One year on from the pro-democracy protests that brought Hong Kong to a standstill, organisers admit that China’s Communist leadership shows no sign of budging on reform, but a spark could reignite the movement.
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Frost and drought wipe out PNG, Solomons highland crops
El Nino-driven drought and frosts in the normally tropical highlands in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands has brought Tasmania-like weather to the region, a regional administrator said.
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Nauru opposition MPs among 7 released on bail
Two Nauruan opposition MPs remanded in custody for nearly a month for their role in a rally outside the country’s parliament in June were among seven people released on bail on Friday.
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Team unearths decorated WWII Marines’ remains on Tarawa
A US charity has discovered the bodies of 36 American Marines in Kiribati, including a famous Congressional Medal of Honour recipient, at the scene of some of the fiercest fighting in the Pacific during World War II.
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‘Tigers’ snared by China’s anti-corruption campaign
Since his ascendency to general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in November 2012 and the presidency in March 2013, Xi Jinping has executed a sweeping anti-corruption campaign that has targeted hundreds of thousands of officials at all levels of government and state-owned industry.
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Former Taiwan president Chen Shui-bian released on medical parole
Taiwan’s ailing former president Chen Shui-bian has been freed from prison on medical parole after serving six years of a 20-year sentence for corruption during his presidency.
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Regional leaders hail ‘pioneer’ Gough Whitlam
The passing of former prime minister Gough Whitlam is not just a day of mourning for Australia, but also for a region shaped by his expansive policies of outreach to Asia and the Pacific, regional leaders say.
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Nobel Peace Prize: Meet some of the 2014 nominees
The winner of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize is due to be announced later this evening by the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
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HK mogul Sir Run Run Shaw dies aged 106
Sir Run Run Shaw, the Hong Kong mogul who created a massive Asian media empire spanning movies to television across nearly 90 years, has died at the age of 106.
