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- Cholera Outbreak Hits 2,000 in Papua New Guinea: WHO
- Papua New Guinea's cholera outbreak has spread to 2,000 people, a World Health Organization official said Monday as he warned that poor water sanitation was making the situation worse and the disease hard to contain. The country's first…
- Med India
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- 7 hours ago
Med India- Papua New Guinea: The country with highest number of spoken…
- There are hundreds of indigenous ethnic groups in Papua New Guinea. PORT MORESBY -- Papua New Guinea is a country of many islands, rich in gold, silver, copper, oil, natural gas and timber. It is abundant in natural resources, but it is…
- Today's Zaman
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- 05/02/2010
Today's Zaman- Papua New Guinea: another world
- There are travellers and there are tourists. In Papua New Guinea I was both: traveller one week, roughing it with local guides; tourist the next, on a luxurious expedition cruise. As a traveller I arrived unannounced, if not unexpected,…
- Daily Telegraph
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- 19 hours ago
Daily Telegraph- Police Brutality Alleged Near Papua New Guinea Gold Mine
- Feb 04, 2010 (Voice of America News/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- Amnesty International says police in Papua New Guinea have burnt down homes and illegally evicted people living near a mine owned by the world's largest gold mining company. In…
- Investors Business Daily
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- 04/02/2010
- Valerie Croft: Forced evictions around Papua New Guinea mine…
- Earlier this week, human-rights organization Amnesty International launched a report detailing the illegal forced evictions which have occurred in Papua New Guinea around the Porgera Gold Mine. Canadians take note: the mine is 95-percent…
- Georgia Straight
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- 04/02/2010
- Papua New Guinea: Investigation into police conduct in Porgera…
- Amnesty International today questioned the impartiality of a proposed police investigation into alleged forced evictions near the Porgera gold mine following media reports that the Police Commissioner dismissed allegations of police…
- Amnesty International USA
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- 05/02/2010
- Papua New Guinea: Police violence and illegal evictions near…
- The government of Papua New Guinea must investigate the conduct of police who burnt down homes and threatened people with guns while illegally evicting them from land next to one of the biggest gold mines in the country, Amnesty…
- Amnesty International UK
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- 02/02/2010
- PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Cholera "going from bad to worse"
- PORT MORESBY, 5 February 2010 (IRIN) - Cholera continues to spread in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where government health officials are now describing the disease as a major national public health concern. “Things are going from bad to worse,”…
- IRIN
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- 05/02/2010
- 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits off Papua New Guinea
- WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) - A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Papua New Guinea on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was 78 miles (125 km) west of Arawa on the island of Bougainville at a depth…
- Reuters
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- 01/02/2010
- Papua New Guinea: Investigation must be impartial
- Amnesty International today questioned the impartiality of a proposed police investigation into alleged forced evictions near the Porgera gold mine following media reports that the Police Commissioner dismissed allegations of police…
- Scoop
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- 05/02/2010