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    Monday 6 September 2010 10:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Prime Minister had made an "unwarranted attack on the judiciary" Justice Warwick Andrew said today in a statement answering assertions made by Dr Feleti Sevele last week in a row over the judge's resignation and early departure from Tonga.
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  • Monday 6 September 2010 9:45pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : TONGA will be represented in swimming for the first time since 1946 at the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games in October by Amini Fonua a 20 year old currently on a swimming scholarship to Texas A&M University.
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  • Monday 6 September 2010 7:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Four persons and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd. who are charged with manslaughter by negligence over the death of a young mother, Vae Fetu'u Taufa, in the sinking of the MV Princess Ashika last year, will appear for the first time at the Supreme Court in Nuku'alofa on Wednesday, September 8.
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  • Monday 6 September 2010 6:46pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's Navy on Monday, September 6 put on a demonstration of the techniques they use to stop illegal vessels in Tongan waters, in a law enforcement boarding operation for cadets from the "Zhenghe" training ship of China's Peoples Liberation Army Navy.
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  • Monday 6 September 2010 5:53am


    Australia
    : Justice Andrew today (August 3) said that the assertion made by the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Tonga that his resignation as a Justice of the Supreme Court of The Kingdom Of Tonga put the Government "in the lurch" was an unwarranted attack on the Judiciary.
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  • Sunday 5 September 2010 9:17pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Two Chinese warships arrived in Nuku'alofa on Friday, September 3 on a four-day courtesy call, highlighting a strengthening of diplomatic relations between Tonga and the People's Republic of China, in this first visit. Photos by Linny Folau
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  • Sunday 5 September 2010 3:12pm


    Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
    : Does Mr. Hola think that Tonga will do a better job than the British Lord Chancellor? After 1,400 years, former Prime Minister Tony Blair finally agreed in 2003 to close it down. It had run afoul of the law for many years, and had violated basic democratic principles. - Sione Akemeihakau Mokofisi.
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  • Friday 3 September 2010 3:30pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Chatham Pacific Airlines introduced a 28-seater DC3 aircraft to its fleet of aircraft servicing Tonga's domestic air services on Monday, August 30, 2010. - Friday, September 3, 2010 - 15:25
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  • Friday 3 September 2010 1:22pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : About 40,000 Tongan voters have registered for the 2010 Tonga General Election, to be held in November, after the final round of registration closed throughout Tonga on Tuesday August 31.
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  • Friday 3 September 2010 1:07pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Registration of candidates for the 2010 Tonga General Election will be held for two days in October on a day to be announced soon, said the Election Supervisor Pita Vuki on September 2.
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  • Thursday 2 September 2010 7:52pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Tonga's first contingent of 55 soldiers for Afghanistan are preparing to be deployed before Christmas this year, after flying to England at the end of September or in early October, for six weeks of training.
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  • Wednesday 1 September 2010 7:50pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Interplast Australia and New Zealand team will visit Tonga from 11 – 25 September 2010 to assist Tongan National Health Services to conduct specialist consultation clinics and perform plastic and reconstructive surgery services. - Australian High Commission.
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  • Wednesday 1 September 2010 7:06pm


    Suva, Fiji
    : I must admit that the departure of two senior judges of the Supreme Court in recent times is quite disturbing. As a developing nation, this trend is a sign of an unhealthy judiciary and the state must inquire as to how this can be reversed. - Freddy Kavaha'apai.
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  • Wednesday 1 September 2010 6:44pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Working together with the public to crack down on crimes in order to achieve safer communities, is the focus of a National Community Policing Coordination Centre, opened at the main Police Station compound in Longolongo on August 31.
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  • Wednesday 1 September 2010 6:14pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon Feleti Vaka'uta Sevele, yesterday stated that Justice Andrew's statement that Cabinet had prematurely discontinued his appointment as Supreme Court judge was totally untrue and that Cabinet did no more than accede to his request to resign early from his appointment in order to take up a new one in Australia. - Issued by Prime Minister's Office.
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  • Wednesday 1 September 2010 5:47pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : An Education USA Advising Centre was opened at the Tupou Tertiary Institute in Nuku'alofa last week providing resources for Tongans who are interested in pursuing a higher education in over 4000 universities or colleges in the United States.
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  • Wednesday 1 September 2010 1:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A two-days Interagency Border Management Workshop with the objective of strengthening Tonga's border security started in Nuku'alofa on Monday, August 30.
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  • Law
    Tuesday 31 August 2010 7:00pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : The Prime Minister Hon Dr Feleti Sevele in a press conference today strongly disputed a statement made by the departing Mr Justice Warwick Andrew that he was not allowed to continue to sit in the Supreme Court by virtue of a cabinet decision.
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  • Tuesday 31 August 2010 6:20pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : A complaint under the Official Secrets Act by a Chief Executive Officer of a Government Ministry that information was being unofficially released, led police to seize four computers from the Finance ministry's Budget Division office last week.
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  • Tuesday 31 August 2010 5:27pm


    Nuku'alofa, Tonga
    : Three young Tongan boxers have returned home with a medal each, a gold, a silver and a bronze medal from the Oceania Boxing Tournament, held in Canberra from August 6-9.
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