City Council postpones action on Oneula Beach Park’s cement barriers
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Cement barriers line Oneula Beach Park in Ewa Beach.
Basic Health Hawaii causing complications

Federal lawsuit filed against State Department of Human Services

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Testifiers at a January 25 Department of Human Services (DHS) meeting on proposed changes to health care rules were concerned about sufficiently voicing their testimony due to miscommunication and a lack of translators.
Waialua Farmers Market is country in the country
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Costa Rica: U.S. warships cause unease

Costa Rica is wary of plans to allow U.S. Naval ships to dock on its shores

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U.S. Navy sailors walk past the USS Iwo Jima, docked on the Hudson River during on May 22, 2009 in New York City.
OHA considers legal action to protect cultural sites against Army Stryker vehicles
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Above: Col. Matthew Margotta, commander, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, assists local native Hawaiian community leaders with the planting of an Ulu tree following the Native Hawaiian Covenant signing between the local Hawaiian community and U.S. Army-Hawaii on March 24. Below: Soldiers from Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division train on their Stryker vehicle during Exercise Key Resolve at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, Korea.
8 million suffering: Pakistan disaster is not ‘standard seasonal flooding’

Aid groups struggle to reach devastated regions as flood waters leave millions homeless

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Pakistani flood-affected families travel through water as they return home to Bassera village in Punjab province on August 20.