Pacific Islands Cancer News

WHO says prevention is key to tackling cancer in the Pacific
Radio Australia News
In 2008, the Western Pacific accounted for 32 per cent of the world's cancer sufferers. "Cancer is one of the one of the main non-communicable diseases that we're trying to address in the Pacific," the WHO's Coordinator of Noncommunicable Disease (NCD) ...

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Sarah prepares to take on Pacific
This is Leicestershire
Round the world adventurer Sarah Outen is preparing for the next stage of her 30-month voyage – rowing solo 4500 miles across the Pacific Ocean. Sarah, 26, of Oakham, is spending the winter at a marina south of Choshi on Honshu, Japan's largest island.

Flathead Beacon
Black Star Barter Attracts Spectacular, Inspirational Offerings
Flathead Beacon
More than a thousand spectators, some from as far away as the South Pacific, found out Saturday during the Whitefish Winter Carnival and Black Star Beer Barter, hosted at the Great Northern Brewing Company. Everything from an old bus to a fire dance ...

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Companies invited to join PIC's Race around the River this Sat.
Saipan Tribune
By Clarissa David Pacific Islands Club expects to boost its duck sales days before the 2012 Duck Race for Cancer. “I am sure we will surpass that number this week as it is closer to the race. We always sell a lot as race day approaches,” Sports and ...

Governor's Weekly Address: An Appeal for Bone Marrow Donations to Help Save 2 ...
Pacific News Center
Their lives can be saved if a suitable bone marrow match can be found from a donor of Pacific Island and Asian decent. Governor Calvo devotes his weekly message to an appeal for volunteers saying: "Joey Tyquiengco and Janet Liang need your help .

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On This Day in History
The Province
The $1.5 billion project, spearheaded by the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Railways, will open June 26, 1979. 1952: Princess Elizabeth, 25, and her husband, Philip, 30, are in a tree hut in Kenya's Royal Aberdare Game Reserve, watching big ...

Director puts soul into film
Victoria Times Colonist
Foreverland, which screens today at the Odeon at 12:15 pm, was a labour of love for McGuire, who as a child was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, the genetic degenerative lung disease that he has never let get in the way of his dreams.

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Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic
Times LIVE
A tourist walks along a beach littered with seaweed and plastic bottles in Nusa Dua, on Indonesia's Bali island. On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, ...

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Black Star Beer Barter Heats Up Whitefish, Montana
MarketWatch (press release)
Contestants traveled in from as far as the South Pacific and Portland, Oregon to compete for their chance at a year's supply of Black Star beer. It was clear from the start that this year's contestants were serious about winning the fifty-two cases of ...

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Events calendar
Monterey County Herald
American Cancer Society Discovery Shop presents "Have A Heart!" 10a.m.-6p.m. Saturday, noon-5p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop,198 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

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Events calendar
Monterey County Herald
American Cancer Society Discovery Shop presents "Have A Heart!" 10a.m.-6p.m. Saturday, noon-5p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop,198 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

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Events calendar
Monterey County Herald
American Cancer Society Discovery Shop presents "Have A Heart!" 10a.m.-6p.m. Saturday, noon-5p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop,198 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

Events calendar
Monterey County Herald
American Cancer Society Discovery Shop presents "Have A Heart!" 10a.m.-6p.m. Saturday, noon-5p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11-12, at the American Cancer Society Discovery Shop,198 Country Club Gate, Pacific Grove. Proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society.

Local news
Pacific Daily News
Today is World Cancer Day, when organizations and individuals will be spreading awareness that ending cancer should be a global health priority, according to Relay for Life of Guam. The Empire State Building will be lit blue and orange Friday evening ...

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Local news
Pacific Daily News
Today is World Cancer Day, when organizations and individuals will be spreading awareness that ending cancer should be a global health priority, according to Relay for Life of Guam. The Empire State Building will be lit blue and orange Friday evening ...

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OnEarth Magazine (blog)
The Battle for Jeju Island: How the Arms Race is Threatening a Korean Paradise
OnEarth Magazine (blog)
It is also known as Peace Island. Now, the proposed base is near a UNESCO-designated Biosphere Reserve, which is also a nationally designed environmental protection area. Indo-Pacific bottle-nosed dolphins spawn there because of the rich biodiversity ...

AP News in Brief at 11:58 pm EST
Newsday
___ Top official quits, some affiliates upset as Komen cancer fund cuts Planned Parenthood grants NEW YORK (AP) -- The renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure faced an escalating backlash Thursday over its decision to cut breast ...

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Community Calendar | February 3-11
Bainbridge Island Review
A new Wednesday meeting starts at 5 pm at Island Terrace Apts Community Room, corner of High School Rd. and Ferncliff. Info: Call 780-0121. Grief Support Group: Support for anyone who has lost a loved one, will begin in September and meet on the second ...

PhysOrg.com
Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic
PhysOrg.com
On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken for food. That sad and surreal sight, ...

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Community Extra: Calendar
HeraldNet
Landlord and Tenant Seminar: The Dispute Resolution Center of Snohomish and Island Counties are offering a three-hour course in landlord and tenant law, and assistance to help people with problematic rental history in getting affordable housing.