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Actor Sam Neill
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Solomon Islands journalist George Atkin
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Vanuatu investigative journalist and editor Dan McGarry
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Matangi Tonga publisher Pesi Siale Fonua
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Australian mentor Bob Howarth with journalists in Timor-Leste
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Australian journalist, editor and manager Bob Howarth in Timorese ceremonial dress in Dili
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The Sunday Graphic's 1953 Royal Tour Picture Album
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112 members of two Palestinian families - Al-Hasayneh and Abu Sharia - have been buried in Gaza
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Social justice and Palestine campaigner Roger Fowler
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South African journalist Terry Bell
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Sir Tim Shadbolt
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Filipino photojournalist Alex Baluyut
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Fiji-born journalist Sri Krishnamurthi
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