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The Court of Appeals of Copiapó, Chile, ordered suspension of the operations on the Pascua-Lama mining project in the high Andes due to environmental violations; the Toronto-based mining company Barrick Gold Corporation complied with the order.
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A team of researchers have discovered what they describe as a “treasure trove” of new sea species in the Pacific Ocean during an expedition in Papua New Guinea. Among the discoveries were a new species of sea slug and amphipods.
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Mount Hagen -
A young woman has been publicly tortured and burned alive in front of crowd of onlookers, including schoolchildren, in the central highland town of Mount Hagen
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Canberra -
To keep asylum seekers off-shore, denying them the rights of Australians, like the Guantanamo Detention Center stripping away American rights, a previously failed option is on the legislative table again this week: re-open the Nauru Detention Centre.
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The mining process is expected to start up soon from the seabed of Papua New Guinea as the Government had approved the first deep sea level mining for commercial purposes.
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Police in Papua New Guinea have arrested 29 people, alleged members of a cannibal cult who ate their victims' brains raw and made penis soup as part of a war on 'evil sorcerers.'
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Litchfield -
A fish with 'teeth like human molars' caught in Lake Lou Yaeger on June 7 by a fisherman, has been identified as a pacu, a fish related to the piranha. The fish has caused big problems in Papua New Guinea, after castrating and killing two men.
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Honiara -
About a quarter of the inhabitants of the Solomon Islands archipelago have dark skin and blond hair. Scientists have identified the reason for the unusual characteristic, dispelling the former belief that the blond hair originated from European genes.
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A man in Saudi Arabia divorced his wife in a very public way, by shouting the divorce over a loudspeaker at the shopping mall.
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Canadian filmmaker and "Titanic" director James Cameron is set to go down 6.8 miles (11 kilometers) down in the Pacific Ocean to visit and explore the Challenger Deep, the world's deepest ocean trench.
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A journalist in Papua New Guinea agreed to be circumcised with bamboo sticks in order to get a story which resulted in a tightening of borders and a "best scoop" award.
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Lae -
Yesterday it was Bali at the center of an earthquake, and today an earthquake has struck Papua New Guinea. Details are still sketchy.
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A strong 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck at the New Britain region in Papua, New Guinea Thursday according to a report by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
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A strong earthquake rocked the capital of Bougainville province off the coast of Papua New Guinea Monday, according to US Geological Survey (USGS).
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We humans now have another confirmed cousin. Not quite Neanderthal, and not quite homo sapiens but clearly a separate lineage altogether.
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A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.9 struck near the island of New Britain, 295 miles (470 kilometers) northeast of the national capital Port Moresby.
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A 5.7 earthquake rocked Papua New Guinea early Monday morning according to US Geological Survey (USGS). It was earlier reported the quake had a magnitude of 6.1 but this was later corrected.
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Papua New Guinea was hit by a powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey. No tsunami warning was issued by the Pacific Tsunami Center or the local authorities.
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Port Moresby -
Strong earthquakes have been reported all over the world over the last 12 hours from Papua New Guinea to Alaska to the region of Russia-Japan. The earthquakes have ranged from 6.0-magnitude to 7.0-magnitude.
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A fungal infection originating from tropical and sub-tropical regions have been reported in Vancouver Island in Canada, and Washington and Oregon in the United States, causing respiratory illnesses and deaths.
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