Word: palau
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...force" at Tiananmen Square. But Bush's gesture no doubt delighted his conservative base. After the service, he stood outside the church with his arm around the female minister who had just delivered a sermon on loving one's oppressor. Joined by Laura Bush and U.S. evangelist Luis Palau--and a smiling choir to boot--Bush insisted that the Chinese government "not fear Christians." The President, often portrayed abroad as an arrogant Texan bully, had found a more appealing niche: a sightseer with a higher purpose...
...embrace. Lying between Asia and the rich markets of the United States, Australia and New Zealand, the islands are perfectly placed for transpacific smuggling. They're eager to attract tourists and investors, but their undersized police forces and outdated drug laws are easy to exploit. The Philippines, Guam, Palau and the Marianas have long been pit stops for drug traffickers, and police have warned for years that South Pacific states are also at risk. Transnational crime syndicates "are highly sophisticated and mobile," says Superintendent Larry Reid, acting national crime manager for the New Zealand police. "Their ability to move around...
...embrace. Lying between Asia and the rich markets of North America, Australia and New Zealand, the islands are perfectly placed for trans-Pacific smuggling. They're eager to attract tourists and investors, and their undersized police forces and outdated drug laws are easy to exploit. The Philippines, Guam, Palau and the Marianas have long been pit stops for drug and people traffickers, and police have warned for years that South Pacific states are also at risk. Transnational crime syndicates "are highly sophisticated and mobile," says Superintendent Larry Reid, acting national crime manager for the New Zealand police. "Their ability...
...well as paranoia and convulsions. Countries like Australia and New Zealand (where high-purity crystal meth is fast displacing less potent forms of the drug) are robust enough to absorb some of the damage. Island societies are not. Ice abuse has caused social and economic mayhem in Guam, Palau and Hawaii, says Shaun Evans, law enforcement adviser to the Pacific Islands Forum. Just as worrying, he says, it's brought other crime in its wake: "In the past, organized criminals stuck to one commodity, like heroin or lsd. Now we have polycriminals. Anything that will make money, they will...
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