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TODAY'S PACIFIC NEWS
Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Tropical Storm Still North Of Cook Islands
System expected to become a cyclone

Tubuai Picking Up Pieces After Major Cyclone
Residents count blessings

U.S. Judge Tosses CNMI’s ‘Massagegate’
Court won’t probe Gov. Fitial’s debacle

Arab Sheikh Jets To Tonga, South Pacific
His Highness visiting 12 Pacific countries

Guam Insurance Exec Faces Indiana Indictment
Winconek charged with five counts of theft

Hostile Residents Put PNG Gas Project On Hold
Workers threatened by drunken villagers

Japan Eyes Guam For Second Base Relocation
U.S. Air Station Futenma remains controversial

France OKs $200 Million Deal With French Polynesia
Annual appropriation ends yearly negotiations

Fijian Security Workers Flee PNG Authorities
14 mercenaries hired to guard New Ireland mine

Think Tank Calls For Monitoring Of Pacific Aid
Oxfam says donor support not helping poor

Fiji’s Vatukoula Gold Mine Increases Output
30,000 ounces a 39 percent jump last year

Disoriented American Languishes In PNG Hospital
Jennifer Edwards ‘not sure’ of circumstances

Tongans Charged With Looting Ancient Shipwreck
Gold coins confiscated from divers

Japanese Visitors Honor Solomons War Casualties
Group collecting bones on Guadalcanal

PNG Manufacturers Undercut By Imported Goods
Struggle to compete with cheaper products

Palau Seeks To Keep Guam, Saipan Consulates
President Toribiong makes $60,000 budget request

Traditional Fishing Methods Live On In Samoa
Enu basket made of ‘ie’ie vines

Sorcery Fears Darken Vanuatu’s Port Vila
Three arrested in blood-drinking cult

Samoa Urged To Focus On Secondary Education
High school fees lead to drop in enrollment

Six Struck By Lightning In Papua New Guinea
Victims battling for their lives

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THE CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC VOLUME 21, NO. 2, FALL 2009

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