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Police called in over Fiji chief stand-off

Police have been sent to a village in Fiji's northern islands to help settle a dispute over the appointment of a new chief.

Australia's approach to Pacific worries Solomons PM

Solomon Islands Prime Minister, Gordon Darcy Lilo, says Australia needs to take a more consensus-based approach to the Pacific region, focussing on real development needs.

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Nauru calls election after months of political turmoil

Nauru will hold an election on June 22, ending months of political stalemate and a boycott of Parliament by many MPs.

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Child labour a big concern in western Fiji: charity

Concern over spread of HIV in Guam

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Factional uncertainties in Malaysia's UMNO before party polls

Updated 24 May 2013, 21:56 AEST

The dominant component in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional is the Malay UMNO party, now reassessing the direction the coalition will take.

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Solomons PM sympathetic to PNG's complaints against Australia

Updated 24 May 2013, 16:34 AEST

The Prime Minister of Solomon Islands has expressed sympathy with Papua New Guinea's complaints against Canberra's approach on Pacific trade deals and on access for Pacific Islanders to Australia.

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Contemporary Pacific Arts Festival: Flax weaving workshop inspires locals

Updated 24 May 2013, 17:00 AEST

In Melbourne’s multicultural suburb of Footscray, a flax weaving boom is in full swing. And driving the craft’s rising popularity is Maori weaver Shona Te Hau and her increasingly popular weaving workshops.

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