Papua New Guinea News

Research on a "brain-eating tribe" may hold the key to understanding and even treating mad cow disease, according to The Daily Telegraph.

The UNICEF-supported training will produce 15 films, all exactly 60 seconds long, on different aspects concerning children's rights.

A cannibalistic ritual in which the brains of dead tribes people were eaten by their relatives has triggered one of the most striking examples of rapid human evolution on record, scientists have discovered.

Activist Ursula Rakova has been leading efforts to relocate the residents from the Cataret Islands in Papua New Guinea, where it is estimated that by 2015 all of the islands will be completely submerged because of climate change.

Half-time at the OneMinutesJr workshop in PNG and today is the big filming day. We have planned to get as much as possible done today and would like to finish six films on this sunny Wednesday in Port Moresby.

Paralympian Kurt Fearnley has crawled the entire rugged 96km of PNG's iconic Kokoda Track.

Seven Papua New Guineans adrift in the Pacific Ocean for more than two months have been rescued but two have since died, a ship captain says.

Members include the mighty economies of the United States, China and Japan, as well as minnows Brunei and Papua New Guinea.

Monday, 16 November 2009, 12:45 pm Press Release: Pacific.scoop The front page story that angered Papua New Guinea's Pinoy migrant community.

Police are preparing a coronial report following the death of a woman in bushland in the NSW Southern Highlands.

A , B , F , Linda A. Dunn A , B , Tilda Wal C , Sepehr Tabrizi D , Maria G. Delgadillo-Correa E , Patricia J. Johnson E , Suzanne Garland D , Peter Siba C and Peter Upcroft A , B A Queensland Institute of Medical Research, The Bancroft Centre, 300 Herston Road, Brisbane, Qld 4006, Australia.

POLICE targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs have seized 65 guns and ammunition from a dealer in the NSW Southern Highlands.

AN Australian pilot jailed three years ago for child-sex tourism in Papua New Guinea has had his conviction quashed and his jail term set aside.

The most extensive DNA study to-date of Africa's rarest monkey reveals that the species had an intriguing sexual past.

One of Africa's rarest monkeys likely interbred with baboons in its past, new genetic research suggests.

Asia-Pacific economies led by the United States and China opened annual talks Wednesday with calls to fight protectionism or risk reversing the region's "fragile" economic rebound.

Rating: - not rated - Description: Light Up Papua New Guinea is a tribute to the first female Canadian soldier to be killed in combat.

The Launching Of The International Parliamentarians For West Papua - " PNG CHAPTER In light of the Launching of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua in London on 15th October 2008, of which I am a founding member, I am pleased to announce 05 November 2009 MEDIA STATEMENT In light of the Launching of the International Parliamentarians ...

Scientists pointed the finger on Wednesday at Southeast Asian countries for draining wetlands for palm oil and cheap timber production, warning the practice was stoking dangerous global warming.

As China signed multi-million dollar development deals with Papua New Guinea this week, the darker side of bilateral relations was on display with allegations of Asian-driven crime and corruption.