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Marshall atolls declare emergency

Thursday, December 25th 2008, 8:25

Severe flooding in the Marshall Islands leads to a state of emergency, with hundreds of residents displaced.
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Vast shark sanctuary for Pacific

Monday, October 3rd 2011, 0:07

The Marshall Islands creates the world's biggest shark sanctuary, covering nearly two million sq km of ocean, with a ban on commercial shark fishing.
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Pacific castaway wants to go home

Monday, February 3rd 2014, 10:47
related countries: Mexico

A castaway who says he survived more than a year adrift in the Pacific, asks to be taken home after washing up in the Marshall Islands.
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VIDEO: 'Castaway' Alvarenga thanks helpers

Friday, February 7th 2014, 1:57

A man who claims he spent more than a year adrift in the Pacific has thanked the government of the Marshall Islands, in his second public appearance since his rescue one week ago.
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Rising seas uncover Pacific war dead

Saturday, June 7th 2014, 1:59

Rising sea levels have disturbed the skeletons of soldiers killed on the Marshall Islands during World War Two.
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UN court throws out Marshall Islands' nuclear weapons case

Wednesday, October 5th 2016, 11:23
related countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom

The International Court of Justice says it does not have jurisdiction to rule in court cases brought by the Marshall Islands against the UK, India and Pakistan.
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US atomic waste dump in Marshall Islands to be investigated

Monday, December 30th 2019, 19:10
related countries: United States

A concrete dome housing waste from Cold War atomic bomb tests raises environmental concerns.
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Coronavirus: Remote Marshall Islands records first cases

Thursday, October 29th 2020, 4:42
related countries: United States

The Marshall Islands was one of the few places free of Covid-19 until two US arrivals tested positive.
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Cocaine 'ghost boat' washes up in Marshall Islands

Thursday, December 17th 2020, 2:48

Some $80m worth of cocaine was found in the Marshall Islands' biggest drugs haul ever.
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