Topic - Kiribati

), officially the Republic of Kiribati, is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean. It is composed of 32 atolls and one raised coral island, dispersed over 3.5 million square kilometres, (1,351,000 square miles) straddling the equator, and bordering the International Date Line at its easternmost point. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - This Jan. 28, 2018, file photo released by the New Zealand Defense Force shows a wooden dinghy, left, carrying seven survivors from a missing ferry and a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean. The crew of an overloaded ferry that sank near the Pacific nation of Kiribati last year killing 95 people was drunk and the flimsy catamaran was not licensed to carry passengers, an inquiry has found. (New Zealand Defense Force via AP, File)

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In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, locals on a warehouse rooftop display the national flag while watching Taiwan fighter jets practice during military exercises in Chiayi, central Taiwan. Taiwan reported on Sept. 18 that China had sent 18 planes into its airspace defense identification zone, prompting the island nation to scramble fighter jets and put its air-defense system on alert. (AP Photo/Wally Santana, File) **FILE**

Kiribati cuts ties with Taiwan, presaging switch to China

By RALPH JENNINGS - Associated Press

Facing down the rising sea levels

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The first winners of the Sunhak Peace Prize were announced Monday June 8, 2015 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., by (left to right) academics Thomas G. Walsh, chairman of the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation; Il-Sik Hong, chairman of the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee; and Man-Ho Kim, board member of the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation. The winners — Kiribati President Anote Tong and Indian fisheries scientist M. V. Gupta — will both receive $500,000, a medal, certificate and a chance to present their activities to an audience of 1,000 world dignitaries on Aug. 28 in Seoul. (Cheryl Wetzstein/The Washington Times)

$1M Sunhak Peace Prize names first two winners

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**FILE** This Monday, May 22, 2006 file photo provided by Mary Sage shows a polar bear watching a whaling crew off shore near Barrow, Alaska. Polar bears were declared as a threatened species by the Interior Department on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 saying polar bears must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming. (AP Photo/Courtesy of Mary Sage, Joseph Napaaqtuq Sage) ** NO SALES **

Pacific man seeks asylum in New Zealand as climate change refugee

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

**FILE** Tarawa atoll, Kiribati, is seen in an aerial view on March 30, 2004. (Associated Press)

Pacific nation may buy Fiji land as climate refuge

By Nick Perry - Associated Press

Entire Pacific nation could one day move to Fiji

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