Papua New Guinea News

Former Nauru president Rene Harris, who helped broker the controversial "Pacific Solution" to deal with asylum seekers bound for Australia, has died aged 61.

The Holy Father, Benedict XVI, on 30 June 2008 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the diocese of Wabag presented by Bishop Hermann Raich, S.V.D., in conformity with canon 401 1 of the Code ...

UNESCO's World Heritage Committee to add new architectural and natural wonders to its list of protected sites.

War trophy: Kokichi Nishimura stands in front of his house in Kazo, Saitama Prefecture.

The Australian Government has agreed to the appointment of an Acting High Commissioner for Fiji in Canberra and a Consul-General in Sydney.

Wellington, July 2 : A suspected 15-year-old female shoplifter in Papua New Guinea has claimed that she was forced to pay for her crime with sex.

The annual scramble for world heritage status opens on Wednesday evening in Quebec City, where Cambodia and 40 other countries are seeking the high-profile designation from Unesco for cultural or natural sites.

In 2004, David Pritchard applied a dressing to his arm that was crawling with pin-size hookworm larvae, like maggots on the surface of meat.

Papua New Guinea gavman i wok long bringim pait agensim drug wantaem ol wok long strongim ol awareness program namel long ol skul pikinini long wanem ol kain heve i drug i nap kamapim long laif blong pipal.

An Australian bomber shot down by the Japanese in a remote region of Papua New Guinea during World War II has been found, 66 years later.

THE RAAF will seek to recover the remains of four Australian airmen lost in 1942 when their bomber crashed on the Papua New Guinean island of New Britain.

Passive smoking continues to be a serious problem in many parts of the Pacific, especially in Papua New Guinea.

RAAn investigation into Papua New Guinea's health department has revealed drugs meant for public hospitals are being diverted and sold off to individuals.

HUNGRY and poor Papua New Guinea village women are swapping sex for canned fish, a women's leader says.

AUSTRALIA may soon issue medals and provide financial support to the "fuzzy wuzzy angels" of Papua New Guinea.

Police in Australia and Papua New Guinea will investigate the disappearance of about $A200,000 in cash while it was being flown from Sydney to Port Moresby.

Tahiti's Toriki Urarii is favored to win the 110m hurdles of the 2008 Oceania Championships, which unfurls next week at the Oleai Track and Field.

The Forum-Fiji Joint Working Group has called on Fiji to remain engaged with its regional neighbours.

Saturday, 21 June 2008, 6:03 am Press Release: United Nations Nearly 50 sites nominated to join UNESCO World Heritage List 20 June 2008 - The committee that considers requests for inscription on the United ...

' A parliamentary report has called for Australia's honey bees to be given more protection against a potentially lethal foreign pest, BBC reports.