Tonga
Kingdom of Tonga
Pule'anga Tonga
CAPITAL: Nuku'alofa, Tongatapu
FLAG: The flag, adopted in 1862, is crimson with a cross of the same color mounted in a white square in the upper le...
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Formerly known as the "Friendly Islands," the Kingdom of Tonga is an archipelago of 171 islands organized into three island groups (Ha'apai, Tongatapu, and Vava'u); i...
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POPULATION 106,137FREE WESLEYAN CHURCH 35 percentROMAN CATHOLIC 15 percentMORMON 15 percentFREE CHURCH OF TONGA 10 percentCHURCH OF TONGA 6 percentSEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST 4 percentTOKAIKOLO FELLOW...
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Area: 750 sq km (290 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 102,600Capital:
Nuku'alofa
Head of state and government: Kings Taufa'ahau
Tupou IV and, from September 11,
Siaosi (George) Tupou V, assisted by...
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turned 88 today. Four years ago the New Zealand papers had him dying, still he keeps going.
I bring him up because I wrote a book about the murder of a Peace Corps volunteer by another Peace Corp...
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The United States dropped its second match at the Rugby World Cup on Wednesday, losing to Tonga 25-15 in Group A play.Tonga scored three tries to two at the La Mosson stadium to beat the U.S. team,...
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Lens, France (dpa) - South Africa secured top spot in Pool A and a
potential quarter-final clash with Wales but were made to fight all
the way before eventually securing a 3...
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Wellington (dpa) - Tonga said Monday that it had invited Fiji's
military strongman Voreqe (Frank) Bainimarama, who overthrew the
elected government in a bloodless military c...
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International rugby union star Jonah Lomu joined a growing
number of voices speaking out against Japanese whaling Monday,
leading a protest gathering ahead of the Pacific Islands Forum
Leade...
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Paris (dpa) - Holders England secured a spot in the quarter-finals
of the Rugby World Cup by defeating a scrappy Tonga team 36-20 in a
Pool A match played Friday in Paris.
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Regional leaders wrapped up the Pacific Islands Forum annual
summit in Tonga on Wednesday by issuing a communique tackling issues
ranging from Fiji's return to democracy to climate change and...
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Paris (dpa) - Holders England secured a spot in the quarter-finals
of the Rugby World Cup by defeating a scrappy Tonga team 36-20 in a
Pool A match played Friday in Paris.
...
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Paris (dpa) - South Africa were made to fight all the way before
eventually overcoming Tonga 30-25 in the Pool A encounter in Lens
while in the other pool match in Nantes Jo...
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