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 by Staff Writers Sydney (AFP) Aug 4, 2020
Three Micronesian sailors stranded on a tiny island in the remote Western Pacific were rescued after Australian and US warplanes spotted a giant "SOS" they had scrawled on the beach, officials said. The Australian Defence Force said it found the men Sunday on tiny Pikelot Island, about 190 kilometres (115 miles) from where they set sail three days earlier. The men blew off course and ran out of fuel in a seven-metre (23-foot) skiff between two of the 600-plus islands and atolls that make up Micronesia. Alerted by the Pacific Rescue and Coordination Centre in Guam, US and Australian military aircraft joined the search for the missing vessel and spotted their SOS message Sunday. A helicopter dispatched from Australia's HMAS Canberra flew to the island with food and water and found the three men in good condition. A Micronesia patrol vessel was then sent to recover the men, the Australian Defence Force said.
Ancient Polynesians, Native Americans made contact before Europeans arrived Washington DC (UPI) Jul 08, 2020 Ancient Polynesians and Native Americans hailing from what's now Colombia were in contact prior to the arrival of Europeans, according to a new genomic survey. The topic of precolonial interaction between Polynesians and Native Americans has been debated for several decades. Proponents of precolonial contact point to a word for a staple crop, the sweet potato, shared by the two groups - one of several cultural commonalities between Ancient Polynesians and Native Americans. But cr ... read more
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