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Solomons opposition slams SIG asylum seeker centre idea

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Mono Islanders not ready for asylum seeker centre

A businessman from Mono Island in the Shortlands group says he's not aware of any consultation with the community over the idea to set up an asylum seeker processing centre for Australia in the area .
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Pacific call for US fishing treaty to be renegotiated

There are renewed calls from a number of Pacific Islands nations to renegotiate a treaty with the United States that governs the management of fish stocks.
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Kevin Rudd defends overseas travels and Aust stand on Fiji

Australia's Foreign Minister has launched a spirited defence of his travel schedule as he tries to drum up support for a seat on the United Nations Security Council.
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Eyewitness report from PNG LNG protest in highlandss

Operations at the Papua New Guinea LNG project sites around Hides and Tari in the PNG highlands continue to be affected by landowners seeking action on their log of claims against the PNG government for benefits from the project.
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PNG on track for July's National Population Census

Papua New Guinea's government says preparations for the country's 2011 National Population census next month is progressing well.
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Jetpack travel moves closer following NZ test flight

Jetpack flight is moving closer to reality following a successful test in New Zealand.
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"Pacific Way" provides a possible solution to Mara dispute

American Samoa congressman, Eni F.H.
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Landowners blockade PNG's multi billion dollar gas project

Papua New Guinea Liquid Natural Gas project site at Hides in the PNG Highlands has been shutdown by angry landowners.
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NGOs criticise Pacific rush to deep-sea mining

Despite the promise of riches from deep-sea mining, there are calls for a moratorium on the granting of exploration licences in the Pacific.
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Independent committee should set carbon reduction targets - Garnaut

The Australian government's chief climate change advisor has recommended an independent committee set Australia's emissions reductions targets.
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CHOGM to consider carbon tax introduction

The debate over a tax on carbon emissions will be a key agenda item at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Perth in October.
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Current consumption rates threaten planet's bio-diversity

Sustainabiality and mitigation are the two buzz words in the Pacific at the moment as the impact of climate change and sea level rise becomes more evident.
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New bid to save Australia's ancient rock art

A campaign has been launched to help save and document Aboriginal rock art around Australia.
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Tuvalu water project proceeding with EU funding

In Tuvalu work is proceeding on a major project to supply the seven outer islands with a water supply to every home.
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Thaksin denies plans to return to contest Thai election

The former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a military takeover nearly five years ago, has denied that he plans to return to his homeland to retake the leadership.
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Japan's PM Naoto Kan under post-quake pressure

To Japan, where Prime Minister Naoto Kan's position seems shakey, but about half the electorate want him to stay until the worst of the nation's nuclear crisis is over.
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Aust-Msia asylum seeker deal condemned in parliament

The Australian Greens have moved a motion in Parliament condemning the governments' asylum seeker deal with Malaysia.
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Basel Committee's banking standards to affect all

Outside of financial circles, the group known as the Basel Committee for Banking Supervision, which sets minimum global banking standards, is probably not so well known.
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Aust cattle treated inhumanely in some Indon abbatoirs

New evidence has emerged that cattle exported from Australia are being slaughtered in an inhumane way in Indonesia.
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Reality show tackles wildlife trafficking in Asia

It's a reality show with a difference - a new series set for broadcast throughout Asia will tackle the growing problem of animal trafficking.
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Estonian man accused of helping Ratu Tevita Mara

An Estonian man has appeared in Fiji Court accused of assisting Ratu Tevita Mara escape to Tonga.
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Fiji law firm says Estonian, Risto Hamat will fight charges

The layer for Estonian man, Risto Hamat says their client has admitted taking Ratu Tevita Mara on a fishing trip to Kadavu, where he dropped him off.
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High Aussie dollar hurting Pacific islands consumers

The high Australian dollar is having a negative impact on the Pacific according to new research from the ANZ Bank ..and it is consumers that are feeling it most.
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The question of whether PNG's economic boom is sustainable

Papua New Guinea is experiencing high economic growth...thanks largely to it's current resources boom.
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European Investment Bank welcomes investment in Pacific

The Vice President of the European Investment Bank has welcomed greater investment in the Pacific, including from China, saying 'the more the merrier'.
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Reluctance in PNG to move against corruption - academic

PNG's public finances are so badly recorded that only now has the Public Accounts Committee been able to hand down a report into the 2007 financial year.
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PNG LNG boss speaks out on landowner threats

The boss of the massive ExxonMobil-led Papua New Guinea liquid natural gas project says it would be of great concern if landowners shutdown construction of the project.
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Mineral boom but PNG fails on Millenium goals

A major symposium on Australia's relations with Papua New Guinea, held in Melbourne last Friday, was told repeatedly that Australians knew very little about PNG apart from the Kokoda legend and the fact that PNG is one huge mining quarry.
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Amnesty International's role just as important after 50 years

A candle wrapped in barbed wire has become a powerful symbol over the last 50 years.
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Solar circumnavigation to 'prove' renewable energy works

The world's largest solar-powered boat has arrived in Australia.
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Further training for Samoa's surf lifesavers

A new surf lifesaving club in Samoa is opening which will provide training to the next generation of lifesavers.
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Recording session training for Fest Napuan participants

Fest Napuan - one of the region's biggest music festivals - is already on the horizon.
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Sevens World Series testament to format's growing popularity

At Murrayfield in Edinburgh Australia beat Sevens World Series champions New Zealand 19-12 in the 100th event of the World Series.
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Media freedom in Fiji not on agenda of Beirut conference

The role of the media in the revolutions that have swept Tunisia, Egypt and Bahrain is being discussed at the 17th International Freedom of Expression Change conference in Beirut.
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Saracens break a 13 year drought

It's taken 13 years, but at last Saracens have a trophy after defeating Leicester Tigers in a Premiership championship at Twickenham.
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