1. Australia: Anderson Says Act Of Recognition Is An Insult

Aboriginal rights campaigner, Michael Ghillar Anderson, slams the Act of Recognition introduced by Minister Jenny Macklin as an absolute insult to First Nations Peoples. The last survivor of the four men who set up the Aboriginal Embassy in Canb...

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2. Call for Bourke to resign over indigenous 'gaffe'

Australia - The ACT opposition wants Indigenous Affairs Minister Chris Bourke sacked over his gaffe about a Canberra Aboriginal organisation.

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3. Waking Up to the Price of Corruption

PORT MORESBY, Jun 14 2012 (IPS) - Weeks ahead of a national election in Papua New Guinea, 3000 people gathered in the capital, Port Moresby, for the sixth annual Sir Anthony Siaguru Walk against Corruption organised by Transparency Internation...

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4. TAHITI NUCLEAR WORKER GROUP CRITICIZES TONG SANG

Comments about compensation bill offensive to victims PAPE�TE, Tahiti (Tahitipresse, Jan. 18, 2010) - Moruroa e Tatou, a Papeete-based association representing former French nuclear testing site workers, criticized the sta...

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5. Labor to support UN indigenous rights declaration

The Federal Government says it will support a UN declaration on indigenous rights which the Howard government voted against in 2007. �

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6. PI Forum Secretariat Commends Initiative To Develop New Generation Of Leaders In The Region

PRESS STATEMENT 07/09 17th March 2009 The Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat has�commended an initiative to develop a new generation of leaders in the region describing it as very timely.

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7. Pacific Islands Forum Chair Welcomes Outcome Of Fiji Political Leaders Forum

PRESS STATEMENT 06/09 17th March 2009 The Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum and Premier of Niue, the Hon Toke Talagi, MP, welcomes the resumption of the political dialogue in Fiji after a meeting of the Political Leaders Forum held in ...

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8. FIJI REGIME DENOUNCES U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT

Fiji human rights commission calls it "rubbish" SUVA, Fiji (Fijilive, February 28, 2009) – The Fiji Human Rights Commission has labelled the damning latest US human rights report on Fiji "a piece of rubbish".

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9. TEMARU WINS 4TH TERM AS PRESIDENT IN TAHITI

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Feb. 13, 2009) – French Polynesia’s assembly has elected Oscar Temaru as the next president following last weekend’s resignation of Gaston Tong Sang.

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10. American Samoa Voters Give Togiola Another Term

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, November 20, 2008) – Preliminary results from American Samoa’s gubernatorial run off election show that the incumbents Governor Togiola Tulafono and Lt, Governor Faoa ...

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11. Toribiong Wins Palau Presidency

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Nov. 8, 2008) - Johnson Toribiong has been confirmed as Palau’s new president, after receiving a concession phone call from his closest rival Elias Camsek Chin.

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12. Five To Run For Bougainville President

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (PNG Post-Courier, Nov.12, 2008) – Five candidates have nominated for the presidential by-election in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville.

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13. Palau’s Chin concedes defeat

KOROR (Palau Horizon) — (Nov 11, 2008) Vice President Elias Camsek Chin and his running mate Sen. Alan Seid on Friday conceded defeat in this island nation’s tightest presidential election, and congratulated their opponents, attorney J...

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14. Pacific Islanders Go To Polls- Elections in American Samoa, CNMI, Palau and Guam

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Radio New Zealand International, Nov. 5, 2008) – A number of Pacific Island nations are going to the polls today, concurrent to the United States presidential election being held Tuesday U.S. time.

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15. Free Lex Wotton!

Palm Island Aboriginal man Lex Wotton was sentenced to six years’ jail for “riot with destruction” on November 7 — just four days after 22 police officers received “bravery awards” for their role in the 2004 P...

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