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2 hrs ago | Free Republic

Could the Tasmanian tiger be hiding out in New Guinea?

Many people still believe the Tasmanian tiger survives in the wilds of Tasmania, even though the species was declared extinct over eighty years ago.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Indonesia,

2 hrs ago | Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal

Personal chef Jane Coxwell creates happy, tasty global food

A native of South Africa, Jane Coxwell left culinary school and embarked on her journey as a personal chef at just 22. For the past decade, she's traveled to the far reaches of the globe from Southeast Asia and New Zealand to Papua New Guinea and Central America.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Life, Recipes, Food

5 hrs ago | Asopa People

Reality strikes! British film-maker held at gunpoint

BRITISH DOCUMENTARY PRODUCER Ross Kemp was held at gunpoint by a gang while filming the new series of his documentary show Extreme World in Papua New Guinea.

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Related Topix: Ross Kemp, Oceania, World News

9 hrs ago | Iol.co.za

Harmony to write-down Papua New Guinea mine

South Africa's Harmony Gold said on Tuesday it expected to write down a portion of the carrying value of its Hidden Valley mine in Papua New Guinea because of lower gold and silver prices and poor performance.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

12 hrs ago | Asopa People

Bougainville: Writers must not fan the flames of discord

WHEN ONE OF THE MOST RESPECTED writers in Papua New Guinea urges rationality and steadiness on the Bougainville issue , it behoves the rest of us to listen.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

16 hrs ago | Scoop

MSG to Send Mission to Jakarta and West Papua

The Melanesian Spearhead Group will send a mission to Jakarta and Jayapura later this year, to discuss the issue of West Papua with the Government of Indonesia.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Oceania, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Scoop

Indonesia, PNG Agree to Increase Cooperation

Indonesia and Papua New Guinea have agreed to increase bilateral cooperation, the two countries` heads of state said ahead of their meeting here on Monday.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, Indonesia, World News, Oceania, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

The China Post

'Mean' Australia asylum debate worries UN

The United Nations refugee agency Monday said it was concerned by the at times "mean-spirited" debate about asylum-seekers in Australia, along with the country's increasingly restrictive policies for those arriving by boat.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Asopa People

No quick fixes to sorcery-related violence in PNG

FOLLOWING WORLDWIDE OUTRAGE over a spate of brutal sorcery-related murders in Papua New Guinea, the government has rolled out a new hard-line approach to spiralling crime.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Activism,

TamilNet Newswire

Sri Lanka provides harbour, state endorsement, to Chinese fishing

A Company in China has been graced with the rights to ply its fishing vessels with the flag of the genocidal State in Sri Lanka and to use the facilities of the Dikovita fishing harbour.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia,

BroadwayWorld.com

Roger Rali Ages of Creation Shares the Bible's Divinity

Understanding the dimensions and mechanics of the Bible is far crucial in understanding of the Bible itself.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Malaysian National News Agency

Federal Court Upholds Disciplinary Board's Decision Against Kayveas, Wife

Lawyers Datuk Seri M.Kayveas and his diplomat wife lost their appeal at the Federal Court here today to set aside an Advocates and Solicitors Disciplinary Board's decision which found them guilty of misconduct and fined them RM5,000 each.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Scoop

Journalists: Increase Reporting On Housing Issues

The Manager of the United Nations Development Programme's Pacific Centre Garry Wiseman made these comments at the opening of a workshop aimed at improving the skills of journalists to increase public awareness on housing rights and urbanization in Melanesia.

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Related Topix: Fiji, World News, Solomon Islands, Oceania

Asopa People

Progress towards proposed anti-corruption agency

THIS DISCUSSION PAPER has been developed for the purposes of engaging Papua New Guineans in the government's development of a dedicated anti-corruption agency .

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Asopa People

Rationality & calm required on Bougainville issue

APPARENTLY THERE is a lot of misunderstanding, confusion and misconception, especially among Bougainvilleans, on the factors that became the impetus for the Panguna copper mine conflict.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

KTNV-TV Las Vegas

Suspect in attempted home invasion in custody, another at large

Police are investigating an attempted home invasion and robbery Friday night at a private Southern Highlands home.

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Related Topix: World News

KLAS-TV Las Vegas

Metro Officer Injured in Crash

A metro officer was taken to the hospital after being involved in a crash. It happened just after 3:30 a.m. near Las Vegas Boulevard and Harmon.

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Related Topix: Laughlin, NV, Las Vegas, NV, North Las Vegas, NV, World News

Daily Mail

Daughter, 18, cuts off her father's head after he raped her in their Papua New Guinea village home

A teenage girl chopped her father's head clean off with a bush knife after he raped her in their home in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.

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Related Topix: Oceania, World News

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Asopa People

Much-loved Brother Andrew Simpson dies in Madang

MY EYES WELLED UP with tears when, on the evening EMTV bulletin, I saw that this great man, the Australian Christian brother, Andrew Simpson CFC, Vice President of Divine Word University, was dead.

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Related Topix: World News, Oceania

Fiji Times

PM to hand over post at MSG meet

THE Prime Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama travels to New Caledonia next week for the 19th Melanesian Spearhead Group leaders meeting where he will hand over the chairmanship to the Front De LibAfA©ration Nationale Kanak et Socialiste - FLNKS.

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Related Topix: Oceania, New Caledonia, World News