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Tonga is sending four contingents of soldiers to Afghanistan to support the Western Allied War on Terror. The Tongan Prime Minister, Dr Feleti Sevele in an interview said that Tonga has previously supported requests from both the USA and the UK for soldiers to fight their battles overseas. But this time Dr Sevele says "let's not kid ourselves that is all plain sailing." By Pesi Fonua.

The Pacific Media Association (PacMA) was formed in Apia, Samoa, today at a meeting of media representatives from around the Pacific region. The new organisation’s stated goals are to promote and defend the values of media freedom, ethics, good governance, and to provide training for all media in the Pacific region.

As president of the Tonga Law Society, I wish to express my serious concern about the approval by Privy Council of a Royal Commission of Inquiry to inquire into reports that Government has attempted unduly to influence the independence of the judiciary, as conveyed in a media release of the Prime Minister's Office on 5 August 2010.- Laki Niu, President, Tonga Law Society, 11 August 2010

Tonga's Chief Justice Anthony David Ford will preside over his last case in the Tonga Supreme Court on Friday, August 13, before he leaves for New Zealand the following day.

'Oku totonu hono faka'ali'ali pea mo e fiema'u mai 'o e kau sotia Tonga 'e he ngaahi fonua lalahi. 'Oku kau ia ki he ma'u ai 'a e maheni tau malu'i fonua 'a e sotia Tonga, pea faka'aonga'i ai kinautolu 'i he ngaahi founga faka-'ikanomika . 'O kapau 'oku 'i ai ha founga ke fakalahi ai 'enau maheni ngaue, pea lahi honau fiema'u, ko e ngaahi taumu'a ia 'oku tau feinga ki ai. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.

Tonga expects to start exporting more vegetables to New Zealand in September, including chilli pepper and eggplants to be followed by fruits such as watermelon, pawpaw and mangoes in season.

There have been sharp disagreements that threaten the effectiveness of the Forum. The most visible of those has been about how to encourage Fiji to return to democracy. There is an official Forum process that is trying to establish a dialogue with Fiji, but different approaches between the strong language used by Australia and New Zealand (recently toned down) and the desire of Pacific countries to stay engaged with Fiji. - OXFAM

'Oku tui 'a e motu'a ni 'oku 'ikai ke pehe mai 'e Pilitania mo e NATO koha fo'i piini piko 'a e kau ange 'a Tonga ki he tau. Ko e fu'u teuaki fakapo 'eni, hange ha taki atu ha fu'u tuli pea toe noa ki ha fe'auhi tipeiti. Ko 'enau si'i sio ngutu pe ki he ngaahi me'a 'oku fai 'e he ngaahi fonua kuo nau taukei 'i he mala'e 'o e tau taau pe ko 'enau o atu pe 'o le'o 'i he ngaahi 'apitanga tau kae 'ikai ke nau 'otumu'a 'i he laine. - Lou 'Uhila.

An application by Paul Karalus, Tonga's former Minister of Transport, for a judicial review of the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Sinking of the MV Princess Ashika was rejected by Chief Justice Anthony Ford in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court today, August 9.