Representatives from the Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu will meet in Apia, Samoa, from 27 to 29 April 2009, to participate in the Regional Workshop on the "Establishment of national human rights mechanisms in the Pacific", organized by the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), in partnership with the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (APF), and with the support of the Government of Samoa and the Pacific Islands Forum.
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Friday 24 April 2009
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Apia, Samoa
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Thursday 23 April 2009
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Apia, Samoa
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has a peculiar take on the recent turn of political events in Fiji.
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Wednesday 22 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Anzac Day 2009 will be observed on Saturday 25 April, recalling and commemorating the fact that servicemen from Tonga also fought and died in major conflicts in the interests of world peace.
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Wednesday 22 April 2009
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Sydney, Australia
Human rights in Fiji are deteriorating and civilians are living in fear because of the military regime's "draconian measures," an Amnesty International specialist said after visiting the country. By Michael Heath
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Monday 20 April 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The President Ratu Josefa Iloilo has decreed that none of the decrees or decisions made by government since the 5th of December 2006 to the 9th of April 2009 can never be questioned or challenged in any of the Fiji courts.
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Tuesday 14 April 2009
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Suva, Fiji
Overseas journalists covering Fiji's political crisis have been ordered out of the country as the military-led regime tightened its control on the beseiged news media, Pacnews reports.
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Monday 13 April 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The military-led government in Fiji which was sworn back into office yesterday is unhappy with how the News Limited-owned Fiji Times informed its readers about how its Sunday edition was censored.
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Monday 13 April 2009
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Sydney, Australia
Ratu Josefa Iloilo has taken his nation over the precipice. All pretence of acting within the law has been stripped away, and the future of Fiji left profoundly uncertain. By Professor George Williams
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Monday 13 April 2009
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Suva, Fiji
Fiji's President has annulled the constitution and fired all the country's judges a day after the Court ruled the country's military government was illegal.
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Thursday 9 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Supreme Court has ruled in a summary judgment that the proprietors and staff of the the Kele'a newspaper are liable for damages amounting to TOP $500,000 arising out of a letter to the editor it published in October 2007, which defamed the Hon Prime Minister and his Economic Adviser, Rob Solomon.
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Tuesday 7 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The situation at 4PM Tuesday, 7 April. Tongatapu - The power is almost restored to all lines in Nuku‘alofa and we will complete work on the last parts of Sopu this evening.
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Friday 3 April 2009
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Hon Simon Crean MP. Minister for Trade and Mr Bob McMullan, Parliamentary Secretary for International Development Assistance from the Government of Australia arrived in Tonga this afternoon, as part of a two-day visit to the Kingdom.
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Friday 3 April 2009
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Suva, Fiji
Five Pacific Islanders have been awarded the prestigious United States' South Pacific Scholarship (USSP) to the University of Hawaii through the East West Centre from August this year. The five candidates from Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tuvalu, Tonga and Fiji will be pursuing Undergraduate and Graduate degrees in the fields of economics, conservation biology, agricultural sciences and accounting.
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Tuesday 31 March 2009
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London, UK
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma has called on G20 leaders to look beyond their own interests as the 'T20': "the Trustees of the whole world's interests".
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Sunday 29 March 2009
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Rome, Italy
The People's Republic of China has agreed to make available to FAO a $30 million trust fund to support developing countries in improving their agricultural productivity to achieve the Millenium Development Goals. The agreement signed yesterday in Beijing also marks China's entry into FAO's donor community.
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Sunday 29 March 2009
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Suva, Fiji
Acting Military Commander Colonel Pita Driti has attacked Fiji's largest newspaper The Fiji Times again - and also Fiji Television. He claims both news organisatons are biased against the military.
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Wednesday 25 March 2009
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Washington DC,USA
We are living through a time of global economic challenges that cannot be met by half measures or the isolated efforts of any nation. Now, the leaders of the Group of 20 have a responsibility to take bold, comprehensive and coordinated action that not only jump-starts recovery, but also launches a new era of economic engagement to prevent a crisis like this from ever happening again. By Barack Obama
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Saturday 21 March 2009
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Suva, Fiji
The editor-in-chief of Fiji's second largest newspaper, the Fiji Sun, Samisoni Kakaivalu has resigned.
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Friday 20 March 2009
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Auckland, New Zealand
Tongan publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala's new book explores the dilemmas, paradoxes and challenges of modern Tonga.
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Sunday 15 March 2009
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London, UK
The second largest shareholder in Independent News & Media (INM), telecoms magnate Denis O'Brien - whose Digicel mobile phone company has South Pacific interests - yesterday welcomed the appointment of Gavin O'Reilly as the group's new chief executive officer.
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