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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Panama's national assembly approved extending territorial waters from 3 to 12 miles offshore, surrounding the seaward ends of the Panama Canal Zone. The bill awaits President Ernesto De La Guardia's signature; US treaty limits jurisdiction to 3 miles, which the US has not recognized beyond.
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PANAMA. (UP) Panama's national assembly gave its final approval Monday night extending the country's territorial waters 12 miles out from its shore. The territorial limit has been three miles.
The bill now goes to President Ernesto De La Guardia for his signature.
The extension completely surrounds the two seaward ends of the 10-mile-wide Panama Canal Zone. The United States by its treaty with Panama has jurisdiction over Canal Zone waters only out to the old three-mile limit.
The United States in the past has refused to recognize territorial claims beyond the three-mile limit.
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Panama
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Monday Night
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territorial waters extended to 12 miles, surrounding panama canal zone ends; us jurisdiction limited to 3 miles per treaty, which us refuses to recognize beyond.
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Panama's national assembly approved a bill extending territorial waters from 3 to 12 miles offshore. The bill goes to President Ernesto De La Guardia for signature. This extension surrounds the seaward ends of the 10-mile-wide Panama Canal Zone, where US treaty jurisdiction is only to the old 3-mile limit. The US has historically refused to recognize claims beyond 3 miles.