Pacific Beat Program for 4 May 2011
President Obama wants US to ratify Treaty of Rarotonga
The United States President Barack Obama has called on the U-S Senate to agree to a nuclear weapons-free zone in the South Pacific.
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Censorship improved Fiji journalism says government
Censorship imposed on the media by Fiji's coup-installed military government has actually improved the standard of journalism.
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Vanuatu NGOs reject joining World Trade Organisation
NGO groups in Vanuatu have vowed to push the government to withdraw its decision to join the World Trade Organisation, saying the country will not benefit from such a membership.
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ChildFund Australia assists children of Port Moresby's waste dumps
About half of Papua New Guinea's children are out of school and hundreds of them live in the rubbish dump settlements around Port Moresby.
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Fiji to join Non-Aligned Movement
Fiji has announced it will be admitted as a member of the Non-Aligned Movement at the end of May.
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Pacific tourist operators urged to go internet
Pacific island tourism businesses are being told they need to pay much more attention to marketing on the internet.
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Former Malaitan militants testify in Solomons TRC
This week the Solomon Islands Truth and Reconciliation Commission is staging a two day hearing in Buma Village just outside of Auki on Malaita Province.
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Fiji to compete in Women's rugby league World Cup in 2013
More and more women across the Pacific are playing rugby leagye.
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New bid to declare koalas endangered
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Victoria Police accused of racially-profiling African community
It's a force suffering from high-level splits and resignations...
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Tornado claims one life in Auckland
New Zealand's largest city Auckland was hit Tuesday afternoon by a tornado that killed one person, injured 14 and left a trail of destruction.
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Helping the Pacific's growing displaced people
A conference in Fiji is looking at ways to improve options for people who are displaced by natural disasters and conflicts in the Pacific.
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Call to increase the role of women in Vanuatu custom governance
Vanuatu is one of a number of Pacific countries that is looking at ways mixing custom governance with more formal political governance.
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Australia sells shares in cluster bomb makers
The Australian government has ruled out setting ethical investment guidelines for Australia's major investment portfolio, the Future Fund.
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Rudd says Pakistan must come clean on bin Laden harbouring claim
Australian Foreign Minister, Kevin Rudd says Pakistan must tell the world whether anyone in government or the Pakistani military knew Osama bin Laden was sheltering in the country before he was killed in a U-S raid on Monday.
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Samoan doctors told to speak clearly to patients
Samoa's Prime Minister Tuillaepa Sailele wants doctors to be more direct when they talk to their patients, rather than explain what's wrong in a roundabout way.
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