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Wednesday 20th April 2016

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New York primaries: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton win

Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton claim victory in the high-stakes New York primaries, cementing their places as frontrunners in the race to the White House.

Rodrigo Duterte: 'Stay out' of campaign Australia, says presidential candidate who joked of rape

A leading candidate for the Philippines presidency tells Australia to "stay out" of the campaign after criticism of his outburst on the rape and killing of an Australian missionary.

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Concerns for Fiji's fish stocks after Cyclone Winston reef devastation

When Cyclone Winston devastated the northern part of Fiji's main island, Viti Levu, the destruction wasn't confined to the land, the ocean also took a hammering with patches of the country's coral reefs torn up.
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Pacific's great whales under threat from climate change, pollution and deep sea mining

The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme has launched a two-year campaign to protect whales in the Pacific.
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Religious leaders call on governments to take urgent climate action

As politicians prepare to meet in New York to ratify the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, religious leaders from around the world are calling on their governments to limit global warming as a matter of urgency.
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