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A new Guantanamo in the Marianas?

Saipan, CNMI: Now that President Obama has ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre within the year, Northern Mariana’s Republican, Ray Yumul is proposing the U.S. government build a similar facility

Company files $1.8 million against two Nauru corporations

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Saipan, CNMI: A company in the Bahamas has filed a $1.8 million lawsuit in the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas (CNMI) against two corporations controlled by the Republic of Nauru

CNMI foreign investors, retirees also face losing status

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Saipan, CNMI: Foreign investors and foreign retirees --just like nonresident workers-- face losing their immigration status if they are outside the CNMI by June 1, 2009

CNMI entry permits not valid after 01 June

Saipan, CNMI: Anyone outside the CNMI who has a CNMI Immigration status will lose that status when the federalization law takes effect on 01 June, 2009

CNMI business sector upbeat on Obama presidency

Saipan, CNMI: The  local business community is hoping that the Barrack Obama presidency will usher in a new era in CNMI-U.S. relations

Russian carrier eyes Marianas market

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Saipan, CNMI: Russian airline Vladivostok Avia has responded to growing demand from travellers in eastern Russia who want to visit to Saipan, Tinian and Rota

US$80,000 worth of ‘ice’ seized in CNMI

SAIPAN, CNMI: A random check on a man who was driving without a seatbelt yielded the second biggest haul of illegal drugs so far in the  Commonwealth of Northern Marianas (

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