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Red Cross: PNG quake leaves 67 dead as aftershocks rock homes

Atleast67peoplewerekilledbyamajorearthquakethatdevastatedPapuaNewGuinea'sremotehighlandslastweek,theRedCrosssaidMonday,withthousandshomelessandwithoutfoodandcle

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PNG PM has one week to maintain parliament's confidence

Papua New Guinea's embattled prime minister will have a long week of wheeling-and-dealing in order to maintain power after his political opposition forced a one week adjournment as social unrest mounts.

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Aussie immigration center becomes open facility to comply with court ruling

Australia does not expect it will have to renegotiate with its service providers and the PNG government now its immigration detention and processing center on Manus Island is an open facility.

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PNG PM vows to step down amid corruption allegations

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill on Monday said he will not step down amid allegations of corruption following pressure from local influential organisations and university students.

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PNG can't sweep latest corruption arrests away as APEC hosting duties loom

​As Papua New Guinea enters preparation for APEC 2018, the international community can no longer turn a blind eye to the latest battle in the ongoing corruption saga engulfing the top echelons of power.

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Human trafficking victims intercepted off PNG

​Papua New Guinean authorities have intercepted a fishing boat allegedly carrying human trafficking victims from Myanmar and Cambodia.

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PNG announces bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games

PNG announces bid for 2026 Commonwealth Games

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EU, PNG ink 208-mln-dollar development partnership program

​The European Union and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have signed a development partnership program worth 208 million U.S. dollars, the Pacific News Agency Service (PACNEWS) reported Thursday.

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Aussie bank Westpac sells 5 Pacific Island operations

​Australian bank Westapc will offload its banking operations in Samoa, Cook Islands, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Tonga as it looks to sharpen its focus on the more lucrative Fiji and Papua New Guinea markets.

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Candlelight vigil voices angry over Australian refugee policies

Despite Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's government's claiming victory over illegal migrants arriving by boat to Australia, opposition to the coalition's hardline refugee policies is coalescing around human rights concerns which was expressed Thursday night at a candlelight vigil in Sydney.

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Australia hosts high-level talks with Papua New Guinea

Seventeen ministers from Australia and PNG attended the Forum held at the Parliament House in Canberra