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Sunday 10 January 2010 2:35pm
Geneva, Switzerland : The United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries calls on the United States and the Iraqi Governments to cooperate to ensure that the Nissour Square incident is fully remedied and, in relation to the crimes that may have been committed, those responsible fully held accountable as appropriate.
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Sunday 10 January 2010 1:45pm
Pagopago, American Samoa : 'Oku 'ikai ke fakapapau'i mai 'e he Fa'ahi Fakapolitikale ko e Temokalati (Democracy) 'oku ne lava 'o solova 'a e palopalema mo e to nounou kotoa 'a ha Fonua. Ko e fa'ahi Politikale Fakalangi pe 'i Hevani tene lava. Ko e tefito'i fakakaukau 'oku taukave'i 'e he Temokalati ia ko 'ene malava ke fakamalohi'i ha Pule'anga mo hono kau taki kuo fili ke nau ha'isia ki honau fatongia ki he kakai 'o e fonua. -
Friday 8 January 2010 4:48pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Pursuing a dream to develop a private space port in Tonga, a couple of space entrepreneurs have the blessing of Tonga's king to build a small rocket launch site on the king's estate on the southern tip of 'Eua this year, with the aim of launching a rocket before the end of 2010. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 January 2010 8:03pm
Suva Fiji : The Public Emergency Regulation will be lifted in Fiji as soon as the new Media Decree is implemented. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 January 2010 6:00pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The Tongan government has decided to take over the preparation of a national team for the 2011 World Cup. Tonga's Minister of Finance, Hon. Afu'alo Matoto has been allocated as the Minister responsible for the restructuring of the Tonga Rugby Union. Premium content -
Wednesday 6 January 2010 2:31pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tertiary education has been given a boost this year with the Tonga government approving a grant of $1 million pa'anga for eight non-government technical institutions for the 2010 school year. Premium content -
Saturday 2 January 2010 3:45pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mother of six 'Emeline Taufa (29) of Hofoa, made a lucky U-turn on December 30 when she decided to head back to town and do some more shopping - just to get a ticket in the Molisi Tonga Supermarket Christmas Bonanza before it closed the same day. Premium content -
Friday 1 January 2010 10:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The first baby to be born in Tongatapu in 2010 at the start of a new decade has a very long name, which remembers his father who is away serving in the Solomons with the RAMSI mission. Premium content -
Friday 1 January 2010 3:40pm
UK : Certainly we never entertained the idea that democracy can come from the barrel of a gun, as in Iraq, or Afghanistan. Nor can the function of casting and counting votes alone be considered, without a similar weighting for free speech and media freedom, an impartial justice system, and the absence of public corruption, as serious evidence of democracy. Premium content -
Friday 1 January 2010 6:29am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : 'Oku lahilahi 'a e ilifia tevolo he teuteu liliu fakapolitikale ko'eni 'oku 'ai ke fakahoko 'i Tonga ni. 'Oku lahi mo e ngaahi fakakaukau faka'ofo'ofa ke fili ha kakai 'oku poto mo lelei ke nau hoko ko ha ngaahi taki lelei, ka 'oku 'ikai ko e me'a ia 'oku fa'ahoko 'i he taimi lahi 'i he founga temokalati. Premium content -
Friday 1 January 2010 12:12am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : On New Year's Eve in a land where time begins, Tongans are welcoming in 2010 quietly. As midnight approaches there's a brass band playing a hymn somewhere nearby in the capital, with a sombre tone that sounds more like a funeral dirge. But as the New Year rolls in, church bells start ringing, the crackers make a lively statement for a few minutes and the band picks up the beat - a little. - By Mary Lyn Fonua -
Thursday 31 December 2009 2:17pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : New Year's Eve revellers in Tonga are being told they should be able to enjoy themselves and be free from bad behaviour by others. Premium content -
Thursday 31 December 2009 1:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Tonga police are looking for a man who attacked a woman on a Tongatapu beach yesterday. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 December 2009 12:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Domestic violence in Tonga is increasing, with 19 cases reported to the Tonga Police during the first six days of the Christmas holiday period. Premium content -
Wednesday 30 December 2009 10:49am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A 71-year-old man died at Tatakamotonga at 4 a.m. on Christmas morning after being hit by a vehicle as he was walking home from a kava party. Premium content -
Tuesday 29 December 2009 4:26pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : A small rocket is scheduled to be launched into space from a rocket launching site on the southern tip of 'Eua during November/December 2010, according to Randa and Roderick Milliron, the founders and the major share-holders of Interorbital System IOS. Premium content -
Monday 28 December 2009 5:15pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : The 8th Tonga Police Force contingent to the regional peace keeping force in the Solomons were farewelled in Canberra by the Tonga High Commissioner to Australia, HRH The Crown Prince Tupouto'a-Lavaka at the Chancery Pouono, on 14 December. Premium content -
Thursday 24 December 2009 11:30am
Neiafu, Vava'u : Pelenaise Fehoko Havea (18), the Dux of Vava'u High School for 2009 is an all-around student who has been outstanding both in the classroom and in sports. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 December 2009 7:44pm
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : As an economic slowdown continues, the National Reserve Bank of Tonga has offered SDR relief for commercial banks, to encourage them to reduce interest rates for customers. Premium content -
Wednesday 23 December 2009 10:18am
Nuku'alofa, Tonga : Mother of two, Tita Veamatahau from Ma'ufanga, was delighted yesterday when she was named as one of five lucky winners in the Western Union Christmas promotion. Premium content
