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Yap (yăp, yäp), state (1990 pop. 10,886), c.47 sq mi (121 sq km), in the W Caroline Islands Caroline Islands, archipelago, c.830 sq mi (2,150 sq km), W Pacific, just north of the equator. The largest islands are Palau (Belau), Yap , Chuuk (Truk), Pohnpei (Ponape), and Kosrae. The islands are fertile and rich in minerals. ..... Click the link for more information. , W Pacific. One of four states comprising the Federated States of Micronesia Micronesia, Federated States of, independent nation (2005 est. pop. 108,000), c.271 sq mi (702 sq km), an island group in the W Pacific Ocean. It comprises four states: Kosrae, Pohnpei (formerly Ponape), Chuuk (formerly Truk), and Yap . ..... Click the link for more information. , the island group was formerly part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Yap is a communications center, the principal cable station of the Pacific and an important radio transmitting point. The Yap Islands consist of five closely grouped islands within a triangular coral reef. Discovered by the Spanish in 1791, Yap was sold to Germany in 1899. It became part of the Japanese-mandated area of the Pacific under the League of Nations in 1920 and fell to U.S. forces in 1945 during World War II. Yap is known for the stone disks used as money by the Micronesian natives. |
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| In the double homicide last month, police say, Melcher opened fire in the bar when he was told Yip wasn't there. City of Hope in Duarte has hired Richard Yip as director of the new High Throughput Screening Program and associate research scientist in the Division of Molecular Medicine as well as the Developmental Cancer Therapeutics Program. ASK LA COUR to soloist at New York City Ballet; FRANCES CHUNG and HANSUKE YAMAMOTO to soloists at SFB; HEATHER OGDEN and NEHEMIAH KISH to principal dancers at The National Ballet of Canada; SARAH, HILMER, JOSHUA REYNOLDS, EVAN SWENSON, and KELSEY YIP to company members at Atlanta Ballet. |
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