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Activist: Let Chinese Gitmo detainees stay in US

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A group of Chinese Muslims detained for years at the Guantanamo Bay military prison should be allowed to settle in the United States, an exiled leader of the ethnic minority said Wednesday. Officials in Washington have struggled ...

From RAY LILLEY, Boston Globe,  14 Oct 2009
Related Topics: The Pentagon,  Barack Obama,  U.S. Congress

New quakes, small tsunami panic Pacific islanders

Thousands of panicked South Pacific islanders raced away from the coastline after three strong earthquakes rocked the region and generated a small tsunami Thursday, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga. ...

From RAY LILLEY, Taiwan News,  8 Oct 2009

Small tsunami causes Pacific islanders to flee

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Thousands of panicked South Pacific islanders raced away from the coastline after three strong earthquakes rocked the region and generated a small tsunami Thursday, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the ...

From RAY LILLEY, Boston Globe,  8 Oct 2009

Small tsunami forms in Pacific, warnings canceled

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—Three powerful earthquakes rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago Thursday, generating a small tsunami just over a week after another, massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga. There were no ...

From RAY LILLEY, Boston Globe,  7 Oct 2009

Climate protesters board ship off NZ

A dozen Greenpeace activists lashed themselves Wednesday to a cargo ship in New Zealand to protest its shipment of animal feed produced at palm plantations that they blame for massive deforestation. The environmental advocacy group claims ...

From RAY LILLEY, Taiwan News,  16 Sep 2009
Related Topics: John Key,  World Bank

Hopes fade for survivors of ferry capsize in Tonga

NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga - The number of people feared dead after their ferry flipped and sank off Tonga rose to 85 Saturday, 21 more than previously thought, police in Tonga said. . . . ...

From RAY LILLEY, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  7 Aug 2009
Related Topics: Chris Kelly,  Feleti Sevele,  Tony Ford

Global recession hitting Pacific hard, report says

The global recession has cut economic growth and government revenues in vulnerable South Pacific island nations, forcing more people into poverty, a report to the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum by the regional powers Australia and New Zealand said ...

From RAY LILLEY, eTaiwan News,  4 Aug 2009

NZ researchers to implant pig cells in diabetics

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand biotech company began a trial Thursday that will implant cells from newborn pigs into eight human volunteers as an experimental treatment for their diabetes. The cells produce pig insulin, which is very ...

From RAY LILLEY, NevadaAppeal.com,  23 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Bob Elliott,  John Baker

New Zealand airline issues nude safety video

The "Bare Essentials of Safety," screening in the cabins of planes flying Air New Zealand's main domestic routes, has gone viral online. It had 1.2 million YouTube views by Friday, four days after it was launched. In the video, three cabin staff and a ...

From RAY LILLEY, San Francisco Chronicle,  4 Jul 2009

Airline screens video of staff in buff

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From RAY LILLEY, Globe and Mail,  3 Jul 2009

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