Pacific Magazine Daily News http://www.pacificmagazine.net TransOceanic Media en-us (Sydney Morning Herald)Corals and marine life are flourishing on Bikini atoll in the Marshall Islands more than 50 years after it was the site of U.S. atomic... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/11/70-percent-of-corals-have-returned-at-bikini-atoll http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/11/70-percent-of-corals-have-returned-at-bikini-atoll Sun, 11 May 2008 08:36:00 -1000 (Fiji Times)Vandals set fire and destroyed a major Hindu temple in the Fiji city of Lautoka, the Fiji Times reports.The 60-year-old Field 40 Gangaiyamman Kovil... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/11/vandals-torch-hindu-temple-in-lautoka http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/11/vandals-torch-hindu-temple-in-lautoka Sun, 11 May 2008 08:23:00 -1000 Palau’s President has signed into law the law the Protected Area Network (PAN) which endorses the Micronesia Challenge and should enable access to global... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/protected-area-network-established-by-law-in-palau http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/protected-area-network-established-by-law-in-palau Sat, 10 May 2008 19:19:00 -1000 Some American Samoa public school teachers can look forward to a salary increase in July under salary reclassification legislation, which was passed this week... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/fono-approves-pay-raises-for-public-school-teachers http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/fono-approves-pay-raises-for-public-school-teachers Sat, 10 May 2008 13:31:00 -1000 (Taipei Times)Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, which has been stung by revelations of a bungled attempt to get Papua New Guinea to recognize... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/no-payoffs-in-taiwan-png-scandal-party-leaders-say http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/no-payoffs-in-taiwan-png-scandal-party-leaders-say Sat, 10 May 2008 09:52:00 -1000 (Radio New Zealand International)Niue Telecom says it hopes this weekend to fix problems with its international calling service that have plagued users for... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/overseas-phone-service-spotty-on-niue http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/overseas-phone-service-spotty-on-niue Sat, 10 May 2008 09:37:00 -1000 (Fiji Live)Fiji's interim attorney general, who is attending a United Nations conference in Europe, was denied a transit via by the United States, the on-line... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/fiji-attorney-general-denied-us-visa http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/fiji-attorney-general-denied-us-visa Sat, 10 May 2008 09:31:00 -1000 (Fiji Times)Fiji has signed a deal worth F$1 billion to provide sugar to the European Union under a preferential import scheme, the Fiji Times reports.The Fiji... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/fiji-signs-f1b-sugar-deal http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/fiji-signs-f1b-sugar-deal Sat, 10 May 2008 09:23:00 -1000 (Saipan Tribune)In the wake of Washington's decision to federalize immigration and labor in the Northern Marianas, advocacy groups in the islands are organizing... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/focus-shifts-to-protection-for-long-term-alien-workers http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/10/focus-shifts-to-protection-for-long-term-alien-workers Sat, 10 May 2008 09:12:00 -1000 Northern Marianas Gov. Benigno R. Fitial is not ruling out a lawsuit against the U.S. government over the imminent federal takeover of the commonwealth's... http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/09/gov-says-he-may-still-sue-washington http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/05/09/gov-says-he-may-still-sue-washington Fri, 09 May 2008 23:58:00 -1000