Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
CAPITAL: Port Moresby
FLAG: The flag is a rectangle, divided diagonally. The upper segment is scarlet with a yellow bird of paradise; the lower s...
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Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is in the southwest region of the Pacific Basin and lies immediately to the north of Australia. PNG shares the island of New Guinea with Indonesia, which lies t...
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Area: 462,840 sq km (178,704 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 6,001,000Capital:
Port Moresby
Chief of state: Queen Elizabeth II
, represented by
Governor-General Sir Paulias
Matane
Head of governm...
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Officials in Papua New Guinea are investigating claims by an HIV-positive woman that people with AIDS were buried alive by their relatives when they became too sick to care for, an official said Tu...
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Sydney (dpa) Australia has punished Papua New Guinea for colluding
with the government of Solomon Islands to allow sex-crimes' suspect
Julian Moti escape extradition.
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PORT MORESBY, Nov 18 (Reuters) - At least 17 people were
reported killed and others missing after widespread flooding
destroyed about 450 houses in Papua New Guinea following a week
of heavy rains...
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Sydney (dpa) - Polling stations opened Saturday in a Papua New
Guinea parliamentary election inevitably tainted with corruption but
which Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare h...
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Sydney (dpa) - Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare
looked to be heading for re-election as his National Alliance Party
continued to lead Monday in vote counti...
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Sydney (dpa) - Papua New Guinea's parliamentary election will be
extended beyond the scheduled 10 days after bad weather and a new
voting system disrupted the opening of vot...
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