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Thieves ransack office of PNG corruption taskforce

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 17:07:26 +1100

Thieves have ransacked an office belonging to Papua New Guinea's anti-corruption taskforce, stealing laptop computers and files.

Tropical diseases wreak havoc in Pacific

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 13:14:04 +1100

A new health report has highlighted the need for urgent expanded elimination programs of neglected tropical diseases in Australia and the Pacific nations.

Fiji draft constitution on the way, says regime

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:38:42 +1100

The Fiji interim government now says a new draft constitution will be released later this month.

France denies construction at Moruroa nuclear site

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:36:50 +1100

The French Government says workers at the former nuclear site on French Polynesia's Moruroa atoll are undertaking maintenance, not construction.

PNG MP wants no delays on seabed mining project

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:12:15 +1100

A former planning minister is calling on the PNG government not to delay the country's first under-sea mining project "unnecessarily", saying it will bring huge benefits to the community.

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