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Stories
Tongan mission in high level talks ahead of China's leadership transit
As the National People's Congress meets in Beijing to usher in a new leadership team, a delegation from Tonga has just returned from a successful mission to China.
The voters of Palau reject incumbent President
While Barack Obama may have won a second term in the White House, there's no such joy in the former US territory of Palau, where voters have thrown out the incumbent President, Johnson Toribiong.
A new Pacific shipping groups aims for improved safety
For a tourist, the prospect of taking a ferry between Pacific islands may seem like an idyllic way to spend a day.
Oceanographer questions analysis of PNG seafloor mine data
An Australian scientist has raised further concerns about the environmental impact statement for the world's first seafloor mine off New Ireland in Papua New Guinea.
A brawn drain of Pacific rugby players to richer countries
When it comes to rugby, countries like Fiji and Samoa and Tonga have produced some of the biggest and the best and they're showcasing their talent over the next few weeks in Europe for a series of Test matches.
Climate change among Obama's second term wish list
It was the election analysts told us was too close to call but Democrat President Barack Obama easily won a second term, defeating Republican contender, Mitt Romney.
Hard road ahead for Obama's second term
With a second term in the White House now secured, President Barack Obama is facing a looming financial crisis and a bitterly divided Congress.
Obama needs deeper engagement with Pacific Island states - academic
China is outspending the United States in providing aid to Pacific Island states.
Run off election to determine American Samoan leaders
A run off election will be held in American Samoa to elect a new Governor.
Australia says Obama may pursue a more ambitious foreign policy
The Foreign Minister Bob Carr is expecting the President to pursue an ambitious foreign policy agenda in his second term.
Soul searching for Republicans after Romney defeat
The fight is over for President Obama's Republican challenger Mitt Romney, now the soul searching begins.
Florida win "icing on the cake" for Obama - Mann
For more on the US election, the ABC's Michael Rowland in Washingon where he's been speaking to Thomas Mann -- a Senior Fellow at the The Brookings Institution.
Protests in Australia to support Nauru asylum seekers
It's now over a week since hundreds of asylum seekers on Nauru began their hunger strike, protesting conditions on the detention centre on the island.
DNA tests confirmed beached NZ whales were never before seen species
A dead whale and its baby that washed up on a beach near the Bay of Plenty in New Zealand has been identified as the world's rarest whale species, which had never before been sighted in the flesh.
Barrier Reef rescue plan checks Red Sea corals
As concerns grow for the future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef scientists are taking conservation to a molecular level.
SPREP helps in review of Micronesian conservation
Let us now look to the Federated States of Micronesia, and a recent conference held there to review work already done and the future plans to preserve the environment.
Universities planning online Pacific history course
Next week in Nadi academics from the University of the South Pacific and other institutions will meet to begin the next planning workshop on a new online Pacific history course.
Fiji resort re-open after fire
In Fiji, a major tourist resort that was partially gutted by fire last week is again accepting guests, but the cause of the blaze is not yet been made public.
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