New evidence of ancient Polynesian contact with the Americas is being presented at this year’s Easter Island and the Pacific Conference.The eighth Easter Island and the Pacific Conference is being
A prominent US lawmaker has asked the small South Pacific island nation Tuvalu to stop reflagging Iranian oil tankers and warned its government of the risks of running afoul of US sanctions.
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CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Islamist-dominated parliament opened a new front in the country's leadership showdowns Tuesday by meeting in defiance of or
NEW YORK (AP) -- New research suggests that global warming increases the chances of heat waves in Texas, like the one that hit the state last yea
WASHINGTON (AP) -- They're young, healthy and flat broke - and now the government says they have to buy thousands of dollars' worth of medical in
A tribute to the late A.P. Lutali & Susana Lutali, and a Challenge
Dancers who are part of UNUKUPUKUPU, a community dance group out of Hawai'i Community College, perform at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on the National Mall in Washington, Friday, July 6, 2012.