Topic: Oceania
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard will address a joint session of the US Congress and meet President Barack Obama on a visit next month to mark 60 years of alliance, officials said Wednesday.Gillard, paying her first visit to the United States since ...
Report: Republican legislator in Guam declares victory in US territory's gubernatorial raceA Republican legislator on Guam has declared victory in the U.S. territory's gubernatorial race.The Pacific Daily News reports that Republican Sen. Eddie Calvo declared victory in Tuesday's general election, though rival ...
According to David Brooks a survey of Popular Culture showed that roughly 90 percent of professors in the arts and sciences that are registered with political parties, were registered as Democrats (Brooks 2003). Another somewhat disturbing suggestion Brooks makes is that is ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority government following last month's dead-heat elections.Labor has promised to ...
Early History The original inhabitants of the islands were Micronesians. In 1914, during World War I, Japan seized the Northern Marianas and later secured them as a mandate under the League of Nations. In 1976 the islands moved toward becoming a commonwealth ...
Obama administration tries to block court review in case of 5 ethnic Chinese Muslims at GitmoThe Obama administration on Thursday sought to block further court review in the case of five Chinese Muslims held at Guantanamo Bay who want to be sent ...
Health care crunch time leads Obama to delay Asia trip as Congress tries to pass big overhaul President Barack Obama has delayed his visit to Asia, his first international trip of the year, to focus on the push to salvage health care ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his final push for a healthcare overhaul, White House officials said on Friday.Obama, who had been scheduled to leave on ...
Australia was considering a fresh request from the United States to resettle a group of inmates from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, officials said Saturday. "Australia has received another request from the United States and the matter is being considered," a foreign ...
Clinton to deliver her 'women's empowerment' message to an exotic corner of the South PacificRarely does Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton venture abroad without pushing the case for " women empowerment," a signature issue of her nearly one-year tenure as the ...
