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(Photo: AP / Nickee Butlangan)Philippine Mis-Offensives?
File - In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013, Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) rebels, who signed a peace agreement with the Philippine government in 1996, man a checkpoint at a remote village on the volatile island of Jolo, Sulu province in southern Philippines....Full Story

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(Photo: WN / Marzena J.)With impact of climate change, green economic dev’t urgent
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Peter Skinner: my role in the Coronation production of Gloriana
As a 12-year-old, Peter Singer sung in the 1953 Covent Garden premiere of Gloriana. He tells us what he remembers of the experience | Joan Cross as Elizabeth I in the Royal Opera House's 1953 production of Benjamin Britten's Gloriana. Photograph: Roger Wood | I was 12 i...Full Story
Japan beat Canada in Pacific Nations Cup
Published June 19, 2013AFP | Ayumu Goromaru (centre) plays for Japan against the Barbarians in Le Havre, November 25, 2012. The full back scored all the points to lead Asian champions Japan to a 16-13 victory over Canada in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament in Na...Full Story
Goromaru key as Japan beats Canada in Pacific Nations Cup
NAGOYA, Japan -- Ayumu Goromaru scored all his team's points on Wednesday as Japan rallied to beat Canada 16-13 in the Pacific Nations Cup rugby tournament. | Canada, which could have won the tournament with a win, took a 3-0 lead after the first half on a penalty by Ja...Full Story
UNHCR 2012 refugee statistics: full data
More than 45.1 million people were displaced last year, the largest number since 1994 according to the latest UNHCR report. Find out where refugees come from - and where they go | • Get the data | • More data journalism and data visualisations from the Guardian | 21...Full Story
Paea set for switch to Hull FC
Hull Kingston Rovers are resigned to losing star forward Mickey Paea to their city rivals Hull FC. | The Tonga international has told Robins chairman Neil Hudgell that KC Stadium chiefs have offered and he has decided to sign a substantial contract. | Paea, 27, was also...Full Story
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Wed 19 Jun 2013
Super League: Mickey Paea set for switch from Hull KR to Hull FC
Sky Sports Hull Kingston Rovers are resigned to losing star forward Mickey Paea to their city rivals Hull FC. | The Tonga international has told Robins chairman Neil Hudgell that KC Stadium chiefs have offered and he has decided to sign a substantial contract. ...
Tsunami would destroy Tonga's capital
Stuff Scientists have released dramatic computer simulation photos which show that Tonga's capital would be mostly destroyed in a tsunami. | Nuku'alofa is home to about 34,000 people, most of whom would be hit. | The New Caledonia-based Secretariat of the ...
PMW: Track Record As Pacific Media and Protest Case Study
Scoop Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 2:31 pm | Press Release: Pacific Media Watch | PMW Airs Its Track Record As Pacific Media and Protest Case Study | LONDON (University of Westminster News / Pacific Media Watch): A New Zealand-based media freedom monitoring an...
Showing love for longfins
Stuff New Zealand's longfin eels or tuna are the most ancient species of eel and the largest freshwater eel in the world.  They're also as endangered as a blue penguin. Why then, do we catch them to sell overseas and to be chopped up into high-end pet...
Dressing to the max for school balls
Stuff Retailers say girls' school ball spending is reaching "wedding" heights as social media exposure ensures a traditional night of glitz and glamour is also the most extravagant on teenagers' social calendars. | Retailers in Palmerston North say they ar...
Tue 18 Jun 2013
Boks must have a fear of losing to give their best
Business Day RATHER a scrap than a sensational effort against a courageous but limited Scotland. | The Springbok coaching staff gained more because of the struggle against Scotland and there certainly won’t be complacency against Samoa. | South African rugby su...
Man in court after bank standoff
NZ Herald Dramatic five-hour siege at suburban bank ends with arrest after father pleads with gunman to give himself up. | A man will appear in court this morning after allegedly terrifying staff and customers inside an Auckland bank last night. | The father o...
Arrest after armed standoff at Auckland bank
Otago Daily Times The father of a gunman who terrified staff and customers inside an Auckland bank pleaded through a loud hailer for his son to come out of the building before police seized him to end a five-hour standoff last night. | The drama - in which nearby offi...
Armed standoff
NZ Herald Dramatic five-hour siege at suburban bank ends with arrest after father pleads with gunman to give himself up. | The father of a gunman who terrified staff and customers inside an Auckland bank pleaded through a loud hailer for his son to come out of...
Leg up on cards for low-income areas
NZ Herald Intensive housing project of 6000 homes and ideas for attracting new businesses and training organisations will help revitalise eastern suburbs around Tamaki estuary. | Auckland's low-income suburbs of Glen Innes, Pt England and Panmure will roughly ...
Mon 17 Jun 2013
Two mystery boats in rescue bid
Stuff A New Zealand air force Orion has been called in to assist in what is being described as an apparent sinking of one of two mystery boats that were ordered out of Samoa two weeks ago. | Maritime New Zealand says the 31 metre boat Horizons began to tak...
Three rescued from sinking ship
Scoop Monday, 17 June 2013, 2:00 pm | Press Release: Maritime New Zealand | 17 June 2013 | 1.30pm | Three rescued from sinking ship | Two Americans and a Canadian (genders not known) have been rescued from a vessel that began taking on water this morning 1...
Health Expert Group Ensures Relevance to Pacific Island Need
Scoop Monday, 17 June 2013, 1:55 pm | Press Release: Secretariat of the Pacific Community | Health Expert Group Ensures Relevance to Pacific Island Needs | Scientific and public health experts will meet at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) hea...
5 horses left high and dry in rain
The Times Of India MUMBAI: Even as torrential rains lashed the city, citizens in Chembur were shocked to see five sickly horses tied in the open next to a garbage dump for several hours on Sunday. | A resident, Sharmishtha Mitra, complained to the NGO People For Animal...
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