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  1. Curling club out to boost numbersRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | Pictou Advocate

    Or should we say Back in the Hack? It's been about 10 years since the New Caledonian Curling Club ran a monthly column; the writers took a hiatus back in the heyday of booming membership and late-night bonspiels.

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  2. How Teams QualifiedRead the original story

    Yesterday | ESPN

    ... playing off against Costa Rica . OCEANIA The first stage of this region was completed in September 2007 as New Caledonia, Fiji and Vanuatu made it through to the next stage. Also part of the 2007 Pacific Games, ten nations were drawn into two groups ...

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    Related Topix: Sports

  3. Roti case highlights pitfalls of global policingRead the original story

    Monday | The Age

    ... Australian national, was facing seven counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old in Vanuatu and New Caledonia in 1997, accusations for which he was already acquitted in Vanuatu. The Australian Federal Police's decision to reopen the ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Derek Sikua, Opinion

  4. Revision of Pycnandra subgenus Pycnandra (Sapotaceae), a genus endemic to New CaledoniaRead the original story

    Monday | CSIRO Publishing

    ... family Sapotaceae (Chrysophylloideae) and the Niemeyera complex, a group that is found in Australia and New Caledonia. Generic limits in the complex have been problematic and Pycnandra is here given a circumscription to include the entire clade that ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Sweden, Stockholms, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

  5. Rapid Displacement of Dengue Virus Type 1 by Type 4, Pacific Region, 2007a "2009Read the original story

    Monday | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    Author affiliations: Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ; Australian Army Malaria Institute, Brisbane ; and Institut Pasteur, Noumea, New Caledonia Abstract Since 20002001, dengue virus type 1 has circulated in the Pacific region.

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    Related Topix: Australia, Travel, Brisbane, Australia, World News, Queensland, Australia, Australia Travel, Medicine, Malaria, Health, New Caledonia, New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia, Oceania

  6. BriefsRead the original story

    Monday | Fiji Times

    ... exchange rate had an impact on the dividend payout. French aircraft A FRENCH Navy aircraft based in New Caledonia was used to provide aerial support and assessments of areas in Fiji that were affected by Cyclone Mick. The Guardian flew over Beqa, ...

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    Related Topix: Fiji, Oceania, Suva, Fiji, Fiji, Fiji

  7. Boats Ready for 2009 Sydney Hobart Yacht RaceRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday | About Australia

    ... fleet will have crews representing the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Spain, the Netherlands, and New Caledonia, as well as every Australian state. Defending line honors champion is four-time winner Wild Oats XI which is expected to ...

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    Related Topix: Boxing Day, Life, Holidays, Oceania, World News

  8. NZ slips in ranking as Fiji moves a place upRead the original story

    Sunday | Fijilive

    ... World Cup from the Asian region sits at 21st place on the table with no change to its ranking. In the Pacific, New Caledonia is second to Fiji with a ranking of 147 (-8) while Vanuatu lies on 155 (+2). The ranking of the other island nations are as ...

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  9. Samoa-based Artist Vanya Taule'alo to launch Tsunami SeriesRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday | Samoa News

    ... Mana from her Masters exhibition Eternal Symbols is housed in the collection of the Tjibaou Cultural Centre in New Caledonia. Since leaving her position as art lecturer at the National University of Samoa in 2008 to concentrate on her art and ...

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    Related Topix: Samoa, Oceania, Painting, Arts

  10. Together in war, and now in old age

    Saturday Dec 19 | Boston.com

    ... only one left,'' recalled Kelley, who was a Cambridge boy from a family of a dozen children sent to fight in New Caledonia, a key Allied base in the battle against the Japanese in the wake of their attack on Pearl Harbor. "They said, 'Yes. He's ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Army, Camp Edwards, Oceania, World News, New York

  11. Gary Bogue: Bird intelligence: The biggest bird brain on the block, maybeRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Ledger Dispatch

    In my Nov. 3 column, Carol of Concord asked, "What are the five birds with the most intelligence and the five with the least?" A total of 138 readers responded.

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    Related Topix: Concord, CA, Oceania, World News, Antioch, CA

  12. King-Turner outRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Newstalk ZB

    New Zealand tennis number one Dan King-Turner is turning his attentions to a tournament in New Caledonia after being bundled out of the New Zealand Residential Championships on the North Shore.

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  13. King-Turner only major casualtyRead the original story

    Saturday Dec 19 | Newstalk ZB

    ... Leela Beattie 6-1 6-1 and will play Abbey Guthrie in the semis. Dan King-Turner is now focusing on the New Caledonia Challenger tournament to prepare for next month's Open. He says the high calibre of competition at the Noumea tournament will ensure ...

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  14. Denham served in Navy during World War IIRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Dec 18 | Scdailypress.com

    ... pilot, and the SBDs had a pilot and a gunner/radioman in the rear seat. In February 1944, Denham was sent to New Caledonia, an island in the western Pacific Ocean. "I was in VS-57, a submarine patrol squadron,' Denham said. "We patrolled to sink ...

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    Related Topix: Oglesby, TX, Boat Disaster

  15. Assemblages of reef fish settling on artificial substrates: effect of ...

    Thursday Dec 17 | CSIRO Publishing

    Assemblages of reef fish settling on artificial substrates: effect of ambient habitat over two temporal scales C. Mellin A , B , C and D. Ponton A A IRD, UR 128, BP A5, 98848 Noumea cedex, New Caledonia.

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    Related Topix: New Caledonia, New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia, World News, Oceania

  16. Murder mysteryRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 17 | Australian Broadcasting Corporation

    ... The only surviving member of the Lin family, 15-year-old Brenda, was away from home on a high school trip to New Caledonia when the murders took place. A trust fund has been set up to help pay for her education. Mr Smith says the local community is ...

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    Related Topix: Australia, New South Wales, Australia

  17. Euros Flores, Pires, Bourez secure 2010 World Tour slotsRead the original story w/Photo

    Thursday Dec 17 | Surfing News and Contests, Surf Reports, Wave Forecasts

    ... year starting their run at the Quiksilver Pro Gold Coast in Australia next February. Jeremy Flores (Capbreton/New Caledonia, FRA), 21, despite pulling out of the last events due to an ankle injury, has once again secured his ticket for the elite of ...

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    Related Topix: Surfing, Outdoor Recreation

  18. BriefsRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 16 | Fiji Times

    ... record-breaking performance by the three Fiji weightlifters at the Pacific Cup International Tournament in New Caledonia last weekend. Manueli Tulo set a new Oceania and South Pacific Snatch record with a lift of 105kg. The previous record 101kg was ...

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  19. MoreRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 15 | Fiji Village

    Fiji weightlifter Manueli Tulo set a new Oceania and South Pacific snatch record at the Pacific Cup International tournament in New Caledonia.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  20. 'Living in French' new dimension

    Tuesday Dec 15 | The Otago Daily Times

    Enjoying themselves at a beach in New Caledonia recently are Wakatipu High School pupils Lasmai Nicholson, Natalya Van den Boom, Shelby Tuinman-Bell, Bonnie Wilkins, Caleb Dawson-Swale and Catrona Anderson.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, New Caledonia, New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia