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- U.S. Navy shadows N. Korean cargo ship
A U.S. warship is following a North Korean cargo boat in the South China Sea under the pretext that it may carry ?banned cargo.? In another threat against North Korea, the Pentagon is deploying a ground-based missile system in Hawaii and a sea-based
- Japan's emperor arrives in Canada on Friday
TOKYO - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor. 'Both Canada and the state of Hawaii are home to many
- Japan royal couple head to Canada, Hawaii
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko hope to reach out to Americans and Canadians of Japanese ancestry during a two-week tour that began Friday, but they won't be going to Pearl Harbor.'Both Canada and the state of Hawaii are home to many people
- US Airways inaugurates direct flight to Tel Aviv
If a prize were given for who came the farthest to be on US Airways Group Inc.'s inaugural flight to Tel Aviv, Israel, Rabbi David Glickman and his family would win. The rabbi from Maui, Hawaii, his wife, Jody, and their three young children flew
- Japan royals give Pearl Harbour a miss
Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko are visiting Canada and Hawaii during a two-week tour but they won't be going to Pearl Harbour. There had been speculation in the Japanese media that they might go to Pearl Harbour, which would have been the
- U.S. Job Losses Deflate Asian Shares
Asian markets dip as U.S sheds jobs and concern about a North Korean missile launch grows. HONG KONG -- Speculation that North Korea will fire a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the U.S. Independence Day holiday, and worries that the highest U.S.
- Will the U.S. missile defense system work?
The threat from North Korea has grown over the last year. The communist state has tested nuclear warheads and long-range missiles. Now North Korea is threatening to attack Hawaii. Will the U.S. missile defense system prevent it? It depends on who you
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Hawaii became the United States fiftieth state on August 21, 1959 and is up to this date the last state to join the Union. The state's largest city and capital is Honolulu. The word Hawaii is probably based on the Hawaiian word for "volcanic homeland". Hawaii was an island kingdom until Captain Cook claimed it for Britain in 1775. The Aloha State is one of the smaller states and ranks 47th in land size totaling 6,423 square miles.
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AFP - Japan's Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrived in Canada on Friday for a 11-day goodwill visit, the first since the emperor ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne in 1989.
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