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- Closer ties for Papua New Guinea and China
MICHAEL SOMARE: Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister has backed closer ties with China. Relevant offers Protests after Honduras coup 'Kiwi' arrested in Iran? Tests confirm St Paul's bones - Pope Australia has swine flu vaccine Aussie asylum seekers flood
- Afghan bomb hits NZ troops
Tests confirm St Paul's bones - Pope Australia has swine flu vaccine Lawyer says Jackson had pulse when found Closer ties for Papua New Guinea and China Shackled girl, 6, escapes would-be rapist Aussie asylum seekers flood continues Chimp
- China and Papua New Guinea get closer
Asia Papua New Guinea has pledged to strengthen and expand its military ties with China. The country's Defence Force Commander, Peter Ilau, is in China for a week long visit with counterparts about a military exchange cooperation program. Xinhua, China's
- China, Papua New Guinea vow to expand military cooperation
BEIJING, June 26 (Xinhua) -- Senior military officials of China and Papua New Guinea pledged Friday to further expand military exchanges and cooperation. Great progress had been made in bilateral ties since the two countries forged diplomatic ties in
- CBA looking to exit Fiji and expand in Asia, UK
Abstracted from The Australian Financial Review The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is negotiating the sale of its banking and insurance business in Fiji. The Bank of South Pacific, the largest bank in Papua New Guinea, has made an offer for
- 6.7 quake strikes PNGs New Ireland area.
The US Geological Survey says a major undersea earthquake with a 6.7 magnitude has struck off the New Ireland area of Papua New Guinea . It said the epicentre of the quake, which struck early this morning was located 95 kilometres south-southeast of
- 6.7 quake rocks Papua New Guinea
PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea-A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake shook Papua New Guinea overnight, waking people from their sleep but causing no damage or tsunami, an official told AFP on Wednesday. A spokesman for Port Moresby Geophysical Observatory
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The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997, after claiming some 20,000 lives.
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