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Pacific Waves for Tuesday 21 May 2013
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Fiji's Namosi mine backers still working through issues
3:06 PM.The director of Fiji's Mineral Resources Department, Malakai Finau, says good progress is being made on the proposed copper and gold-mine near Suva despite some ongoing issues between landowners and… Read more Audio
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Fiji's young people ready lead in country's future
3:05 PM.A panellist at a discussion on the 26th anniversary of the first coup in Fiji says young people have shown their willingness to take responsibility for the country's future. Audio
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Resettling Uighur's on Palau anytime soon unlikely: President
3:04 PM.Three years since a group of Chinese Uighurs was sent to Palau temporarily after being released from Guantanamo Bay, there's still no word on when they'll leave. Audio
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Interim Protection Orders on rise in Bougainville
3:03 PM.The chairperson of the North Bougainville Human Rights Committee isn't surprised that more Interim Protection Orders are being issued in Buka. Audio
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Emergency recovery continues in West Papua
3:01 PM.A major emergency response operation to recover bodies trapped in an underground tunnel is continuing at the Freeport McMoran-run Grasberg gold and copper mine in Indonesia's Papua province. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 21 May 2013
10:00 AM.A major emergency operation is continuing in Papua to recover bodies trapped in a mine; Gaston Flosse's French Polynesia back on UN decolonisation list; Chances of resettling Uighur's on Palau anytime… Read more Audio