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    existent fear for the natives of the Marshall Islands. “In the heart of the Pacific Ocean halfway between Hawaii and Australia lies one of the most remote inhabited places on the planet. The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) consists of 29 coral atolls comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets, distributed across 750,000 square miles of tropical ocean in two nearly parallel chains” (Pacheco). With climate change becoming a bigger issue and ocean levels rising, the Marshallese are slowly watching

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    to be brought in front of the International Court of Justice. Many other islands like Kiribati and Trinidad are have similar issues. Eventually the cost will be high for all nations. K. Paragraph 46: Conclusion. Within the coming decades the atolls of Tuvalu

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    a small population with a saturated market of similar or same products and competitors with several outlets. SWOT analysis shows strengths and opportunities like authorized distribution and highlights opportunities of expansion within the various atolls in Maldives. It also revealed weaknesses like location and threats like saturated competition. The

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    With a former name of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and a conventional long form of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Marshall Islands is a country in Oceania. It is about halfway between Hawaii and Australia. Its capital city is Majuro. Marshallese is their official language and English is widely spoken as a second language. As of July 2013, their population was 69,747. The Marshall Islands has a very interesting history, government, economy, and many other things. The Marshall

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    Every once in a while we come across facts that change our perspective of the world. One such fact is the existence of countries which when put together can probably cover half of the area of some cities from the rest of the large countries around the globe. These countries, like most countries, have their own set of laws, governance, cultures and picturesque locales. 1. Vatican City. Spread across an area of 110 acres, the Vatican City is a country within the city of Rome. With a population of

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    Hope for Melal The book “Melal “by Robert Barclay takes place in 1981 in The Marshall Islands of the South Pacific. The people known as the Marshallese are the natives to these islands. Overtime other cultures began to settle on these islands also, such as the Spanish, Japanese, and Americans. Out of these three cultures the Americans were the most domineering and devastating to the Marshallese people. The Americans took over the Marshallese native land and forced all of them to live on one island

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    Consequences of a Close Relationship With The United States Based on (name of video here), there are numerous factors that contributed to chronic and infectious diseases increase in the Marshall Islands. However, all of the factors evolve around the lack of social and political reforms that favored residents. Instead, policies were geared toward furnishing the military forces. Consequently there are three distinct results of this relationship which is as follows: exposure to radiation, displacement

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    In 1944, the Marshall Islands were taken by the U.S from Japan, where they built a missile base in Kwajalein. Marshallese were known as the masters of the pacific because of the navigations they created and their nutrition which consisted of vitamins and minerals that they grew; breadfruit, taro, fish, minerals, and bananas. On March 1st, 1954 the biggest bomb exploded, having the Marshallese to think the powder was from heaven so they began to rub it on their skins, leading to severe burns. After

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    Bikini Atoll Scandal

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    I think the United States owes money to the people of Bikini Atoll as an apology for testing nuclear weapons there. Bikini Atoll was an island located northeast of Australia. An important historical event took place at the bikini atoll, in 1946 the United States took over the Bikini Atoll and tested nuclear weapons there from 1946 and 1958. One reason i think the united states owes money to the people of the bikini atoll as an apology is because the united states made the all the people that lived

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    Surrounded Islands

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    Surrounded Islands by Christo and Jeanne-Claude is an amazing example of environmental art. In Florida, during 1980-83 both of these artists used 6.5 million square feet of floating pink fabric that surrounded eleven islands. The main benefit from this project was they were able to remove forty tons of garbage from the uninhibited islands (nga.gov). According to Charlotte, the pink color was used to draw attention of the audiences and also make the island seem like it was floating more than it already

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