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...black man, across his back and legs as he lay on the ground. EAST ASIA The Wrath of Typhoon Chata'an A tropical storm lashed northern Japan, killing five people and leaving three missing. The deadly weather system had already claimed dozens of lives in the Philippines and Micronesia. Japanese authorities ordered more than 75,000 people to leave their homes north of Tokyo because of high winds, heavy rain, flooding and landslides. Officials said the storm caused 569 landslides in central and northern Japan, while floods destroyed at least 16 buildings and 10 bridges. Flights were also disrupted MEANWHILE...
...colored car coats and slinging toy kangaroos into the crowd, the Australians basked in the warmest applause. But beyond the nationalism there was much goodwill - toward the four athletes from East Timor, parading for the first time since their homeland's independence, as were teams from Eritrea, Palau and Micronesia. Even more stirring was the standing ovation given to the North and South Korean athletes, who, although they will compete separately, marched together in support of reunification. After all, said a North Korean official earlier in the week, "we are the same blood...
...damselfish, sharks, turtles, butterfly fish and stately Napoleon wrasses. The Blue Corner on the western reef is rated one of the world's top dive sites for its abundance of big fish. With 1,387 species at last count, Palau has more fish varieties than any other area of Micronesia. But a decade ago, all this was threatened by fishermen. A short boat ride from Ulong takes you to another channel that has been almost emptied of fish...
...campaigning have shown the majority of Palauans the logic behind conservation. "I don't think the next generation will eat turtle, for example," he says. His success in preserving Palau's marine life is also beginning to win over other Pacific islands. "The FSM [Federated States of Micronesia] and Pohnpei are planning to follow what we did," he says...
...YORK: Israel has a new friend at the United Nations: the Marshall Islands. The government of the tiny string of Pacific atolls (pop. 58,000) on Tuesday joined Israel's lonely stalwarts -- the United States and Micronesia -- in voting no to upgrading Palestinian status from observer to nonvoting member. "There's an overwhelming feeling in the U.N. that the Palestinians should have their own state," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "In trying to block that, the U.S. finds itself completely isolated, in an almost untenable position...