Plane carrying 13 missing in Papua New Guinea
SYDNEY - A charter plane carrying 13 people -- including nine Australians -- to a popular tourist site in Papua New Guinea vanished on approach to an airport on Tuesday. Australia's foreign minister said a "possible crash site" may have been found.
Nations:Papua New Guinea Source:(AP)
2009-08-11
Tsunami hits South Pacific's Solomons
A powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands on Monday, sending a tsunami wave crashing into the country's west coast and prompting region-wide disaster warnings, officials said.
Nations:Solomon Islands Papua New Guinea
2007-04-01
Warnings, worship mark World AIDS Day
World Aids Day was marked around the globe by somber religious services, boisterous demonstrations and warnings that far more needs to be done to treat and prevent the disease in order to avert millions of additional deaths.
Nations:Russia Denmark U.K. Papua New Guinea India Thailand People:Bill Clinton
2006-12-01
Vietnam to take centre stage with APEC summit
Vietnam is gearing up to host from Sunday the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, its largest ever international event, which culminates next weekend in a world leaders' summit.
Nations:Singapore China Vietnam North Korea Papua New Guinea Brunei People:Shinzo Abe Vladimir Putin Hu Jintao Activities:2006 APEC Summit
2006-11-11
China's Wen counters Taiwan with Pacific trip
Wen Jiabao will become the first Chinese premier to visit the Pacific islands, a longtime diplomatic battleground for China and Taiwan.
Nations:Nauru Papua New Guinea Tonga New Zealand Taiwan Australia People:Wen Jiabao
2006-04-02
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