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A paternity suit brought against the Tongan noble Hon. Tu‘iha‘ateiho by his uncle failed in the Land Court of Tonga because of a lack of solid evidence.

FROM OUR ARCHIVES. The positive economic impact of the Coronation of HM King George Tupou V on Tonga's economy is estimated at $19.7 million pa'anga.

Kuo too e Tangata Poto, Fakapotopoto, Loto too, Fakatoo ki Lalo, Faka'apa'apa, Mamahi'i me'a, Falala'anga mo 'Apasia 'Otua, pea neongo ko e tangata poto ia mo ma'olunga pea lavame'a ka na'a ne lata pe ke faikava mo e kakai 'o e fonua 'i he Kalapu 'Ulutea 'i Loto Nuku'alofa. 'Oku ou tui kuo mea'i 'e Hou'eiki kae'uma'aa 'a e kakai kotoa pe 'a e Koloa mahu'inga ko'eni ne foaki 'e he 'Otua ma'a Tonga pea fakafeta'i kuo ne toe to'o atu, malo'ia aipe hono Huafa ma'oni'oni e. - Soosoo Tuiivai

Tonga's last contingent of 55 Tongan soldiers who had been serving in Iraq arrived safely at the Fua'amotu International Airport at 5 am on December 18 on a special flight by a United States Airforce C17.

The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights represents a symbolic moment to reflect on the relationship between fighting corruption and preventing human rights abuses. Transparency Watch spoke with Secretary General of Amnesty International Irene Kham about the hurdles corruption presents to furthering human rights.

Although I understand Joe Smith's example was to emphasize his point to forgive and forget things that have happened in the past, however, and for trivial knowledge sake - Samoa was always considered part of Tonga from the beginning. Only from Talaikaifaiki III (also known as Lomi'aetupu'a II) and his escape from Tuna and Fata, only then was Samoa considered independent for about 200 years. Kau'ulufonua Fekai then reconquered Samoa after this 200 year hiatus and the Tu'i Tonga actually lived out of Samoa for four consecutive generations only returning to Tonga once a year for the 'Inasi ceremony. - Daniel K. Fale

A second big fire to hit Neiafu within a month, destroyed a block of the central shopping area of the small town this afternoon.

The arrival home of Tonga's last contingent of 55 soldiers to be deployed in Baghdad for the Operation Iraq Freedom II Peacekeeping Mission, has been delayed until Thursday December 18.

I did not write about how great Russia is, I wrote about WWII participants. I did not write about evils of the US, you Mr. Smith called them evils, not me. I wonder why you did it. - Ivan Simic