Pacific Beat Program for 20 July 2011
Attempt to charge Ratu Tevita with torture in NZ
A New Zealand based group working to restore democracy in Fiji wants a prominent former senior Fiji military officer turned pro-democracy activist arrested and charged with torture.
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Claims Fiji PSA members want union head to resign.
The Fiji interim government claims that disgruntled public servants want the head of their union to resign immediately.
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Fiji union head refusing to step down
Fiji Public Service Association general secretary says he's not quitting.
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PNG and Vanuatu spat over "Product of Vanuatu" fish
A fishing row has surfaced between Melanesian neighbours Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu - over ownership of fish caught in PNG waters by Vanuatu flagged vessels of convenience.
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PNG miners will try to minimise environmental impact
Papua New Guinea's mining and petroleum developers say they aim to minimise the negative social and environmental impacts their operations have on the country.
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PNG Transparency's take on British phone hacking scandal
Well the spectacle of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News international hacking scandal has the attention of the world.
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Plans to boost Niue's tourism industry
Niue says its going to try once more to become a major Pacific tourism market.
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Unions could target World Cup in Fiji action
The Australian Transport Workers Union is set to announce if it will disrupt flights to Fiji today.
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Fiji A-G accuses union head of disloyalty
The Fiji interim government has accused the head of the country's trade union movement of misrepresenting the situation in the country to overseas unions.
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United Nations to debate security threat from climate change
Australia's Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs is Visiting New York to take part in a climate change debate hosted by the United Nations.
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Boost for disabled education in Samoa
"Senese inclusive education" is a rapidly expanding organisation overseeing the education of the disabled in Samoa.
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Canberra climate debate heats up
Sorting fact from fiction in Australia's carbon debate is no easy task.
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Vanuatu set to gain from WTO
Vanuatu is set to join the World Trade Organisation sixteen years after negotiations started.
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Scholarship fund opens opportunity for Pacific students
A group of high-achieving students from the Pacific's US territories have been awarded university scholarships for their hard work.
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Tourism drives Cook Islands marine park plans
The Cook Islands is planning to designate one-million square kilometres of ocean as the Pacific's newest marine reserve.
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Nofolk Island reviews public sector
Norfolk Island's public sector has been reviewed as part of an overall look at how people are fairing because of the economy.
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US to crack down on visa free movements
The US is again looking to limit the movement of people from the Marshall Islands to the US, blaming the increased health care costs associated with the populations movement.
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