03/02/2005: 
Nauru
Facts About Nauru You May Not Have Known
from the Belfast Telegraph
This Pacific Island nation, only 21sq km in total and the smallest republic in the world, hit the headlines three years ago when it agreed to a request from Australia to accommodate 800 asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iraq. Descended from seafaring Polynesians and Melanesians, Nauru's native inhabitants traditionally believed in a female deity, Eijebong, and a spirit island called Buitani.
Some more sleuthing about Nauru could be just what the the doctor ordered...
