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Latest Palau News more» 
  • Switzerland to take Uyghurs from Gitmo

    • U.S. Justice Department expresses thanks to Switzerland Uyghur American Association not certain when brothers will be transferred The Mahmuds had refused an offer to free and settle in Palau; six others did Pakistani forces captured them in 2001 in
  • [$] Turmoil in Palau

    • Political and economic problems have troubled Palau for several years. Striking government workers in Palau demanding pay increases burned the President's office in Koror in 1982; he was absent at the time.
  • Palau to Vote on U.S. Ties

    • The Trusteeship Council agreed today to send four observers to the Pacific island republic of Palau this month to monitor a plebiscite in which voters will consider a ''compact of free association'' with the United States. The accord would leave Palau independent, but give the United States responsibility for defense. The request for observers came from the United States Mission here.
  • AROUND THE WORLD; PALAU VOTERS APPROVE NEW ACCORD WITH U.S.

    • The residents of this Western Pacific island nation approved a new political and military relationship with the United States on Friday that calls for nearly $1 billion in American aid. The archipelago, 600 miles east of the Philippines, is a potential area for United States military installations.
  • [$] PACIFIC ISLE BLOCKS NUCLEAR ACCORD WITH U.S.

    • A proposed compact that would have allowed the United States to bring in and store nuclear weapons in this Pacific island state was overturned today by a special tribunal here. Palau's Constitution prohibits the introduction of nuclear weapons. A special Palau appeals court said the Compact of Free Association had not been properly approved by the voters.
  • Palau Balking at U.S. Compact

    • LEAD: A new political agreement with the United States appeared today to be falling short of approval in a referendum, and the Government of this Pacific nation said it was laying off two-thirds of its employees as a result.
  • Palau Chooses Link With U.S.

    • LEAD: The people of Palau have approved new links with the United States, ending the Pacific island group's status as the world's last United Nations trust territory.
  • Trade Pact on Gene-Altered Goods to Take Effect in 90 Days

    • Cartegena Protocol on Biosafety, multinational agreement restricting exports of genetically-altered seeds, animals and crops, will take effect Sept 11 following recent ratification by Palau; US has not yet ratified treaty, but will require that exporters to countries covered by agreement follow its provisions; under new agreement countries may block imports of genetically-modified products they deem threat to their environment
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