On March 13 last year, the most powerful cyclone to ever hit the Pacific smashed into the islands of Vanuatu, leaving 75,000 people homeless. At least 15 people were killed in the storm. One year on, the nation still faces many challenges.
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Pacific Beat honours Fiji two weeks on from Cyclone Winston
Finally this week on Pacific Beat, let’s pay homage to the people of Fiji as they work hard to rebuild after Cyclone Winston by hearing about their needs, via their own voices.
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Tens of thousands of Fijians in shelters following Cyclone Winston
As many as 55,000 people are still sheltering in some of the hundreds of evacuation centres set up in Fiji, nearly two weeks after Cyclone Winston damaged or destroyed their homes.
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mix | Siamese Dream RTRFM February 2016
PERTH–So very nice to share the studio again with Mike Tucak and Lorna Walker on RTRFM, our 2016 effort on Siamese Dream.
Mental Notes February 2016
WAROONA–Bush babies, bush fires and wedding bashes. Down south in West Australia.
Charlot Salwai Vanuatu’s 11th prime minister
Charlot Salwai will be Vanuatu’s 11th prime minister after receiving more than 40 votes from the 52 Members of Parliament.
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Taiwan’s generational change
It is the final week of typically boisterous campaigning leading to Taiwan’s presidential and legislative elections on Saturday, where the embattled ruling Kuomintang is expected to be defeated in both, sparking its third democratic handover of power.
Finding Divya: The search for one girl under a bridge in India
When entrepreneur and adventurer Dick Smith and his wife Pip saw an unclothed child and her homeless family out of their train window in India, they wondered if they could help.
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Irregular Vanuatu MPs ‘Cyclone Pam refund’ questioned
Vanuatu’s opposition leader has requested urgent clarification from the prime minister about why payments of 1 million vatu ($12,100) were distributed to the personal accounts of every opposition MP with the line item “TC Pam refund” this week.
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Aid cuts to Syria’s neighbours drive refugees back
A growing number of Syrians are choosing to return to their war-ravaged homeland as the UNHCR says severe cuts to aid are forcing up to 200 Syrian refugees a day to leave Jordan.
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