Claims about "national security" allow the military to be secretive and cover up unethical behaviour or simple incompetence, says a political scientist at the Australian National University, Peter Larmour.
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Monday 1 December 2008
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Tokyo, Japan
Fighting to preserve a fish-eating culture that is slipping away among a younger generation in urban areas in Japan is the mission of an unusual non-governmental organisation. Its goal is to inspire Japanese youngsters by tickling their taste buds with fish and other seafood dishes, which they help to prepare. by Linny Folau
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Friday 21 November 2008
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Taiji, Japan
Despite international pressure opposing whaling practices, this traditional whaling village located near the south end of Japan's Kii Peninsula is determined to fight on and preserve its whaling culture. The fight, enthusiastic villages say, is nothing short of trying to protect their cultural identity. Story and photos by Linny Folau.
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Monday 17 November 2008
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Tokyo, Japan
The Japanese love their tuna and nothing demonstrates their passion as well as the fish-mania that goes on every morning at the legendary Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo - the mother of all fish markets and a popular tourist destination. By Linny Folau
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Thursday 6 November 2008
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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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Sunday 2 November 2008
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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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Wednesday 29 October 2008
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Auckland, New Zealand
Labour is promising to work on getting a free-to-air Pacific Island television channel up and running in New Zealand if it wins the election - a prospect that major broadcasters have been investigating for some time. By Paula Oliver
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Tuesday 14 October 2008
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Tokyo, Japan
The Sasakawa Pacific Islands Journalism Fellowship 2008 for three senior Pacific Island journalists, begins its intensive week-long program on the theme 'Fisheries and the Pacific' on Monday, October 13 in Tokyo, Japan. By Linny Folau
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Monday 13 October 2008
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Suva, Fiji
Fiji's interim prime minister and acting Finance Minister Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama will not be attending the World Bank meeting in Washington after his visa was denied.
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Friday 26 September 2008
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Suva, Fiji
This Sunday September 28 is 'International Right to Know Day'; a chance to highlight the right to information and to remember how important this right is for the fulfilment of all human rights. By Claire Cronin
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Friday 19 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The key security challenges that Pacific Island Nations have to address are not military threats but other threats that range from climate change to "good governance" and corruption, the commander of the Tonga Defence Services, Brigadier General 'Uta'atu stated on September 17 before the opening of a Pacific-Island Nations Security Collaboration Workshop in Nuku'alofa.
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Friday 19 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A new Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot scheme was discussed by an Australian five-members delegation who were in Tonga last week and have completed their first round trip to the four participating island countries.
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Wednesday 17 September 2008
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Suva, Fiji
Pacific governments are realising the power and value of information and are taking steps to ensure that this common asset is shared equally amongst the population rather than being locked away in government files, benefiting only a handful of powerful people. By Claire Cronin
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Sunday 14 September 2008
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Suva, Fiji
The Fiji interim Minister of Education, Filipe Bole, has declared a strike by nearly 400 staff of the regional University of the South Pacific "illegal".
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Monday 8 September 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
An Australian five-members delegation are currently in Tonga to hold talk with Tonga's Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries about sending seasonal workers to Australia.
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Thursday 28 August 2008
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Australia
No-one in Fiji has any illusion that the military take-over of an elected government in December 2006 was legal: it comprised the fourth coup in just under twenty years. The bases for Fiji's coups differ and so have international reactions to them.
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Thursday 21 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Dianne Sika-Paotonu, a Tongan PhD student in New Zealand has won a top health research award for her work on finding a cure for cancer.
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Wednesday 20 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Australian Government is introducing a new three-year Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme to four Pacific Island countries to work in the horticulture industry in regional Australia.
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Monday 18 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan Prime Minister, and the Chairman of the Pacific Islands Forum, Hon Dr. Feleti Vaka‘uta Sevele, will lead Tonga's delegation to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting in Niue, from August 19-21.
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Friday 15 August 2008
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A TONGA Coronation Fellowship was the New Zealand government's coronation gift for Tonga.
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