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  • Thursday 6 November 2008 5:37pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Tonga Government and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China hosted a reception to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, on October 30 at the Janfull International Hotel.
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  • Thursday 6 November 2008 5:33pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Maile Mataele, the 17 year old survivor of the tragic accident that took the lives of four Liahona High School boys on October 31, fights on at Vaiola Hospital despite being on life support and in a coma.
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  • Thursday 6 November 2008 1:12pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Students who are studying the Japanese language in Tonga have launched a new 'Star Walker' activity that helps improve their conversational Japanese outside of the classroom and also encourages them to learn more about their own Tongan culture.
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  • Thursday 6 November 2008 12:32pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The fifth session of Tonga's Youth Parliament to be held December 10-12 will focus on Climate Change, HIV and Aids, Political Reform for 2010, and other youth related issues.
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  • Thursday 6 November 2008 10:09am


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Three Pacific Island countries, including Tonga, that have not yet ratified the United Nations CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women are being encouraged to better understand the treaty, so that they can access the resources and international assistance available to members.
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  • Wednesday 5 November 2008 12:42pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The integrity of the Tongan parliament was questioned as accusations of corruption and wrong-doing were flying in the Tongan parliament on Tuesday October 28. From the House, by Pesi Fonua
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  • Wednesday 5 November 2008 4:50am


    Jakarta, Indonesia
    : The Indonesian police have arrested five journalists, one of them a foreigner, for attempting at entering the Nusakambangan island where three terrorists responsible for the first Bali bombing are detained.
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  • Tuesday 4 November 2008 9:11am


    Pago Pago American Samoa
    : A regional media group, the Pacific Freedom Forum, has called on Fiji's interim government to respect and safeguard the right to freedom of expression as enshrined in the constitution.
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  • Monday 3 November 2008 6:08pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Four Liahona High School boys were killed in a road accident at Lomaiviti on Friday evening, October 31, the Deputy Police Commander Taniela Faletau confirmed today.
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  • Monday 3 November 2008 1:03pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's attempt at producing a new and more democratic form of government is a slog. When the Constitutional and Electoral Commission Act came into force on July 23, it was hailed as a milestone in Tonga's rush to have a new system of government by 2010. But since July the Commission has been a ship adrift without a sail or a rudder and not a soul aboard. Editor's Comment.
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  • Monday 3 November 2008 1:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Reports from Tonga's newspapers, October 29-30, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua
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  • Sunday 2 November 2008 7:42pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Vendemiaire, a surveillance frigate of the French Navy stopped over in Nuku'alofa on Friday, while on a regular maritime surveillance of the South Pacific waters.
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  • Friday 31 October 2008 3:53pm


    USA
    : My GPS Fotua education tells me that a normal working person works 40 hours a week through out the 52 weeks of the year. At the end of the year, there are possible 2,080 working hours. Give or take a few days for illness, religious services and hangover; there are plenty of hours worked. Parliament on the other hand, worked less than 200 hours during this parliamentary session. - Tama Foa
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  • Friday 31 October 2008 12:23pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's only paediatrician Dr Toakase Fakakovikaetau - disturbed by the fact that too many sick children with heart problems were dying needlessly - set out to find them early with a screening program that has now received international recognition.
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  • Friday 31 October 2008 9:36am


    Penrith, Australia
    : The Toa Samoa team to play the Mate Ma'a Tonga today, Friday October 31, was named by John Ackland, Toa Samoa coach, at their camp at Penrith, West Sydney.
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  • Thursday 30 October 2008 6:13pm


    Camp Virginia, Kuwait
    : Taniela "Danny" Vea, a Tongan American who works in the war zones of the Middle East, says he was happy to be with the Tongan Marines who were staying at Camp Virginia, located near the Udairi Range in northern Kuwait.
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  • Thursday 30 October 2008 4:45pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : I recently visited Tonga and was surprised to find out that our very own 'Tonga Visitors Bureau' and Ministry of Tourism, had taken the lead in misguiding our visitors arriving in our poor Kingdom, with the map displayed out in their front yard. - Leonaitasi Taukafa
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  • Wednesday 29 October 2008 7:53pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Princess Regent HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita will close the 2008 session of Tonga's Legislative Assembly on Thursday, November 6.
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  • Wednesday 29 October 2008 5:49pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's National Women's Rugby League Team, the 'Esiafi, is ready to jet away tomorrow to the 3rd Women's Rugby League World Cup competition in Australia.
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  • Wednesday 29 October 2008 3:36pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Reports from Tonga's newspapers, October 22-23, 2008. An English translation summary by Tevita Fonua.
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