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  1. Papua New Guinea top judge arrested for sedition
    JURIST 30 minutes ago

    Police in Papua New Guinea on Thursday stormed the country's supreme court and arrested the chief justice on charges of sedition. Chief Justice Salamo Injia was arrested after the court ruled for the second time that former prime minister Michael Somare... Full Article at JURIST

  2. 'You are the most corrupt man in PNG' - court
    Adelaide Now logo Adelaide Now 4 hours ago
    Salamo Injia

    Police also arrested him on charges relating to his handling of court funds but the court put a permanent stay on those proceedings. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told her Papua New Guinea counterpart, Peter O'Neill, parties should act with... Full Article at Adelaide Now

  3. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 days ago
    PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Ema Kuribayashi (R) of Japan winces as she takes a run on an injured leg during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

    PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Ema Kuribayashi (R) of Japan winces as she takes a run on an injured leg during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu. View Photo »

  4. The national sport is rugby league in Papua New Guinea. We are only in our second year of schoolboys rugby. So it will be an enormous boost to the sport if we tour there.
    SOURCE: Fiji Times 1 month ago
  5. PNG chief judge held for sedition
    The Daily Telegraph logo The Daily Telegraph 4 hours ago

    New Guinea's chief justice was last night in police custody and expected to face court today charged with sedition, local media reported. Earlier, the nation's Deputy Police Commissioner Tom Eluh said Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia would be arrested... Full Article at The Daily Telegraph

  6. Gillard urges restraint in PNG
    Business Spectator 4 hours ago

    Minister Julia Gillard has told her Papua New Guinea counterpart, Peter O'Neill, parties should act with restraint, following the arrest of the chief justice. PNG Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia had been involved in a tense stand-off with police and the... Full Article at Business Spectator

  7. PNG top judge charged and will face court
    The Age logo The Age 6 hours ago

    New Guinea's chief justice has been charged with sedition and will appear in court on Friday morning, according to local media. Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia had been involved in a tense stand-off with police and the army after Prime Minister Belden... Full Article at The Age

  8. Getty Images logo Getty Images 6 days ago
    PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Tanya Ruma of Papua New Guinea celebrates after taking the wicket of Mariko Yamamoto of Japan during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port...

    PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Tanya Ruma of Papua New Guinea celebrates after taking the wicket of Mariko Yamamoto of Japan during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port... View Photo »

  9. Maersk Line ships will transport these life-saving medical supplies and biomedical equipment to people living in some of the world’s poorest conditions ... Vulnerable communities in Papua New Guinea can look forward to quality healthcare thanks to the generosity and committed resources of strong corpora...
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 months ago
  10. The Future Sound of London — Papua New Guinea
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  11. PNG chief justice arrested in court
    Herald Sun logo Herald Sun 8 hours ago

    PRIME Minister Julia Gillard tonight called for calm and restraint in Papua New Guinea after the Supreme Court Chief Justice was dramatically arrested in his court room and charged with sedition. Ms Gillard's spokeswoman confirmed the PM tonight spoke... Full Article at Herald Sun

  12. PNG's top judge arrested in new political crisis
    Reuters logo Reuters 9 hours ago

    "I've done nothing wrong. I will not resign," he said. Injia was charged with sedition late on Thursday, and was released on bail. He was due to appear in court on Friday. The dramatic development comes after months of political uncertainty in Papua... Full Article at Reuters

  13. Courting trouble
    Economist logo Economist 9 hours ago

    The speaker of parliament prematurely declared the office of prime minister vacant. In the consequent election, Mr O’Neill obtained a large majority, with 70 MPs for him to 24 against. But then Sir Michael made a miraculous recovery, and returned to... Full Article at Economist

Related photos

  1. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Ema Kuribayashi (R) of Japan winces as she takes a run on an injured leg during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  2. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Tanya Ruma of Papua New Guinea celebrates after taking the wicket of Mariko Yamamoto of Japan during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  3. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Ema Kuribayashi of Japan in action during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  4. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: A general view of play during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  5. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Vario Igo Morea of Papua New Guinea unsuccessfully attempts to run out Miho Kanno of Japan during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  6. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Norma Ovasuru of Papua New Guinea pulls with Yuko Saito of Japan looking on during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  7. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Tanya Ruma of Papua New Guinea regains her ground to avoid being stumped by Yuko Saito of Japan during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  8. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: Tanya Ruma of Papua New Guinea loses her bat with Yuko Saito of Japan looking on during the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
  9. PORT VILA, VANUATU - MAY 18: The Japanese team celebrate their victory after the ICC East Asia Pacific Women's Championship Final between Japan and Papua New Guinea at Kazaa Field on May 18, 2012 in Port Vila, Vanuatu.

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Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya). It is located in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, in a... Full Article At Wikipedia.org

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  1. The national sport is rugby league in Papua New Guinea. We are only in our second year of schoolboys rugby. So it will be an enormous boost to the sport if we tour there.
    SOURCE: Fiji Times 1 month ago
  2. Maersk Line ships will transport these life-saving medical supplies and biomedical equipment to people living in some of the world’s poorest conditions ... Vulnerable communities in Papua New Guinea can look forward to quality healthcare thanks to the generosity and committed resources of strong corpora...
    SOURCE: PRWeb 2 months ago
  3. I'm sure Frank Farina's time with Papua New Guinea has made them more tactically astute and given them a better defensive shape given his experience in international football
    SOURCE: Stuff.co.nz 2 months ago
  4. Certainly, I believe any move that would expose and develop rugby league in Papua New Guinea would benefit not only Papua New Guinea but rugby league as a whole. In the meantime, I can only say what I said last year, that the Titans are a Gold Coast team, and will always remain a Gold Coast team, regard...
    SOURCE: Fox Sports Australia 2 months ago

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