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... Golf Club. [ MORE ] La Perouse wreck identified in Solomon Is May 10, 2005 12:14:00 A wreck found off the Solomon Islands has been formally identified as a ship belonging to French explorer Jean Francois de Galaup de La Perouse, who disappeared in ... Comment?
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'Hero' pilot's body repatriated
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... ia to undertake flight training. After obtaining his pilot's licence, Mr Mansell flew for two firms in the Solomon Islands, east of Papua New Guinea. He then returned to the UK and later recruited by Divi Divi Air that was founded in Curacao in 2001. Comment?
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FROM snow in war-torn Afghanistan to the tropical heat and humidity of the Solomon Islands, about 3800 Diggers will celebrate Christmas overseas on duty. Comment?
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Summer holiday message falls on leaders' deaf ears
... rit of the season. Christmas events are planned for Australian forces in Afghanistan, East Timor, Sudan, the Solomon Islands and the Middle East. Comment?
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Gold Coast's Jamie Mitchell takes in giant Hawaiian surf
Jaunts to Maui, Solomon Islands keep his blood pumping Surfersvillage Global Surf News , 22 December, 2009 : - - Jamie Mitchell says it was big ... but it could have been bigger. Comment?
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Tuna fishers enjoy rise in catch, exports
... magnates from the city also opened talks earlier this year with the Western provincial government of the Solomon Islands. The discussions reportedly centered on plans by local tuna fishing companies to invest in the area. Canned tuna exporter ... Comment?
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Christmas Celebrated Australian-Style
... United Nations Mission in Sudan will also be gathering around a barbecue for their Aussie Christmas lunch. Solomon Islands For the troops in the Solomon Islands and Timor, the tropical monsoon is the setting for Christmas festivities. About 80 ... Comment?
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Lories and Lorikeets Natural Clowns
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... from many different countries like Australia, Indonesia, New Guinea, Pacific Islands, Philippines, and Solomon Islands. Their lifespan varies from species to species from approximately 28-38 years. A lory and a lorikeet can be very sweet and have ... Comment?
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... hearing. The hearing was meant to determine who has jurisdiction in a murder that occurred in waters of the Solomon Islands. Chinese national Xiong Shui is charged with the murder of a Fiji national on a fishing vessel in the Solomons. Magistrate ... Comment?
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New Zealand police in the Solomon Islands are searching for a five-metre-long crocodile that has taken a seven-year-old boy. Comment?
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Judy McCoy of ASDHS graduates executive course at Asia-Pacific Center
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... Mongolia, Nauru, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, United States and Uruguay. (Source: Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Public ... Comment?
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Roti case highlights pitfalls of global policing
The decision to permanently stay sex charges against former Solomon Islands attorney-general Julian Moti has important implications for the way Australia conducts its relations, particularly with the so-called fragile states in the Southwest Pacific. Comment?
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NZ slips in ranking as Fiji moves a place up
... ranking of 147 (-8) while Vanuatu lies on 155 (+2). The ranking of the other island nations are as follows: Solomon Islands 172 (-1), Samoa 182 (+1), Guam 184 (+1), Cook Islands 184 (+1), Tonga 188 (+3), Tahiti 194 (+1), American Samoa 203 (0), PNG ... Comment?
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Small islands launch energy initiative to reduce emissions and pursue low carbon development
... Barbados, Belize, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Mauritius, Palau, Samoa, Saint Lucia, Seychelles and Solomon Islands. They will work in cooperation across the three SIDS regions towards their goal of increasing energy efficiency by 25% (2005 ... Comment?
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Concern as Pacific population moves to towns
... health services and jobs. Among other countries rapidly becoming urbanised are Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu and Solomon Islands, she said. The growth was typically putting pressure on one urban centre, which had become the focus of government and trade ... Comment?
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Pacific Island countries Must address violence
... the Kiribati Parliament two weeks ago. Although results of family health and safety studies in Kiribati and Solomon Islands show that rates of physical, sexual and psychological violence against women are amongst the highest in the world, there are ... Comment?
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Pacific countries may look at resettlement talks if demands are not met says Solomon Islands
... says the limit should be 2 degrees, with a review in 2016 that would consider a 1.5 degree limit. But Solomon Islands ambassador to the United Nations, Collin Beck says Pacific countries will refuse to sign anything other than a goal of 1.5 degrees ... Comment?
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Solomon Islands not happy with Copenhagen deaL
The Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United Nations says the deal is frightening for small island nations. Comment?
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Season's greetings from children to world leaders in Copenhagen
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... curbs of greenhouse gas emissions than those being considered. Its position was supported by Grenada, the Solomon Islands and other island states one by one on the floor of the Bella Center but quickly ran into opposition from oil giant Saudi ... Comment?
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'There will be no decisions about us, without us'
... too. At the opening session of the climate talks two weeks ago, Christina Ora, a 17-year-old from the Solomon Islands, told the assembled delegates , "I was born in 1992. You have been negotiating all my life. You cannot tell us that you need more ... Comment?
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