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After its famous onshore mining history, Nauru now poised to go offshore

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Added by Stacey King on August 5, 2011 at 4:05pm — No Comments

No promises by Australian Opposition on asylum centre - Nauru

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA - Pacific Beat Updated June 20, 2011 08:05:26

Nauru has ratified the United Nations Refugee Convention.

Signatories to the convention commit to key human rights principles, including not returning refugees to countries from which they fled.

Nauru's decision boosts the call by Australia's Opposition leader Tony Abbott for an immigration processing centre to be established on the island rather than the current plan by the Australian government to do a…

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Added by Stacey King on June 21, 2011 at 11:36am — No Comments

Abbott still backing Nauru for asylum seeker processing

ABC RADIO - Pacific Beat Updated June 13, 2011 08:00:46

The Australian opposition says if asylum seekers are sent Nauru rather than Malaysia they'd be treated more humanely and have access to better services.

The opposition leader Tony Abbott has spent the weekend in Nauru touring the facilities where asylum seekers were held for up to five years as part of the Howard government's Pacific…

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Added by Stacey King on June 13, 2011 at 7:42pm — No Comments

Will overweight passengers be forced to pay for two seats?

Source : Skyscanner Friday, 22nd January 2010

Erroneous reports in the British tabloid media this week stated that French flag carrier, Air France, will force overweight flyers to pay for two seats, or they will be prevented from boarding for 'safety reasons'.

However, Air France has officially denied the accusation, stating on their website that ‘Air France has no intention of making heavier… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 27, 2010 at 10:58am — No Comments

Nauru denies diplomatic recognition for aid money

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated December 24, 2009 17:18:03

Nauru denies it's recognised two breakaway republics in the Caucusus in exchange for aid from Russia. Nauru has recognised the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which broke away from Georgia in the wake of Russian invasion of Georgia last August. Russia backs the two territories, but so far only Venezuela and Nicaragua have joined it in recognising their independence. Nauru's finance minister, Kieran Keke, insists that… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 29, 2009 at 10:50am — No Comments

Nauru and Kava

Kavadotcom

Nauru, like many of its Micronesia neighbors, has an unusual relationship with Kava. Beyond its relationship to Kava, many environmentalists look to Nauru as a test case for natural resource management (or, more specifically, mismanagement). Before we get to that, let’s take a look at Nauru’s unique history and how they came to be the nation we see today.

Nauru Island Itself

Formerly known as… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2009 at 4:58pm — No Comments

Nauru and Kiribati do airline deal for Fiji service

RADION NEW ZEALAND INTERNATIONAL Posted at 03:11 on 29 September, 2009 UTC

Kiribati’s national flag carrier, Air Kiribati, and Our Airline of Nauru have agreed to run a charter flight service between Tarawa and Nadi in Fiji.

The link was lost in 2005, when the Nauru airline had its sole Boeing 737 repossessed for failing to meet loan payments.

The Kiribati Minister for… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 9:01am — No Comments

We mix with the best, says Serevi

FIJI TIMES ONLINE - Tuesday, July 14, 2009

THE Pacific is not missing out on any international sports competitions, says Waisale Serevi, with Pacific teams fully participating in world-class competitions. He made the comment yesterday while speaking on the theme 'Sports the vehicle for health and identity in Pacific Island Countries' during the Pacific Youth Festival. Mr Serevi said weightlifers of Nauru, the… Continue

Added by Stacey King on July 15, 2009 at 11:41am — No Comments

Youth ambassadors prepare to set sail for Pacific

Radio Taiwan International - 26 June 2009

Foreign Minister Francisco Ou on Friday hailed Taiwan's "youth ambassadors" as they prepared to visit Taiwan's six allies in the Pacific region. Six teams made up of students from Taiwan's top universities will travel to Kiribati, Palau, Nauru, Tuvalu, the Solomon Islands and the Marshall Islands in early July. There they will hold summer camps with… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 30, 2009 at 9:19am — No Comments

Indonesia's rent-an-island answer to climate change

AUSTRALIA NETWORK NEWS - Steve Holland

The South Pacific pounds the coastline of Funafuti atoll, Tuvalu. [AFP]3 June 2009

Indonesia is considering renting some of its islands to people fleeing Pacific territories as climate change raises sea levels. The Indonesian Maritime Minister's proposal comes as a report this week reinforces the need to accommodate… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 3, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Pacific Islands Bullied by Australian, NZ Trade Officials, Say Experts

By Diane Cordemans - Epoch Times May 30, 2009

AUCKLAND, N.Z.—Tactics employed by Australia and New Zealand to push Pacific Island countries into signing a free trade agreement are a form of “contemporary colonization,” said academic and respected analyst on Pacific Island affairs, Professor Jane Kelsey at a seminar in Auckland last week.

Pacific Island officials involved in the Pacific Agreement on Closer… Continue

Added by Stacey King on June 2, 2009 at 11:27am — 1 Comment

Pacific Regional heads stand up against pirate fishing

Fiji Daily Post 13-May-2009 09:03 AM

A MOVE by the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) that include the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu have come down hard on pirate fishing. They now support the closure of all high seas areas to clamp down on pirate fishing and the move has been applauded by Greenpeace. Greenpeace… Continue

Added by Stacey King on May 13, 2009 at 2:43pm — No Comments

Football club's call cements arrival of Tongan guest workers

WAtoday.com

Michael Hartshorn February 20, 2009

LOCAL National Party MPs had lauded their arrival and church, social services, unions and government officials had lined up to ensure their smooth transition.

Alf Fangaloka (orange shirt) leads the Tongan arrivals down Robinvale's main street this… Continue

Added by Stacey King on February 21, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

ISLAND BUSINESS - What 2009 holds for Pacific Island nations

Excerpt from Connecting the Pacific NEWSROOM

07 January 2009

In keeping with Islands Business tradition, our senior writers Samisoni Pareti in Suva and Dev Nadkarni in Auckland give a quick overview of how 2009 may turn out for the islands in the Pacific.

Fiji Islands

Ever the rebel in the Pacific family of nations, Fiji might or might not be able to have a general election in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 21, 2009 at 11:54am — No Comments

Nauru Chiefs are naturals at footy

AFL Australia 17 January 2009

Country snapshot

The tiny island nation of Nauru, located in the South Pacific Ocean north of the Solomon Islands, is just 21 square kilometres in area.

A coral atoll of around 13,000 people, Nauru's isolation has led to the development of a native tongue unlike any other Polynesian… Continue

Added by Stacey King on January 17, 2009 at 3:06pm — 2 Comments

Nauru to set up new Trust Fund

Tue Dec 23, 2008 4:14pm AEDT

Nauru is to establish a new Trust Fund with the help of the Asian Development Bank. Its part of the Nauru government's strategy to improve its financial management after the disastrous losses it suffered during the 1990's. Eugene Zhukov, Regional Director of the Asian Development Bank's Sydney Office, says money from the Trust Fund could eventually be used to provide government services like health and education.

Presenter: Jemima… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 29, 2008 at 11:47am — No Comments