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Micronesia Islands Seek Help
July 17, 2009 | AFP News

The President of the Federated States of Micronesia has appealed for international help because his islands are going to be submerged by rising sea levels. Micronesia is an area in the Pacific Ocean, northeast of Australia, with hundreds of small islands, many of which have high points that are just a few feet above sea level.


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