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The biggest youth gathering in the Pacific region kicked off in the last hour in Suva with a march.

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The French Navy is coming. A patrol boat normally based in Noumea is due to arrive in Auckland next Thursday morning for a four day visit.

The following lists the most and least risky places for natural disasters, in terms of likely deaths, according to the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction .

THE crew of the Neptune Shipping vessel MV Scarlett Lucy has been presented with a Certification of Appreciation by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

The Kiribati Shipping Services Limited has formally signed an agreement with the governments of Nauru, Tuvalu, Kiribati and Wallis and Futuna to provide regular feeder shipping services to these countries.

Pacific Ministers from Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, PNG, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Tonga with representatives from Niue, Wallis and Futuna and French Polynesia.

Transport Ministers from Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau and Tuvalu with representatives from Niue, and Wallis and Futuna IMPROVING essential shipping to and between Small Island States in the Pacific will be the focus point of deliberations for the Small Island States Ministers of Transport and Maritime ...

France's political parties are preparing to launch their campaigns for the European elections in June, despite internal squabbling over the composition of electoral lists within the ruling centre-right UMP and opposition Socialist parties - EurActiv France offers an overview.

Paul Geraghty with the newly launched book at the Pacific Regional Seminary yesterday.

Update: 4:36PM TWELVE of the 22 Pacific Island countries invited to the Pacific Youth Festival have confirmed their attendance, says the Ministry of Youth.

Twelve countries have so far indicated their intention to attend the Pacific youth festival which will be held in Suva.

Current Location: Vietnam - Programming may be one hour delayed. Wednesday, 15 April 2009 at 20:00 Thursday, 16 April 2009 at 00:30 Wednesday, 22 April 2009 at 20:00 Current Location: Wallis and Futuna Wednesday, 15 April 2009 at 22:00 Thursday, 16 April 2009 at 00:30 Wednesday, 22 April 2009 at 22:00 Running Time: 55 mins

KOROR The Secretariat of the Pacific Community has developed joint country strategies for at least half of its 22-island member countries and territories.

A major earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale struck the South Pacific island country of Tonga on Friday morning.

New Zealand is on tsunami alert following a magnitude 7.9 earthquake south of Tonga this morning.

The French government's economic, social and cultural cooperation fund, commonly known as the "Pacific Fund", has endorsed funding for a total of 2.56 million U.S. dollars for this year.

THE Jacques Cartier , a Light Transport Landing Ship of the French Armed Forces is in Nuku'alofa on a friendly visit, during its regional patrol of the South Pacific waters.

By The Associated Press= France's overseas possessions: GUADELOUPE, population about 400,000, Guadeloupe is an archipelago of five islands in the Caribbean about 1,300 miles from Miami.

It started off talking about squatters such as Jittu and then about a community of Wallis and Futuna people who live in Suva and are regarded as squatters and ended with some comments by Wadan Narsey, the ...