islands

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US team to recover WWII bomber from Pacific lagoon

AFP American Edition 243 days ago

A team of US salvagers is preparing to recover a rare World War II US naval torpedo bomber which has lain submerged in a Marshall Islands lagoon since 1942. The bomber is one of two TDB Devastator planes ditched in Jaluit Atoll ...

Work starts on new NPacific communications link

AFP Global Edition 250 days ago

Work has started on a new 130 million US dollar submarine fibre optic cable that is expected to revolutionise communications in the islands of the North Pacific, officials said. The US army is leading the project, which will provide super-fast communications between ...

Communications revolution for isolated Pacific nation

AFP Global Edition 286 days ago

The Marshall Islands is to spend millions of dollars on a fibre optic cable link that will revolutionise communications in the isolated western Pacific nation, the government said Friday. The 100 million dollar cable is a joint project with the United States ...

Two hostages seized in attack on vessel in Nigeria

AFP Global Edition 289 days ago

Nigerian kidnappers seized the captain and the chief engineer of a Turkish-operated supply vessel delivering equipment to French oil group Total, Turkish officials and industry sources said Tuesday. The Aleyna Mercan -- which is sailing under the Marshall Islands flag -- was ...

Marshalls chases US nuclear compensation

AFP Global Edition 290 days ago

The Marshall Islands is pressing the United States for more compensation for the damage caused by nuclear tests, officials said Thursday, after France announced it would pay its own victims. The United States conducted 67 atomic weapons tests on the atolls of ...

Somali pirates free Liberian-flagged tanker: NGO

AFP Global Edition 291 days ago

Somali pirates have released a Liberian-flagged tanker Biscaglia and its 28 crew after holding it for almost two months, a non-governmental organisation said Friday. The Biscaglia was hijacked on November 28 with a crew of 25 Indians and three Bangladeshis. It also ...

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