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Pacific nation Nauru to change name in break from colonial past (www.ctvnews.ca)
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[โ€“] riskable@programming.dev 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

7.7 square mile nation that's 80% uninhabitable due to mining phosphates with approximately 10,000 people in the middle of nowhere finally makes the news again after decades of nothing happening.

[โ€“] Pronell@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Nauru makes the news semi-regularly as it is a haven for money laundering.