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Tonga's Night of Prayer (Po Lotu) for the people of the earthquake stricken city of Christchurch, New Zealand, was held at the Centenary Church of the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga on Sunday evening, February 27, where nIne choirs from different churches joined in a memorial service.

The 50th anniversary of the United States Peace Corps was commemorated in Tonga today, March 1, with the unveiling of a plaque on the central Nuku'alofa waterfront.

Tonga will be without a king for ten days, starting today when HM King George Tupou V will leave for Los Angeles and will not return until March 10.

Tonga's 10th military contingent has deployed to the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands RAMSI, leaving Tonga on Friday, February 25.

The Government of Tonga, along with church leaders of the nation, will hold a special church service tomorrow evening, Sunday 27th February, to pray for the community of Christchurch as well as the New Zealand government, following the devastating earthquake on Tuesday 22nd February. - PMO, 26/02/27.

An eight -members group of volunteers from the South Pacific Animal Welfare SPAW are finishing off a month long animal care clinics that was launched after they arrived in Tonga on February 7.

The Government of New Caledonia and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) have signed three agreements today to fund interventions to reduce public health risks resulting from contaminated drinking water, inadequate sanitation and drought. - SPC.

In a world that has 1.6 billion people who are overweight, the biggest challenge to mobilizing action against hunger is that hunger is becoming invisible in places, "and in a world exploding with prosperity and possibility we have become morally bankrupt, we have lost the sense of compassion. . .," UN Messenger of Peace HRH Princess Haya Al Hussein said this weekend, appealing to leaders who can make a difference for the rural poor. - By Mary Lyn Fonua

Ministers and senior officials responsible for promoting women's empowerment and gender equality in the Commonwealth will meet in New York from 19-20 February 2011. - Commonwealth Secretariat.