• The Maisin convinced the Papua New Guinea courts to stop the project until there is a final decision on the case.

    CNN: Rainforest tribe takes battle with developers to court

  • The Papua New Guinea Highlands have been of interest to anthropologists since the 1930s, when the Australians and the Dutch discovered tribespeople living in the Highlands.

    NEWYORKER: Vengeance Is Ours

  • The Papua New Guinea defensive line held solid for 16 minutes after the restart before Smith's strength saw him ride two tackles to touch down for Australia's sixth try.

    BBC: Australia 42-0 Papua New Guinea

  • For instance, after the Papua New Guinea tsunami, an international team was dispatched to Vanuatu, a group of islands in the Pacific, where they showed videos of tsunamis to the villagers.

    ECONOMIST: New ways of tracking these killer waves may help save lives

  • Tourism infrastructure on New Britain Island, like the rest of Papua New Guinea, is a work-in-progress, but the region is becoming increasingly accessible.

    BBC: Papua��s got a brand new bag

  • Both the Indonesian portion of the island in the west, and the independent country of Papua New Guinea in the east have infection rates of over 1%.

    ECONOMIST: AIDS in South-East Asia

  • It would be hard to find a more remote area than the jungles of Papua New Guinea, plus it's one of the world's most corrupt and least-developed countries.

    FORBES

  • The call-up of the 24-year-old New Zealand Warrior is one of five changes made by coach Stephen Kearney to the side which beat Papua New Guinea 48-6 on the Gold Coast last Saturday.

    BBC: Graham and Roby rested by England

  • The ocean floor off the coast of Papua New Guinea is expected to be mined for copper by the end of the decade.

    WSJ: Exhausting the Earth's Resources? Not So Fast

  • Before entering the financial world he did geophysical surveys in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, where he spent time observing tribes like the Hauna.

    FORBES: Short the West

  • Over the course of five years, the filmmakers collected video footage from some of the most remote places on the planet, including the Aurora Australis in Antarctica, the peaks of the Himalayas, and the tropical birds of Papua New Guinea, to reveal the earth's intrinsic beauty and harsh realities.

    CNN: 'Earth' takes viewers on 'breathtaking' global journey

  • So, for example, in Papua New Guinea, where I do my field work, the biggest single group among the thousand different tribal groups in Papua New Guinea numbers only 3 percent of the population.

    NPR: Tribalism and Stability in Kenya

  • At the other end of the spectrum, Papua New Guinea is trying to build up its domestic fleet.

    WSJ: David Walter: The Great Pacific Tuna Cartel

  • It's a company that claims to have discovered one of the largest natural gas fields in the world in Papua New Guinea.

    FORBES

  • The rebel Free Papua Movement (OPM) was considered so splintered as to survive only because of the safe havens across the border in Papua New Guinea.

    CNN: Nip This Rebellion

  • In recent weeks, Greenpeace and its local supporters managed to embarrass the government of Papua New Guinea by climbing a crane to stop a shipment of timber.

    ECONOMIST: The environment and people power

  • For example, in the island nation of Papua New Guinea, an increase in population growth coupled with rising sea levels is decreasing the amount of crop land making farming very difficult for the indigenous people of the region, according to the U.N.

    CNN: 'Climate change' forces Eskimos to abandon village

  • He highlighted the fact that the tuna industry employed over 5, 500 workers in Papua New Guinea, the majority of whom are women.

    BBC: EU - Pacific trade agreement

  • More recently, Australia has found itself drawn into much smaller-scale operations with a big civilian component in the Solomon Islands, in Papua New Guinea and even in Nauru: all countries that became independent only in the late 1960s or 1970s, and have signally failed to prosper.

    ECONOMIST: The reluctant deputy sheriff

  • The few that do venture to Papua New Guinea, however, encounter some of the most diverse cultures and topography on the planet.

    BBC: Papua��s got a brand new bag

  • It also manages companies for example, Zambia's Chilanga Cement, in which it also has a majority stake, and palm-oil ventures in the Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and Thailand.

    ECONOMIST: Development

  • The worst hit regions over the past two decades, according to the ESA data, have been the Pacific countries of Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and vulnerable Pacific islands like the Solomon Islands.

    CNN: New satellite data reveals sea-level rise

  • The actual Four Nations will see England pitted against the Kiwis, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

    BBC: England set to play NZ Maori ahead of Four Nations

  • He, his wife and the couple's 8-year-old son Isaac are missionaries in the South Pacific nation of Papua New Guinea.

    CNN: 5 babies in 5 minutes: Texas quintuplets

  • The result leaves England facing an uphill task to reach the final of the tournament which also includes Papua New Guinea and hot favourites Australia, who meet on Sunday.

    BBC: New Zealand 24-10 England

  • Issues of relevance have existed since the first missionaries established schools in Papua New Guinea.

    UNESCO: Papua New Guinea: Report: Part III: Prospects

  • Tony Smith's side face Papua New Guinea in the opening game of the tournament in Australia on 25 October, and also face Australia and New Zealand in the toughest group of the 10-team competition.

    BBC: Burgess set to sit out World Cup

  • Despite the enthusiasm of their tackling, Papua New Guinea never had a chance to put together any kind of attacking move, and three tries in seven minutes only served to underline the gulf in class between the teams.

    BBC: Australia 42-0 Papua New Guinea

  • The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says brown tree snakes have wiped out most of Guam's native populations of forest birds since being accidentally introduced to the island after World War II, probably after they stowed away on a ship or plane from their native range in Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

    CNN: Deadly mice to rain down on Guam snakes

  • Also speaking today were the representatives of France, Japan, Libya, Uganda, Russian Federation, Mexico, Viet Nam, Croatia, Costa Rica, Burkina Faso, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden (on behalf of the European Union), Israel, Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, Finland, Liechtenstein, Canada, Papua New Guinea (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Bangladesh, Germany, Australia, Italy, Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Nigeria, Argentina, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Iceland, Afghanistan, Peru, Timor-Leste, United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya.

    UN: Security Council

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