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On Wednesday morning, Saipan — a rural Pacific island, the theater of a World War II battle between the U.S. and Japan and, more recently, a scuba diving destination with lush golf courses ...
SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) — It was a peculiar setting to the final act in a legal drama that has now spanned the globe: a rural Western Pacific island, where visitors are usually tourists — attracted by laid-back resorts, snorkeling, diving and golf — and the furthermost reach of the United States.
Fueled by tourism, Saipan's economy is struggling to rebound after the coronavirus pandemic and a devastating typhoon in 2018, with a declining number of direct flights to the island vexing the ...
Saipan[2] (/ saɪˈpæn /) is the largest island and capital of the Northern Mariana Islands, a Territory of the United States in the western Pacific Ocean. According to 2020 estimates by the United States Census Bureau, the population of Saipan was 43,385. [3] Its people have been United States citizens since the 1980s.
List of newspapers in the Northern Mariana Islands. This is a list of newspapers in the Northern Mariana Islands . Marianas Business Journal – Saipan. Marianas Variety News & Views – Saipan. Saipan Tribune – Saipan.
Battle of Saipan. Marines take cover behind an M4 Sherman tank while clearing Japanese forces in northern Saipan, 8 July 1944. The Battle of Saipan was an amphibious assault launched by the United States against the Empire of Japan during the Pacific campaign of World War II between 15 June and 9 July 1944.
The pair clashed on the Pacific island of Saipan days before the 2002 World Cup, ending in a furious McCarthy sending Keane home from the team's training camp. ... Keane had given a newspaper ...
1972. (1972) Headquarters. Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands. Website. mvariety.com. Marianas Variety is a daily newspaper published in Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands, five times per week. It is owned by Younis Art Studio Inc. Marianas Variety is a member of the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Pacific Islands News Association.