Pacific Beat Program for 11 August 2011
Aus pilot and 2 PNG men believed dead in chopper crash
Papua New Guinea's Civil Aviation Authorities say an Australian helicopter pilot and 2 PNG men are believed to have died after their chopper crashed into the jungles of Morobe Province on Monday.
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Errant chopper pilot irks Nauru authorities
In Nauru, a helicopter pilot has been detained and his aircraft impounded after an unauthorised landing.
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Independent Aus MPs reject Malaysian refugee swap
A key independent member of the Australian parliament says the government should abandon its Malaysia refugee swap now that PNG's indicated its willingness to re-open Manus Island detention centre.
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Tonga Police Commissioner says he was engineered out
Tonga's outgoing Police Commissioner says he might reapply for his job, but it would be difficult to serve under the current police minister.
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Trade expert warns of traps in Vanuatu WTO package
The package of measures required for Vanuatu's accession to the World Trade Organisation risks giving away too much, according to a visiting Geneva-based trade expert.
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Former PNG Police Commander says military coup not possible
A former Police Commander of the New Guinea Islands Region, John Toguata says staging a military coup in PNG would be a very difficult undertaking to accomplish.
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Manus Islanders buoyed by possible detention centre revival
People living on remote Manus Island in Papua New Guinea are delighted to hear the island's mothballed detention centre is a step closer to being reopened.
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Authorities dismiss PNG coup speculation
A former Police Commander of the New Guinea Islands Region in Papua New Guinea is hosing down speculation of an imminent coup.
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Amnesty backs unions in Fiji battle
Amnesty International has added its weight to calls for Fiji's interim government to repeal a new decree which would restrict workers rights to bargain and strike.
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Costly Coke for detained pilot in Nauru
A helicopter pilot has been detained in Nauru and the aircraft impounded after he made an unauthorised landing to satisfy a junk food craving.
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Anger at Fiji's planned car pool charge
Fiji's Department of Energy has proposed the introduction of a road toll to encourage motorists to car pool.
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Doctors improve eye care in remote PNG
In Papua New Guinea, a team of doctors and health workers travelled to the remote Gumine district in Chimbu Province last week to give health checks to communities normally out of reach of services.
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Australia shares disaster expertise with Solomon Islands
A group of Solomon Islands Red Cross personnel have spent the last week with their Australian counterparts in Queensland learning about how to response to disasters.
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Bird bounty in bid to clear Cooks of pest
Authorities on the Cook Islands are offering a $4 a head bounty on Myna birds in a bid to wipe the pest out.
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Sir Michael Somare's political legacy
ABC correspondent Sean Dorney spent 17 years based in Papua New Guinea starting in 1974.
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Solomon commission to retrieve bodies of ethnic crises victims
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Socceroos down Wales in friendly
Australia's Socceroos has won a soccer friendly against Wales, 2-1.
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Academics debate who Australia should support between US and China
When it comes to the debate over who will be the Asia Pacific's main political, economic and military power of the future, most people only nominate two countries, the US, or China.
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