Kiribati in the News
Multi-cultural society recognised - Marlborough Express
10 hours 40 min ago
Multi-cultural society recognised
Marlborough Express
Kiribati RSE workers Borang Wainnang, Tierata Nawaia and Aukitino Namakin were part of the crowd favourite group of about 40 Kiribati dancers who performed at the festival last year and the trio said practice is under way for a loud, action packed and ...
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The UN General Assembly Vote Threatens Palestine as much as Syria - OpEdNews
15 hours 25 min ago
The UN General Assembly Vote Threatens Palestine as much as Syria
OpEdNews
These nations include Cambodia, Cape Verde, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Palau, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Swaziland, ...
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What makes Russia stake on tiny little-known states? - Pravda
Wed, 2012-02-22 19:27
What makes Russia stake on tiny little-known states?
Pravda
Has Kiribati recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia? The information to this regard was provided to Radio Australia on January 30 by Stephen Hodli, a foreign policy expert from the University of Auckland, New Zealand. According to him, in 2011, ...
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EU Assists Forum Countries with Human Rights - Solomon Times Online
Wed, 2012-02-22 12:08
EU Assists Forum Countries with Human Rights
Solomon Times Online
Fourteen Forum island countries will benefit from the project - Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Kingdom of Tonga, ...
Latest Post Under Working With UsScoop.co.nz (press release)
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Not all tuna created equal - Otago Daily Times
Wed, 2012-02-22 04:41
Otago Daily Times
Not all tuna created equal
Otago Daily Times
For New Caledonia, Niue, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, the Solomons, the Marshalls, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and a dozen other South Pacific island states, selling licences to fish for tuna within their economic zones has become a major source of their income; ...
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Efforts to Promote Sustainable Energy in the Pacific Must Continue - Solomon Times Online
Tue, 2012-02-21 11:06
Efforts to Promote Sustainable Energy in the Pacific Must Continue
Solomon Times Online
In that year, Fiji's import bill increased by almost 25% due to the higher cost of fuel; Palau's economy contracted by 3%; inflation rates in Kiribati and RMI soared by 18.6% and 17.5% respectively; the GDP ratio of remittances in Samoa and Tonga were ...
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Hot air and #epicFAILs for Ocean Conservation - Deep-Sea News
Tue, 2012-02-21 10:58
Hot air and #epicFAILs for Ocean Conservation
Deep-Sea News
Where are the representatives from developing nations (apart from the President of Kiribati, the token representative it seems)? Where are the small-scale fishers most impacted by catch systems? There's not even an indigenous representative on the ...
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Legal aid for Pacific on HIV - Fiji Times
Tue, 2012-02-21 10:12
Legal aid for Pacific on HIV
Fiji Times
"PIAF's legal program has indicated positive progress in 2011 with initial assistance to the Cook Islands with draft instruments for a draft HIV Bill, and similar assistance to Tuvalu and Kiribati later in the year. "Based on the consultation, ...
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Police well equipped - Fiji Times
Mon, 2012-02-20 10:24
Police well equipped
Fiji Times
... with police representatives from the region on interviewing and advanced interview techniques starting from tomorrow." He said the workshop would have participants from Tuvalu, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Tonga and Fiji.
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On Syria, Non-Payers Sponsored, List of Paying No-Shows, Kyrgyzstan Locked - Inner City Press
Sat, 2012-02-18 15:41
On Syria, Non-Payers Sponsored, List of Paying No-Shows, Kyrgyzstan Locked
Inner City Press
There were countries which were all paid up but nevertheless failed to show up or vote, including Cambodia, oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea and Ethiopia, Kiribati, Laos, Madagascar, Mali, Philippines, Sierra Leone with its UN Mission, Swaziland, ...
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Western Pacific: Final Push to Eliminate Leprosy – UN - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Fri, 2012-02-17 15:31
Western Pacific: Final Push to Eliminate Leprosy – UN
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
About 2000 cases are still recorded each year in the Philippines, while Micronesia, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands have failed to meet the elimination target, WHO said in a press release issued in Manila on Monday. WHO is urging health-care workers, ...
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Western Pacific: Final Push to Eliminate Leprosy - UN - Scoop.co.nz (press release)
Fri, 2012-02-17 14:21
Western Pacific: Final Push to Eliminate Leprosy - UN
Scoop.co.nz (press release)
About 2000 cases are still recorded each year in the Philippines, while Micronesia, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands have failed to meet the elimination target, WHO said in a press release issued in Manila on Monday. WHO is urging health-care workers, ...
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Come and discover exciting ways to reach your goals - Fiji Times
Fri, 2012-02-17 09:57
Come and discover exciting ways to reach your goals
Fiji Times
It is jointly owned by the governments of the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu and Samoa. nThe University has campuses in all member countries and the main Laucala Campus is ...
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Seasonal workers return for Victoria's almond harvest - ABC Online
Thu, 2012-02-16 12:04
ABC Online
Seasonal workers return for Victoria's almond harvest
ABC Online
About 70 workers are returning to the region from Tonga, Papua New Guinea and Kiribati having worked on the scheme for the past few years. Cos Stizza is from harvest labour company Madec. He says now the Federal Government has made the scheme permanent ...
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UN health agency urges final push to eliminate leprosy in Western Pacific region - UN News Centre
Thu, 2012-02-16 05:34
UN News Centre
UN health agency urges final push to eliminate leprosy in Western Pacific region
UN News Centre
About 2000 cases are still recorded each year in the Philippines, while Micronesia, Kiribati and the Marshall Islands have failed to meet the elimination target, WHO said in a press release issued in Manila on Monday. WHO is urging health-care workers, ...
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Kiribati fields gutsy team at Commonwealth Fly Fishing Comp - Radio Australia
Wed, 2012-02-15 23:24
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Kiribati fields gutsy team at Commonwealth Fly Fishing Comp
Radio Australia
Among the teams fishing for trout will be a group from the small Pacific island nation of Kiribati. There are no freshwater rivers or lakes on Kiribati .. and so is the team being over-optimistic eyeing the top spot? OGILVIE: (team singing) They're a ...
Gone fly fishing...ABC Online (blog)
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Global warming and future conflict - Tufts Daily
Wed, 2012-02-15 20:36
Global warming and future conflict
Tufts Daily
Small countries such as the Maldives and Kiribati (near the Hawaiian Islands) face this danger, as do much larger nations like Egypt and the Philippines. The future of the citizens and governments of these states is yet to be determined.
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Sex trap organiser sent to jail - Auckland stuff.co.nz
Wed, 2012-02-15 14:05
Sex trap organiser sent to jail
Auckland stuff.co.nz
The judge said Moore approached the two workers, from Kiribati and Vanuatu, at a Blenheim backpackers about 9.30pm on July 14 and told them she had sex workers available for them. They agreed on a price and followed her to a car, where Moore's ...
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PIAF Opens Its Doors to the Pacific with Its Legal Program - Pacific News Center
Wed, 2012-02-15 12:39
PIAF Opens Its Doors to the Pacific with Its Legal Program
Pacific News Center
“PIAF's legal programme has indicated positive progress in 2011 with initial assistance to the Cook Islands with draft instruments for a draft HIV Bill, and similar assistance to Tuvalu and Kiribati later in the year...and based on the consultation, ...
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Global Warming And Nigeria - Information Nigeria
Wed, 2012-02-15 08:25
Global Warming And Nigeria
Information Nigeria
Severe drought is being felt in Kaduna state and other parts of Africa plus the evacuation of the Kiribati Island is now eminent. Europe continues to battle a deep freeze that has killed hundreds of people, with transport and navigation services badly ...
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