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History study debunks 'savage' islander myth

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SOUTH Pacific peoples had their own humanitarian rules of conflict well before the arrival of Europeans, a new history shows.

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Another hitch for Moti over child sex charges

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Former Solomon Islands attorney-general Julian Moti has hit yet another snag in his bid to have child sex charges dismissed.

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Climate change threatens region

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CAIRNS – Climate change poses an existential threat to the Pacific Island countries and may further aggravate conflicts over increasingly scarce resources, a high-level panel warned yesterday at the Pacific Island Forum in Cairns, Australia.

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Lifestyle diseases in Pacific are an emergency, forum hears

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THE greatest health challenge facing the people of the Pacific is how to realign efforts to respond to the threat posed by the burden of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and cancer.

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Relatives call for Tonga’s government to be accountable for ferry disaster

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Nukuálofa (RNZI) - Friends and relatives of those missing in Tonga’s ferry disaster are calling for the government to be accountable.

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Commonwealth Secretary General says political dialogue in Fiji essential

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RNZI - The Commonwealth Secretary General says Fiji’s interim regime will have to restart political dialogue with a view to elections to avoid suspension.
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Global issues affected Fiji economy more than politics says Reserve

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The Governor of Fiji's Reserve Bank says the global economic crisis has had a bigger impact on Fiji's economy than political developments.
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Search hopes sink

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FEARS are mounting that victims of Tonga's inter-island ferry tragedy will never be found.

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PNG police hunt for more than 50 men after prison escape

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Police in Papua New Guinea are hunting more than 50 men who broke out of a prison near the capital, Port Moresby.

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