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Three months have passed since I nervously walked across the freezing cold tarmac into the arrivals area of Melbourne airport.

Sixty photographs portraying the Queen's 60's years as a ruler have been displayed to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee.

The inquiry comes after a decade-long boom in the number of officials posted overseas to support the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, stabilisation missions in East Timor and the Solomon Islands, the fight against Islamic extremism and to tackle people smuggling.

Public Servants employed overseas as aid advisers have had their pay and allowances reduced under a new framework that brings them more into line with the broader Australian Public Service.

A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed by the Australian Federal Police and the Defence Forces to make it easier for police officers to join the Defence Reserves.

First Friday Films will be featuring a powerful new film for the month of February, There Once Was an Island: Te Henua e Nnoho, by New Zealand director, Briar March.

In opening doors for a fresh approach towards the constitutional reform processes, the Citizens' Constitutional Forum with the help of the School of Government, Diplomacy and International Affairs, University of the South Pacific, is proud to work with INTERPEACE to jointly launch the handbook "Constitution–Making and Reform; Options for the ... (more)

Avid or even semi-avid TreeHugger readers no doubt have heard about peak oil ; and many will be able to recollect reading about peak coal , peak natural gas.

Production Summary Simberi, Papua New Guinea * Production for the 3 months - 12,387 oz at Gross cash cost of US$1108/oz * Production for the 12 months - 57,284 oz at Gross cash cost of US$979/oz * Targeting 16,000oz to 18,000oz in March 2012 quarter and 75,000oz in 2012 Production Summary Gold Ridge, Solomon Islands * Production for the 3 months - ... (more)

Current tropical timber practices are not sustainable and nations should consider the "implications of 'peak timber'", a study has suggested.

Imagine being hauled to the in-laws' every single Christmas and cajoled into celebrating, waving banners and honouring how sensationally brilliant they are, how generous they are to their family, how preposterously fantastic they are.

389 km ESE of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl. 626 km ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2228 km NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia NST= 21, Nph= 21, Dmin=626.7 km, Rmss=0.57 sec, Gp=112, M-type=body wave magnitude , Version=4 Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location.

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said this new framework, which includes a standard package of allowances and benefits, ended special arrangements introduced under the Howard government.

FIJI will provide assistance to the Solomon Islands for the hosting of the 11th Festival of Pacific Arts in July.

382 km E of Kira Kira, San Cristobal, Solomon Isl. 620 km ESE of HONIARA, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 2230 km NE of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia NST= 37, Nph= 37, Dmin=620 km, Rmss=1.33 sec, Gp=130, M-type=body wave magnitude , Version=4 Did you feel it? Report shaking and damage at your location.

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Officials in Russia, US and Europe agree that based on tracking data, it appears the failed Phobos-Grunt Mars probe burned up on re-entry over the Pacific Ocean Sunday afternoon.

Central and South American countries including Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Paraguay also congratulated the people of Taiwan on having concluded the presidential and legislative elections, which signify the solid diplomatic ties between these countries and Taiwan, according to the ministry.

In the mid 80s, the Japanese described New Zealand's nuclear-free policy as the " New Zealand disease " which had to be prevented from spreading throughout the South Pacific.