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| | U.S. promotes opportunities in Pacific islands - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) |
 | | The aim is to promote opportunities in Guam, American Samoa, the Republic of Palau, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, as well as the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
 | | The main objective of the initiative is to move the islands' economies closer to self-sufficiency, said David B. Cohen, deputy assistant secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, who was in Honolulu to promote the conference. |
 | | Hawai'i is the closest state to six of the islands, with an established business community and strong educational institutions, he said. |
| the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jul/21/bz/bz12a.html (640 words) |
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