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Vanuatu national women's football team playing Fiji last week in the FIFA 2027 World Cup Oceania Qualifiers
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The Wedgetail E-7 spy plane being sent by Australia to the Persian Gulf to help the US-Israeli aggression against Iran
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Pacific broadcasters rethink news delivery in digital age

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How Israel is censoring damage reporting about the war on Iran

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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the streets of Tehran
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Retired US Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson
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March 13, 2026
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March 13, 2026
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March 13, 2026
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Journalist Barbara Dreaver’s memoir on three decades reporting from the Pacific

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From Jabotinsky to Netanyahu, Israeli leaders built a doctrine of psychological dominance
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French Polynesia's President Moetai Brotherson
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French Polynesia urges Pacific to unite amid rising global tensions

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March 11, 2026
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US-Israeli war on Iran confusion clouds ‘off-ramp’ hope, says analyst

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March 11, 2026
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The mainstream media is doing what it always does in wartime: manufacturing consent, sanitizing atrocities and platforming war criminals
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March 10, 2026
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Curse of Gold
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Taking the wealth – the plunder and impoverishment of West Papua

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March 10, 2026
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Shattered homes . . . community leaders at Port Moresby's Paga Hill settlement
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COP29: Pacific climate advocates decry outcome as ‘a catastrophic failure’

A protester at COP29 calls on wealthy nations to "pay up"
Asia Report

COP29: Carbon credit trading scheme criticised as ‘get out of jail...

In the Eye of the Storm
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Strings attached: The reality behind NZ’s climate aid in the Pacific

Pacific Climate Warriors
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How Pacific environmental defenders are coping with the covid pandemic

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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
Coronavirus

Sir Collin Tukuitonga criticises RFK Jr’s measles claims, slams health misinformation

According to WHO, Western Pacific measles cases jumped by 225 percent
Coronavirus

Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
Coronavirus

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Practices like mask wearing and self-isolation should be encouraged for all
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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