New Fiji clampdown puts firm lid on freedom
Fiji's military regime is tightening its grip on power despite lifting emergency regulations only days ago.
PHL Volcanoes invited to play in international HK tourney
The Philippine National Men’s 7s Rugby team, also known as the Volcanoes, has been invited by the International Rugby Board to compete in the world’s largest rugby sevens tournament, the Cathay Pacific/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens.
World of talent arrives for Aussie Am
A field featuring over 50 international players from Canada, the United States, England, Ireland, Japan, Canada, Singapore, Fiji and New Zealand will tee it up against Australia’s best in the 2012 Australian Men’s and Women’s Amateur Championships which begin on Tuesday.
Borderless instability in New Guinea
The year 2011 was a tumultuous one for the island of New Guinea, the world's second-largest and perhaps most politically divided island.
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UN Maritime Official: Probe Into Italy Cruise Ship Incident
New York, Jan 16 2012 2:10PM A senior United Nations official today called for a thorough investigation into the incident involving the Costa Concordia cruise ship that ran aground off the coast of Italy over the weekend.
Singing Songs and Flying stars on Princes Bridge, Melbourne
A commemoration of this day six years ago, when forty-three West Papuans beached their traditional canoe at Mappoon in far north Queensland and asked for political asylum.
Gazette.Net: County police reports
This activity report is provided by the Prince George’s County Police Department. It is not a complete listing of all events and crime reported.
Pitso defends himself
PITSO Mosimane, almost a year and a half into the job and having failed to qualify Bafana Bafana for the Africa Cup of Nations this month, still believes he is the right man for the job.