South Pacific tragedy: The island that had (and lost) everything

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• February 21, 2008
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  South Pacific tragedy: The island that had (and lost) everything

  Posted: February 21st, 2008, 3:04pm by JessicaLaurie

  Twenty years ago, the people of Nauru had the highest per capita income in the world. Today they are destitute: their natural resources exhausted, their wealth (and health) squandered, and their future scarcely imaginable.

  Channel: Travel Tags: south pacific tragedy island people nauru