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Kidnapped Kiwi Gaza flotilla detainee condemns brutal Israeli torture

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Moana Pasifika captain Miracle Fai'ilagi (centre) with head coach Tana Umaga (right) and talent manager Kevin Senio
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Moana Pasifika captain hopeful their final whistle hasn’t blown yet

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ISA's Secretary-General Leticia Carvalho
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Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir gloating in the Gaza flotilla detainees video
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COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

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"That anyone in the White House took this plan seriously, let alone acted on it, is a genuinely staggering notion. But the proposition that [former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] could retake the reins of power in Iran is possibly the least preposterous part of the scheme
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