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Transparency Vanuatu latest group to raise election concerns
Transparency International Vanuatu has raised its concerns about the conduct of candidates contesting next week's national election.
PNG PM calls on BHP Billiton to hand back control of PNGSDP
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister, Peter O'Neill, has called on BHP Billiton to hand control of board appointments to the PNG Sustainable Development Program Ltd, to Papua New Guinea.
PNG courts block Madang fishing project funding
A Papua New Guinea court has ordered a block on any futher work on the controversial "Pacific Marine Industrial Zone" project.
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Defence on a Pacific tour
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Defence, Senator David Feeney is on a high level tour of Pacific countries with an agenda concentrating on the importance of a coordinated regional approach to security issues During a visit to New Caledonia, Senator Feeney met France's High Commissioner to New Caledonia, Albert Dupuy and acknowledged the active and positive role that France plays in supporting regional security.
Turmeric investigated as a cure for Malaria
Malaria is widespread in Asia and parts of the Pacific and continues to claim lives every year.
New movie aims to boost efforts to save New Zealand's eels
The longfin eel is an essential food for New Zealand's Maori, but it's under threat from numerous environmental factors.
Allegations inmate needed amputation after beating by Fiji soldiers
Five inmates who escaped from Naboro Prison in September and were subsequently recaptured are at the centre of allegations of police brutality in Fiji.
TB incidence in PNG greater than previous estimates
The aid agency AusAID has been pumping money into health services in Papua New Guinea's Western Province to help fight TB, since Australia stopped funding clinics in Torres Strait which used to treat PNG nationals.
UN opens public dialogue on development priorities
Today is United Nations Day - and to coincide with the 67th anniversary of the UN's formation, Papua New Guinea is today launching a post-2015 national dialogue process, to gauge public opinion on what PNG's development priorities should be after the Millennium Development Goals expire.
PNG NGO calls for public naming of gun owners
An organisation in PNG calling itself "Angels of Change - ordinary people doing extraordinary things" has issued an urgent notice urging the public to identify owners of high-powered guns.
Fresh blow for Solomons PM ahead of no-confidence vote
Solomon Islands Opposition leader Derek Sikua says seven MPs have openly declared they can no longer work with the government.
Asylum seeker on Nauru in 12th day of hunger strike
The Australian Immigration Department has confirmed that a male asylum seeker on Nauru has now been on hunger strike for 12 days.
Clarence House reveals royal PNG visit details
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, will head to Papua New Guinea on November for a much-heralded two day visit.
PNG's population eyes resource profits
A new study looks at the prospects of the profits from PNG's multi-billion dollar mining projects filtering down to the 80 per cent of the population who live a subsistence lifestyle.
Australian inquiry opens into Fiji ginger imports
In Australia, efforts to block ginger imports from Fiji are gathering strength.
Wallabies still celebrating last game of season
It was a huge weekend between the Wallabies and the All Blacks and there was no love lost between the two sides.
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