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The Fiji Human Rights Commission has strongly recommended to the interim government not to renew existing work permits for expatriates in the media industry.

Fiji Sun publisher Australian Russell Hunter tells of being deported from the country.

Mr. Sateki Finau of Fo'ui, and Mrs. Temaleti Fulivai Faka'osi of Kolomotu'a became the first Tongans to reclaim their Tonga citizenship during a short ceremony at the Prime Minister's Office on Monday 25th February 2008.

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has been recorded at the highest rates ever, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report that presents findings from the largest survey to date on the scale of drug resistance in tuberculosis.

Fiji's Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry has included another local media publisher in his defamation lawsuit over reports published on allegations of tax evasion against him.

Reporters Without Borders condemns the Fiji appeal court's harassment of Leone Cabenatabua, the editor of the Fiji Sun, and Virisila Buadromo, the head of the Fiji Women's Rights Movement, who were summoned and warned by the court on 12 February because of an article quoting Buadromo in that day's issue criticising the military-led government's appointment of new judges to the court.

Fifty Tongan children will have a head start at school this year thanks to the Back to School promotion run by the Western Union Company (NYSE:WU), a worldwide leader in money transfer services.

A new thematic fund for maternal health has been created to boost global efforts to reduce the number of women dying in pregnancy and childbirth. The fund, established by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, will also encourage developed countries and private sponsors to contribute more to saving women's lives.

The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world's largest marine protected area ...– a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.