On Air Highlights
Fears bird flu study could inspire bio-terrorists
27 January 2012
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A Japanese researcher partly-based in the United States has been forced to suspend his studies into an airborne version on the H5N1 bird flu virus over concerns that his findings could be used by bioterrorists.
Samoan PM says Fiji’s 2014 election won’t happen
27 January 2012
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Samoa’s prime minister doesn’t believe scheduled election in Fiji in two years time will actually happen.
PNG’s cricket prowess on display in Australia
27 January 2012
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Papua New Guinea’s cricket team may be racked 19th in the world. But they’re formidable enough for a Melbourne club to fortify its team with outsiders, ahead of a charity match this weekend.
Vietnamese frustrated by alleged land grabs by local officials
27 January 2012
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A land dispute in Vietnam’s northern port city of Haiphong has become a national issue.
O’Neill says Somare was behind short lived mutiny
26 January 2012
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The attempt by soldiers loyal to Sir Michael Somare to overthrow the Defence Force hierarchy lasted less than a day.
PNG – Is the crisis truly over?
26 January 2012
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Firmin Nanol spent the day at barracks gate in Port Moresby.
PNG deputy PM describes mutiny as treason
26 January 2012
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Papua New Guinea’s deputy prime minister, Belden Namah, is blaming former prime minister Sir Michael Somare for the mutiny.
UN Secretary General plans visit to Burma
26 January 2012
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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has announced he plans to visit Burma soon to talk with Government officials there.
NZ teacher trapped in village by Fiji floods
26 January 2012
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The torrential rain and flooding in Fiji has left a New Zealand school teacher stranded in his Fijian village.
Search & recovery a huge task in PNG’s Southern Highlands
25 January 2012
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Papua New Guinea officials are still reluctant to estimate the number of people killed by a landslide in the remote Southern Highlands region.
