Pacific Beat Program for 15 July 2011
ICJ could take up Vanuatu assault fine issue
The Australian branch of an international organisation which monitors the fairness of legal system says it would consider taking up the case of a newspaper publisher in Vanuatu who was assaulted by a cabinet minister.
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PNG police probe claims of nearly 900 million dollar missing funds
Papua New Guinea's Police Commissioner has ordered an investigation into the alleged misapplication of almost 900 million Australian dollars in public funds.
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Police say Rarotonga is safe despite recent crime
Police in Cook Islands are reassuring locals and tourists that Rarotonga is safe following a spate of burglary and thefts.
NZ Foreign Minister in Cook Islands
The travelling entourage of New Zealand Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has moved on to Cook Islands after visiting Tonga and Samoa.
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Taiwan bans shark finning
Starting from next year, Taiwan will be the first economy in Asia to have a full ban on shark finning.
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PNG literacy rate in reverse - drops below 50%
Papua New Guinea's National Reserach Institute says the country's literacy rate has gone backwards, dropping to below 50 per cent.
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Campaign for official NZ recognition of five Pacific languages
A campaign is gathering pace in New Zealand for recognition of the five main Pacific languages as official minority languages.
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No windfall from Vanuatu's WTO membership
Vanuatu is set to join the World Trade Organisation sixteen years after negotiations started.
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Sakhalin oil exploration a threat to whales
The booming underwater sounds caused by oil exploration is posing a mounting threat to whales.
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Forests absorb 33% of fossil fuel emissions
Scientists have long known that trees take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, now for the first time a group of researchers has worked out exactly how much carbon is being absorbed by the world's forests.
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Ensure new projects meet green economy guidelines - SPREP
Green economies are the new buzz words for development in the Pacific.
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Tuvalu PM makes first visit to Australia
Tuvalu's Prime Minister, Willy Telavi, is in Sydney for the Commonwealth Law Minister's Meeting.
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McCully's Polynesian sojourn in Cook Islands
The travelling caravan of New Zealand Foriegn Minister, Murray McCully, has moved on to Cook Islands after visiting Tonga and Samoa.
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Over supply threatens in PNG upper end property market
The upper end property market in Papua New Guinea may have peaked.
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Samoa keeps Wallabies game plan under wraps
Samoa plays Australia in Sydney on Sunday in a lead up match to the world cup in New Zealand.
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