Nauru
Republic of Nauru
Naoero
CAPITAL: There is no formal capital. The seat of government is in the district of Yaren.
FLAG: The flag has a blue background divided horizontally by a narrow gold band,...
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Nauru
Located 4,023 kilometers (2,500 miles) southwest of Hawaii, the island of Nauru has an area of 21 square kilometers (8.11 square miles)—about six times the size of New York's Centr...
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Nauru
POPULATION 12,329CHRISTIAN 84 percentBUDDHIST 15 percentOTHER 1 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Republic of Nauru, a single, raised coral island located in the Pacific Ocean, is 2...
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Area: 21.2 sq km (8.2 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 10,100Capital: Government offices in Yaren districtHead of state and government:
President
Ludwig
Scotty
Nauru
entered 2006 without its air ...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan has defended a rice donation to Nauru as
humanitarian aid even though the Pacific island state sold the rice
on the market, triggering an Australian pr...
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Sydney (dpa) - Myanmar asylum-seekers will be flown this month
from immigration detention on the Pacific island of Nauru to
Australia, where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd vowed ...
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Sydney (dpa) - Australia has asked Indonesia to take back a group
of 85 Sri Lankan asylum seekers that last week were taken aboard an
Australian navy ship near its Indian Oc...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan's South Pacific allies, fearing being
drowned by rising sea water, are seeking help from Taiwan, a
newspaper said on Friday.
The China T...
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Australia said Wednesday that it has struck a deal with the
United States under which the two countries will exchange asylum
seekers intercepted at sea and currently being held at offshore
d...
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CANBERRA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Australia on Monday accepted
seven asylum seekers from Myanmar as refugees as the country's
new Labor government began unwinding tough immigration laws
which force boa...
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CANBERRA, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Australia's navy has rescued 18
people from a sinking boat off the country's remote north-west
coast, a military spokesman said on Wednesday. The people, who have not ...
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Taipei (dpa) - Taiwan Vice President Annette Lu was to leave for
three allied Pacific island states Monday night to cement ties in the
face of China's growing efforts to cou...
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