![Roadside salt ponds of Kiritimati Island. These ponds are home to productive milkfish fisheries for the island residents.](http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2010/11/30/science/30saw_ponds/30saw_ponds-blog480.jpg)
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Posted at 00:01 on 14 December, 2010 UTC
Millions of dollars is to be spent to improve the safety and sustainability of key roads on Kiribati’s main island.
The Asian Development Bank along with the World Bank and the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility is providing the funding for the improvements.
They will see 27 point five kilometres of main road and 6 kilometres of feeder roads on South Tarawa rehabilitated, with the ADB providing 12 million US dollars…
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13/12/2010 11:43 The FINANCIAL --
The Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank Group and the Pacific Regional Infrastructure Facility (PRIF) are to help Kiribati rehabilitate and upgrade its road network in South Tarawa.
The ADB Board of Directors approved loan funds equivalent to $12 million for the Road Rehabilitation Project, which will improve the safety and sustainability of South Tarawa’s roads.
According to ADB, the project will rehabilitate 27.5 kilometers…
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HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 13 (acn)
The president of the Republic of Kiribati, Anote Tong, is in Cuba for an official visit at the invitation of the Cuban government. During his stay in the island, the visitor will hold official talks with his counterpart Raul Castro.
Tong was welcomed at Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport by Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera. Speaking to journalists, the head of state of Kiribati said he was very pleased to be in Cuba for the…
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A bone fragment found on the deserted island of Nikumaroro could belong to Amelia Earhart.
Kamil Zawadzki
Researchers say a tiny bone fragment found on the uninhabited Kiribati island of Nikumaroro is likely to belong to either a turtle or legendary pilot Amelia Earhart, according to Discovery News.
Earhart made history - and mystery - when she…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Serafina Silaitoga Sunday, December 12, 2010
THE Banaban Child Welfare Committee desperately needs money to meet academic needs of children between the ages of six to 14. The welfare needs about $100,000 to help these children including the mentally challenged and those with disabilities. Social worker on Rabi Island Terikano Takesau said she had started working with the committee to help them meet their target and put the children in school.
Ms Takesau, who…
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By Chris Cermak Dec 10, 2010, 16:36 GMT
Cancun, Mexico - Citizens of Kiribati have a simple but expensive demand for a sea wall to keep their small island from vanishing into the Pacific Ocean as global warming causes a rise in sea levels round the globe.
Anote Tong, the island's president, said he always gives them the same answer: 'We don't have the resources.' Protection from rising sea levels could run in the hundreds of millions of…
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Aio te bana ni kauring nakoia ara koraki n I-Kiribati aika a roroko i Nadi ba kam bia taratarai ngkami mairouia aine (mai Rabi) aika a bubutimaai nakon aia auti. Ngkana ko bon aki kinaia aine aikai ao karaurau n iango raoi imain ae ko iriia nakon aia auti. I taekina aio ba a maiti kaimoa ao kain Kiribati tabeman aika a kaongoai aroia aine aikai. Aikai tabeua karakinaia aine aikai ma aia waaki ni mamanaia ao n aonikaia ara koraki n I-Kiribati. 1) Iai temanna kain Kiribati ae e a tiba roko i…
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Published online 8 December 2010 | Nature 468, 739-740 (2010) | doi:10.1038/468739a
News
Pacific nations to restrict fishing across a vast swathe of international waters.
Christopher…
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ABC RADIO PACIFIC BEAT Updated December 7, 2010 17:53:14
Free public access computers for children could soon be coming to the Pacific.
India's Hole In The Wall company is expecting final approval from the Ministry of External affairs early next year.
That will see free computer 'learning stations' installed in Fiji, PNG, Nauru, Kiribati and Vanuatu.
The project began as an experiment a decade ago ... placing a single computer in the wall of a New Delhi slum, then…
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FIJI TIMES ONLINE Serafina Silaitoga Wednesday, December 08, 2010
MAINTAINING strong links with their history, the Banaban community will next week remember the arrival of their ancestors on the island of Rabi.
With an organised weeklong festival, the people of Rabi will hold traditional activities to remember their ancestors.
Islander Terikano Takesau said islanders from around the country and abroad have already arrived for the annual event. "It's a special day for us…
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ABC RADIO PACIFIC BEAT Updated December 7, 2010 09:28:59
An excellent radio interveiw with our good friend Prof Grant McCall who is an expert on Easter Island. He is talking from Suva, Fiji regarding the Escalating Fight on Rapa Nui (EASTER ISLAND) by Chilean troops over traditional land. Grant will be arriving on Rabi this weekend for 15…
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Ti a kaotia ma te nanokawai ba atia ni weteai man te maiu aei Raratu Buren ao Nei Reiango Are. Raratu e motirawa i Savusavu i mwiin wenena n aoraki. E kaiaki rabatana i Rambi.
Nei Reiango e motirawa n te O-n-aorai i Nuku n te Kaonobong 4/12/2010 ngkebong ao e kaweneai rabatana n aia auti ana aro i Nadoi.
Taeka n rainanoanga nakoia utu ae a taonaki n te rawawata inanon buaia raoia aika a tangiraki. Akea ae ona n anganira raun nanora bon ti Te Atua.
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Kiribati, a chain of low-lying South Pacific islands, is to host a conference addressing the impacts of climate change on some of the world's most vulnerable countries
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FBCL News Sunday, November 28, 2010
The upgrade from cyclone alert to cyclone warning has prompted the Disaster Management Council, DISMAC to activate all its emergency operation centres in the western division.
While advising the western public to take precautionary measures, Director DISMAC, Pajiliai Dobui says those in the central division should also prepare…
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FijiVillage.com Publish date/time: 28/11/2010 [13:10]
A gale warning is now in force for Yasawa Mamanuca groups, Western half of Vitilevu, Vatulele, Beqa, Kadavu and nearby smaller islands while a tropical cyclone warning remains in force for the rest of Fiji.
A strong wind warning also remains in force for the Fiji group.
A tropical depression was located at 17 decimal 6 South 173 decimal 1 East or about 460km West of Nadi at…
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Kam na mauri riki kaain abara!
Ngkai ea manga kaan naba banen te ririki aio ao ea manga roko naba te mari ae korakora iaon Rambi ba ea manga kawa naba te manai ao ea nako kain te kang-manai mai tabon Rambi nako tabona. Irarikin naba aei ao a bon mori uaan mangko are tarataraana ba ana manga aki ooia naba kaain Suva. A bon amarake aomata ao maan ni kiba ao aika a kawakawa. Ea nako naba uaan te mai iai aika a kiri-tenua ao a kiri-aua ao ea nako naba kanakin te mai. A tabe n uun…
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Nakoimi kaain abara ae Rambi
Ti kukurei ni kaoi ngkami nakon te Launching n aia Volume 1 kaain te kirabu n anene ae te "Rabi Boys Swingers"
Ena karaoaki te Launching aio n maneaban te kawa ae Tabwewa i Nuku nakon te Kaonobong 27th November 2010 n te aoa 1.00PM.
Kona uota boon am CD ae $25.00 ao ena FREE te nangkona ao te amarake ao iai naba te bao ni kaokioki imwiin te kaetieti.
Ana iai naba taian kamataku aika ana kanakoaki n te…
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