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7.0-magnitude quake in remote Northern Mariana Islands

Agence France-PresseMay 13, 2013 22:30
A deep 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near the Northern Mariana Islands in the western Pacific on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit 42 kilometres (26 miles) west of Agrihan and 395 kilometres north of the main island Saipan, but it was at a depth of 603 kilometres and seismologists said it was too deep to cause any impact. "Obviously people may get a small shake but there's hardly any population around there," Geoscience Australia seismologist David Jepson told AFP.

Seven decades on, Japan looks for WWII remains

April 9, 2013 22:45
Tears roll down Heitaro Matsumoto's face as the 72-year-old businessman talks of an uncle who died on Guam as a Japanese soldier in the hopeless final weeks of World War II. The remains of Goro Matsumoto, in his mid-20s at the time of his death, have never been recovered. Nor have those of 18,000 other Japanese soldiers who died on the island, now a tropical vacation spot for Japanese tourists.

No panic in Guam over N.Korea threats

April 8, 2013 23:15
Guam resident Gina Tabonares-Reilly refuses to let North Korea's apocalyptic threats against her island home disrupt daily life, saying it would be "suicide" for Pyongyang to launch an attack. Like many in the US territory in the western Pacific, she remains more concerned about the danger posed by the typhoons that regularly lash the island than the prospect of a missile strike from the hermit state. "At home, we discuss it from time to time but we are not making any preparations because we know that it's just sabre rattling," the 45-year-old told AFP.

North Korea says ready for combat as sanctions tighten

March 26, 2013 03:30
By Jack Kim and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea repeated threats on Tuesday to target U.S. military bases as Washington and its allies tightened economic sanctions against the isolated country by targeting Pyongyang's main foreign exchange bank with new measures.

Knifeman kills three, injures 11 in Guam tourist attack

February 13, 2013 00:30
Three people were killed and 11 injured -- most believed to be Japanese -- when a crazed motorist went on a stabbing spree in a tourist strip in the Pacific nation of Guam, police said Wednesday. The attack occurred late Tuesday when a man drove his car up a pavement near the Outrigger Guam Resort then rammed into a convenience store before jumping out of the vehicle and stabbing bystanders. Police said a 20-year-old man, whose name has not been released, was arrested after the attack but they had not yet determined any motive.

Japanese tourists killed in Guam stabbing spree

February 12, 2013 21:45
At least two Japanese tourists were killed and 11 wounded when a knife-wielding man went on a stabbing spree outside a resort in the Pacific island nation of Guam, officials said Wednesday. The attack occurred late Tuesday when the man drove his car up a pavement near the Outrigger Guam Resort and rammed it into a convenience store, before jumping out and stabbing bystanders. The Japanese foreign ministry said it had been informed of two fatalities and 11 injuries.

Australia to check Nauru 'concentration camp' claim

February 6, 2013 01:45
Immigration Minister Brendan O'Connor Wednesday vowed to visit Australia's refugee centre on Nauru as a priority after a nurse likened it to a "concentration camp" where she had witnessed attempted suicides. Marianne Evers, a veteran nurse who worked at the remote Pacific camp for three weeks last year, said she had repeatedly seen detainees self-harming and been told of assaults before she quit.
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