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Guam educator pushes more tertiary study

November 29, 2008 01:27:00

A leading educator in Guam says public school authorities must work with local tertiary institutions, to increase the number of high school students who enrol in post-secondary education.[MORE]

Tags: education, secondary-education, university-and-further-education, world-politics, guam

Pacific Is territories hold own US elections

November 5, 2008 22:31:00

As the US presidential election comes to an end, a number of Pacific Island territories are still counting votes, having held their own elections on November 4.[MORE]

Tags: us-elections, us-election, guam, northern-mariana-islands, palau, united-states

Guam poll predicts Obama victory

November 5, 2008 10:26:00

A straw poll of voters in the US territory of Guam is predicting Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama will win the election.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, us-elections, us-election, guam, united-states

All 6 aboard B-52 in Guam crash dead: US

July 23, 2008 20:07:00

All six crew members aboard a US B-52 bomber that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Guam earlier this week are dead, the US Air Force has said.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, guam, united-states

B-52 crashes off Guam

July 22, 2008 07:05:00

Two US airmen were killed and four are missing after their B-52 bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean shortly after take-off while preparing to fly in a Liberation Day parade in the US territory of Guam, officials said.[MORE]

Tags: defence-and-national-security, disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, unrest-conflict-and-war, guam, united-states

B-52 crashes off Guam with 6 on board

July 21, 2008 16:11:00

A US Air Force B-52 bomber has crashed off the coast of Guam in the central Pacific and there has been no immediate word on the fate of the six crew members, navy officials said.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, guam, united-states

Guam ponders Northern Marianas reunification

May 27, 2008 19:00:00

Guam has raised the possibility that the US Pacific territory may consider reuniting with the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas to become the 51st state of America.[MORE]

Tags: government-and-politics, world-politics, guam

Obama beats Clinton in Guam battle

May 4, 2008 13:00:00

Democrats Senator Barack Obama beat rival Hillary Clinton by just seven votes in Guam's nominating contest after record numbers of residents voted in the tiny US territory's primary, officials said.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, guam, united-states

Democratic race moves to unlikely Guam

May 1, 2008 21:19:00

US Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have been campaigning for support from the US territory of Guam.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, guam, united-states

US Air Force bomber crashes, pilots safe

February 23, 2008 15:26:00

A United States B-2 bomber has crashed at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam just after taking off but the two pilots on board ejected safely, the US Air Force says.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, air-and-space-accidents, guam, united-states

Russian bombers intercepted near US Navy ship

February 12, 2008 10:47:00

Russian bomber aircraft approached a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific on Saturday and were intercepted by American fighter jets, a US defence official have said.[MORE]

Tags: defence-and-national-security, unrest-conflict-and-war, guam, japan, russian-federation, united-states

NKorea unveils new ballistic missile: report

May 13, 2007 12:55:00

North Korea has unveiled its latest intermediate-range ballistic missile at a military parade, amid an international stand-off over its nuclear program, a new report says.[MORE]

Tags: unrest-conflict-and-war, guam, north-korea

South Pacific islanders report volcanic ash sickness

February 2, 2005 19:14:00

Scores of people have reported sick on the South Pacific island of Guam because of haze and ash from an erupting volcano in a neighbouring island in the Northern Marianas. [MORE]

Tags: volcanic-eruption, guam