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Cook Islands News

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4 hrs ago | Fiji Times

Pacific works to control influenza

Update: 10:01AM A series of workshops on infection control and exercises to test avian and pandemic influenza preparedness for Pacific Island nations will be run in Rarotonga until Friday.

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Related Topix: Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Oceania

Tue Jul 22, 2008

The Star Online

There's one in every country

ONE of the things we know to be true about all languages is that they all have words for certain concepts and things, like mother, water and moon.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sun Jul 20, 2008

Marianas Variety

Rice to meet Cooks official

Cook Islands Foreign Minister Wilkie Rasmussen is set to meet U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at a high level meeting of Pacific foreign ministers in Apia, Samoa on July 26, reports Cook Island News.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Condoleezza Rice, Samoa, Travel, Samoa Travel

Mon Jul 07, 2008

People's Daily Online

Cook Islands calls for coordinated development plans

The Cook Islands government has asked international donors and development banks to better coordinate development projects, the Pacnews reported on Monday.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sun Jul 06, 2008

PR-inside.com

Southpac Announces Passage of Cook Islands International LLC Act Containing Asset Protection Features

Southpac is pleased to have assisted in the drafting of this important legislation.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Marianas Variety

Cooks' traditional leaders back manganese panel

An overwhelming majority of the Cook Islands Koutu Nui, or traditional leaders, have backed the work of the Manganese Resource Advisory Committee, reports Radio New Zealand International.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Guardian Unlimited

Religious residents up in arms at introduction of Sunday tourist flights

Angry residents of the Cook Islands protest against the introduction of Sunday flights, as they disrupt the peace of the tropical, Polynesian haven With its turquoise-blue lagoons, beaches of dazzling white ...

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Wed Jul 02, 2008

Matangi Tonga

Workshop probes MSM, Transgender and HIV in the islands

Avarua Cook Islands: A three-day sexual minority group workshop on MSM , Transgender and HIV facilitated by the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation ended on June 25 in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Transgendered, HIV/AIDS, Health

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Tvnz.co.nz

Transgender stage group band together to promote respect

The Rarotonga Queens, one of the Cook Islands' best known stage acts, are famous for their flamboyant cross-dressing antics.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Transgendered

Sat Jun 28, 2008

About.com

Cook Islands Romance

Although they appear to be just a speck on the map, the fifteen Cook Islands , which lie between Tahiti and Fiji , are spread across more than a million square miles in the South Pacific.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Wedding

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Manawatu Evening Standard

Cook Islands idyll

Marooned among all this beauty, there was precisely nothing to do. HOW DO you get to Rarotonga? Swim to Tahiti, then turn left.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Tue Jun 24, 2008

Marianas Variety

Fears grow over Cooks takeover claim

' Fears are growing in the Cook Islands over the use of a proclamation signed by traditional chiefs announcing a political takeover, reports TVNZ.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sun Jun 22, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cook Ailan Gavman i autim wari blongen lon wanpla plen blong ol chif

Gavman blong Cook Islands i tok wanpla plen blong ol 'traditional lida lain' blong ples long kisim ol wok lukaut blong ailan, bai bagarapim turis bisnis blong kantri.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jun 20, 2008

The New Zealand Herald

Chiefs 'risking' treason charge

Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Terepai Maoate says eight chiefs seeking to dissolve Parliament and seize control of the country risk being charged with treason.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Wed Jun 18, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cooks traditional leaders "coup" may backfire

A government spokesman in the Cook Islands says traditional leaders who have declared themselves the country's new rulers may end up being abolished themselves.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Mon Jun 16, 2008

Australia Network

Nobles group proclaims authority in Cook Islands

The Cook Island Government has dismissed a move by the country's noble clans to take control of the island group.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Fri Jun 13, 2008

Tvnz.co.nz

Cook Islands' High Chiefs say they are dissolving the govt

Eight of the Cook Islands' 15 Ariki or High Chiefs say they are dissolving the government and taking over leadership.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Wed Jun 11, 2008

Australia Network

Church groups oppose Sunday flights in Cook islands

A proposal by the Cook Islands government to introduce Sunday flights on the island of Aitutak,i igh-tooh-TAH-kee has angered church leaders and the community.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Mon Jun 09, 2008

Incentive

The Cook Islands: The Pacific's Hidden Treasure

The Cook Islands' adventure and luxury make it an ideal destination By Alex Palmer One of the first responses you will likely get when telling someone you just returned from the Cook Islands will be an initial ...

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, New Zealand Travel, Travel

Sat May 31, 2008

Samoa Observer

Untitled Document

Gearing up to welcome Rarotongan canoe The American Samoa voyaging society, Aiga Tautai, is planning a traditional welcome in Manu'a for the Rarotongan voyagers who will be sailing there in a double hulled ...

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Related Topix: Oceania, American Samoa, World News

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