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Sexual violence in Lae: impunity and resistance
Protest against gender-based violence in Lae, February 14 2013Written by Stephen Howes and Kamalini Lokuge: Development Policy BlogLae, on PNG’s northern coast, is the country’s second city and...
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PNG Politics Vs A Pig's Tale
Lucas Kiap By Lucas KiapOnce upon a time there lived a group of pigs numbered six million in thick jungles surrounded by fast flowing rivers, steep mountains, deadly enemies, and cunning friends. They...
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GOATS UNDER SHEEP’S CLOTH
Lucas KiapBy Lucas KiapPeople in this country too often become so focused with their Christian beliefs that they spare little time to attend to pressing issues affect their lives, contradicting what...
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O'Neill spruiks PNG resources to Japanese investors
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has told investors in Tokyo that his country is well placed to become a strategic supplier of Japan's long-term energy needs.Japan is the world's biggest...
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PNG to grant gas concessions to Thailand firms
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has agreed to grant natural gas concessions to the Thai private sector during talks with his Thai counterpart Yingluck Shinawatra.Prime Minister Yingluck...
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NKorea aggression could strengthen US-China relationship
View PhotoAssociated Press/Ahn Young-joon - In this April 3, 2013, photo, South Korean Marine K-55 self-propelled howitzers are on positions during an exercise against possible attacks by North Korea...
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North Korean Missile Test Imminent
SEOUL/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea said on Wednesday there was "very high" probability that North Korea, engaged in weeks of threats of war, would launch a medium-range missile at any time as a...
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Meninga begins training PNG's rugby league team
Australian rugby league legend Mal Meninga has begun training Papua New Guinea's national rugby league team.Meninga signed on last month to become the Kumuls' high performance director for the next...
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Hindus upset at Australian Broadcasting calling Holi “mess”
Hindus have criticized Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) of Australia for labeling Hindu festival of Holi as “mess”.SBS posted a newsitem including a video under "WORLD NEWS AUSTRALIA" dated April...
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Kerry tamps down anxiety over NKorea missile power
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry delivered a stark warning to North Korea on Friday not to test-fire a mid-range missile, while tamping down anxiety caused by a new U.S....
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Breakthrough on Vodafone, FNPF bid in PNG
IT seems a decision has been made on the management of Papua New Guinea-based mobile company, Bemobile.PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill made public earlier other shareholders in the mobile company were...
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Call for foreign help with PNG job creation
PNG's Trade Minister Richard MaruPapua New Guinea's Trade Minister has accused Australia of failing to help the country create the jobs it needs to cope with a growing youth population.Trade Minister...
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PNG governor accuses UN experts of lying about gender ‘thuggery’
PNG’s Gary Juffa … nation has ‘long history of gender equality”. Image: WantokPacific Scoop:Report – By Michael Sergel and Finian Scott in WellingtonPapua New Guinea’s staunchly anti-colonial Oro...
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US woman gang-raped in Papua New Guinea
PHOTO: A US academic who was gang-raped in a remote forest on the island of Karkar off the Papua New Guinea.(AFP: Ness Kerton@madNESS Photography)A US academic claims she was gang-raped by an armed mob...
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Australian Gov-Gen Bryce in PNG for Anzac memorials
Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce will attend an Anzac service at Kokoda on her trip to PNG.AUSTRALIAN Governor-General Quentin Bryce will meet women's groups and visit a family violence clinic...
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MAN CAUGHT FOR MOLESTING A 7YEAR OLD GIRL
A man in his late forties who was caught molesting a seven year old girl yesterday in Lae was severely beaten and handed over to police.Angry residents of Papua Compound, who were alerted by the...
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Life jail for rape under new PNG laws
Papua New Guinea's Government has approved a series of tough penalties for crimes such as rape, in a move described by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill as "draconian".PNG's National Executive Council, a...
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Amnesty International outraged over PNG's plans to apply death penalty
HUMAN rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed the Papua New Guinea government's plan to apply the death penalty.Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on Wednesday laid down a mid-May deadline for a...
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Amnesty International outraged over PNG's plans to apply death penalty
HUMAN rights watchdog Amnesty International has slammed the Papua New Guinea government's plan to apply the death penalty.Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on Wednesday laid down a mid-May deadline for a...
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Australian prime minister to visit PNG
PHOTO: This will be Ms Gillard’s first visit to Papua New Guinea as prime minister. (AAP: Alan Porritt)Australia's Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, will make her first visit to Papua New Guinea later...
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