PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association articles from July 2005

PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association archives from July 2005

ADB to help improve inter-island transport.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Asian Development Bank(ADB) will help improve the efficiency and effectiveness of inter-island sea transport services in Solomon Islands, through a technical assistance (TA) grant approved for approximately...

Govt to separate prisons from police.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - The Vanuatu government is looking at creating a new department under the name 'Vanuatu Correctional Services', which would effectively remove the prison services from the responsibility of the Vanuatu Police...

Women call govt to focus on environmental issues.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - The Papua New Guinea government has been challenged to seriously address Environmental issues that have arisen as a result of mining operations. Speaking last week at the second Women in Mining...

5% hike in prices of basic commodities expected this month.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Consumers on the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are expected to pay more for basic commodities due to an increase in prices due to the rising cost of fuel, utilities and shipping. "So far, no...

Public officers get pay increase.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Public Servants and nurses in the Solomon Islands today received a 2.5 percent wage increase back dated to January 1, 2005. Solomon Islands Public Employees Union (SIPEU) general secretary Paul Belande...

Four MPs given posts.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Four members of Papua New Guinea's Parliament were yesterday (30 June) sworn in as Parliamentary Secretaries. Unngai Bena MP Benny Allan was given the Transport and Civil Aviation Parliamentary...

WWII munitions found in residential areas, construction site.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - More than a hundred rounds of unexploded World War II munitions were found by the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) police in different residential areas and at a construction site yesterday...

Wallis delegate disappointed with Paris visit.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 WALLIS (Pacnews) - The president of the territorial assembly of Wallis and Futuna, Albert Likuvalu, says he is disappointed with his Paris visit because he failed to meet the new overseas territories minister, Francois Baroin. ...

Return to traditional diet urged in Solomon Islands.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - Food shortages currently facing some parts of the Solomon Islands underscores the need to address food security, a local farmer said. Maepia Kure, a farmer in Western Province, said food security is about...

Investing in youth.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Pacific Islands Forum's Secretary General, Greg Urwin, says young people are the region's biggest investment for the future and the Pacific has no choice but to tackle youth development issues. Mr Urwin...

Angry GIP members threaten another blockade.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PAPE'ETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's controversial "intervention group" locally known as the GIP is threatening to mount another blockade on the wharf of Pape'ete if their demand to regularise some 200 casual workers are not met...

PX F100 planes face Cairns ban.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Air Niugini Fokker 100 aircraft may be denied landing rights in Cairns, Australia for not complying with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) regulations. The non-compliance will put in...

American Samoa in the running to host 2011 South Pacific Games.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) - American Samoa is competing against Solomon Islands and New Caledonia to host the 2011 South Pacific Games (SPG). The three countries will officially present their bids during next month's mini SPG hosted...

Samoa PM praises new air service between the two Samoas.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 APIA (Pacnews) - Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi congratulated the Sene family yesterday for expanding Pago Pago based Inter Island Air to run a service between American Samoa and Samoa. An American...

New FTA with Thailand comes into force.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - New Zealand Trade Minister Jim Sutton is hailing the Thailand-New Zealand free trade agreement as the most significant trade deal since CER. It comes into force today and provides immediate duty-free...

Vanuatu Men's Centre criticised.
July 1, 2005... 01 JULY 2005 PORT VILA (Pacnews) - The Vanuatu Women's Centre (VWC) is unhappy with the establishment of the Violence against Men Centre in Santo. Speaking from Dumbea Hall at a counsellor training for her staff, Merilyn Tahi, Coordinator...

Major blow to planned $20M investment in Marshalls.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 MAJURO (Pacnews) - The Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority has turned down a Taiwanese company's plan to locate a nearly US$20 million floating dry-dock in the urban center of its capital city, Majuro, saying the...

Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommended for Solomon Islands.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - One of the recommendations provided by the Forum Eminent Persons group which recently reviewed the work of the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) is for the Solomons Islands Government to...

Indigenous Fijians need to be better educated.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - Insecurity among indigenous Fijians over their rights will disappear when more Fijians become better educated and have confidence in themselves, says Fiji's Vice President Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi. In his address...

Koror unfazed by divers group boycott threat.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 KOROR (Pacnews) - Palau's support for Japan on the issue of commercial whaling has seen international diving organisation threatening to boycott operations on the island. The Hawaii International Surf and Dive Association and...

New Zealand a fine example in the control of HIV / AIDS.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 KOBE (Pacnews) - New Zealand's success in managing it's HIV/AIDS epidemic has been held out as an example for other Pacific Islands countries to follow at the 7th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and Pacific (ICAP) Conference...

Solomon Islands has new director of civil aviation.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Solomon Islands Department of Communications, Aviation and Meteorology has a new Civil Aviation controller. He is New Zealand, Bill MacGregor. Mr MacGregor takes the position of Controller of Civil...

UN observers leaving Bougainville.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 BUKA (Pacnews) - The United Nations Observer Mission on Bougainville is preparing to leave the island now that peace in the area has become self-sustaining. Inter-Government Relations Minister, Sir Peter Barter, in thanking...

New Caledonia's President in New Zealand on first official visit.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 NOUMEA (Pacnews) - New Caledonia's President Marie-Nolle Thmereau is in New Zealand for a two-day official visit, a first at such level. It is expected the two parties will stress issues pertaining to "bilateral relations...

PNG summit discusses problem of illegal firearms.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ----- A summit on guns in Papua New Guinea has heard there are almost 2,500 factory-made firearms in the hands of clansmen and criminals in PNG's Southern Highlands. The summit is looking for ways to...

French Polynesian nuclear test veterans appeal for French help.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 PAPEETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's veterans of the French nuclear weapons tests have appealed to France to take care of those whose health has failed as a result of the tests. The call was made at the weekend meeting of the...

Air NZ to launch A320 service to Tonga.
July 4, 2005... 04 JULY 2005 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) - Air New Zealand will start a weekly Airbus A320 daytime service to Tonga in October, according to the airlines marketing manager, Norm Thompson, in Nuku'alofa. The new Airbus A320 service would replace...

Dry Dock Opportunity Rests with Republic of the Marshall Islands Government.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 MAJURO (Pacnews) ----- The proponents of the floating dry dock project have said that while they disagreed with the findings of the Marshall Islands Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), they accepted the decision. The...

Gold trade was on during crisis years - Ona.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 BUKA (Pacnews) ---- Reclusive Panguna king Francis Ona says his Me'ekamui movement has been buying and selling gold for most of the crisis years. He told the Post-Courier in an exclusive interview last week, he had been buying...

Missing sisters suspect guilty of rape.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 SUVA (PACNEWS) ---- A man at the centre of investigations into the disappearance of three sisters in Rakiraki, Fiji yesterday pleaded guilty to 10 counts of raping three other teenage girls. Forty-two year old, Dip Chand,...

Air NZ sees improvement in New Caledonia's tourist industry.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 NOUMEA (Pacnews) ---- The General Manager of Pacific Sales for Air New Zealand Roger Poulton says the signs are good for a resurrection of tourism in New Caledonia. Air New Zealand has just announced a new connection linking...

CNMI celebrates liberty, peace, freedom.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 SAPAIN (Pacnews) ---- Despite the scorching heat, hundreds of people gathered yesterday along a stretch of Beach Road in Saipan to celebrate the islands' 59th Liberation Day. Held at the Garapan Fishing Base, the day-long...

French Polynesia will not send delegation to Palau Mini Games.
July 5, 2005... PAPE'ETE (Pacnews) ---- French Polynesia will not send a delegation to the South Pacific Mini Games, to be held in Palau from 25 July --- 04 August. The Tahiti Presse reports that French Polynesia's athletics federation President Titaua...

Women slam gun culture.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- Women in Goroka yesterday laid the blame squarely on politicians and businessmen the harm that illegal guns cause to many communities nationwide. About 50 women representing all church denominations...

Fisherman confesses to sisters' murder.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- Fiji Police are searching for the bodies of three missing sisters after a fisherman confessed to their murder earlier today. A team of detectives has been sent to Malake Island to renew their search for the...

RSIP's new deputy chief takes oath.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) ---- Solomon Islands' new deputy Commissioner of Police Graham Emery took up his official duties yesterday, after being sworn in. Commissioner of Police Shane Castles said Mr Emery will take up the role of...

Hard to learn if hard of hearing.
July 5, 2005... 05 JULY 2005 PORT VILA (Pacnews) ---- A high proportion of Vanuatu's primary school students are living with hearing or visual impairments, according to a recent survey of primary schools across the country's main island, Efate by the Vanuatu...

House OKs chemical weapons bill.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 KOROR (Pacnews) ---- Palau will soon join other nations in prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons. The Chemical Weapons Prohibition Act, or Senate Bill 7-22, is on its way to become...

Leaders seen as corrupt, isolated: Toguata.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- Leaders in Papua New Guinea are becoming increasingly isolated from their people and are being seen as corrupt, the Guns Summit was told. Guns committee member John Toguata told participants that in...

Police charge fisherman with triple murder.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- Police in Fiji have charged 42-year-old fisherman Dip Chand, with the murder of three sisters who disappeared on fishing trip to Malake Island in Ra last week. Fiji's Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes this...

Malaria cases drop in Choiseul province.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) ---- Choiseul Province saw a 65 per cent reduction of malaria cases last year. Malaria Senior Field Officer for Choiseul, Duddley Ratu says malaria infection figures for the province has indicated a drop to...

Guam Visitors Bureau eyes more tie-ups with CNMI.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 GUAM (Pacnews) ---- The Guam Visitors Bureau (GVB) will forge closer ties with the Marianas Visitors Authority and other island tourism organizations to help draw in more tourists to the Micronesian region. According to GVB...

Report findings force Cook Islands secretary to resign.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 RAROTONGA (Pacnews) ---- The public service commissioner in the Cook Islands has confirmed the resignation of Manihiki Island's secretary Toroma Solomona, Radio New Zealand International reports Mr Joe Caffery said Mr Solomona...

Australia deeply concerned with PNG HIV / AIDS rate.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 KOBE (Pacnews) ---- Australia's Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer has voiced the country's concerns on the high rate of HIV infection in it neighbouring country, Papua New Guinea. Speaking at the 7th International Congress on...

Sir Michael may have breached Leadership Code: Geno.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare may have breached the Leadership Code with the appointment of his son and business adviser to the boards of PNG Power and Independent Public Business Corporation (IPBC)...

Fiji's second international airport to get a facelift.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- AIRPORTS Fiji Limited will spend $50million to upgrade Nausori Airport to international standards. Board chairman Viliame Leqa said the upgrade would cost them $50million because the airport was in need of a...

Korean TV keen to shoot in CNMI.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) ---- A Korean production company is eyeing the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands (CNMI) as the location of a new television drama series to be syndicated all over Asia. According to the Saipan...

Doubt over bail-out for American Samoa's LBJ medical centre.
July 6, 2005... 06 JULY 2005 PAGOPAGO (Pacnews) ---- There is doubt being voiced that American Samoa's only hospital, the LBJ medical center, will get another multi-million dollar bail out from the government. The chairman of the hospital board, Charles...

Pacific Islander needed to head Participatory Police Force - Eminent Persons report.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) ---- The report of the Pacific Islands Forum Eminent Persons Group on the Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) has recommended that a Pacific Islander should head the command of the Pacific...

Truth and Reconciliation Commission needed - Eminent Persons report.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) ------ The Solomon Islands Government has been asked to establish a Truth and Reconciliation Commission to ensure lasting peace and stability in the country. But Pacific Islands Forum Eminent Persons Group on...

Guam veterans may expect compensation under atomic amendment bill.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 HAGATNA (Pacnews) ----- Thousands of Guam veterans who suffered disabilities as a result of radiation exposure would get compensated if a new bill filed in Congress, which would slacken the requirements for compensation eligibility...

East Timor vying for billion dollar gas processing project.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 DILI (Pacnews) ---- Talks in the East Timor capital, Dili today could decide whether Australia or East Timor wins the right to process billions of dollars in gas from the Greater Sunrise field in the Timor Sea. The head of...

K250m (US$82-million) needed yearly by police.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- The Papua New Guinea Police need a minimum annual budget of more than K250 million to enforce law and order in Papua New Guinea, Commissioner Sam Inguba has said. Speaking at the Papua New Guinea...

NEW CALEDONIA: Anti-independence leader says he's had enough.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 NOUMEA (Pacnews) ---- New Caledonia's long-serving anti-independence leader, Jacques Lafleur, has announced he's retiring from politics. The announcement comes after Mr Lafleur lost the leadership of his Rassemblement party to...

Indon militants recruitment drive.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) ---- Radical Islamic militant groups from parts of Indonesia have sought to recruit teenage Solomon Islanders for illegal training camps in Indonesia, the Post Courier reports. Solomon Islands Finance...

Pacific's largest rubbish dump on fire.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- The largest rubbish dump in the Pacific is on fire and according to Fiji's Department of Environment (DOE) the fire could continue for some time. The fire at the infamous Lami Rubbish Dump just outside of...

NPF pumps SI$25.5-million (US$3.5-million) into Telekom for investment.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) ---- Solomon Islands National Provident Fund (SINPF) is investing a further SI$25.5 million (US$3.5 million) into Solomon Telekom Company. The additional funds will allow Solomon Telekom to roll out its 2005...

Korean association: 'We don't feel safe'.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) ---- Members of the Korean Association are appealing to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands government and police for protection, saying they don't feel safe and are now worrying about the security of...

Cook Islands PM's office and others undergo staff cuts.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) ---- The office of the Cook Islands Prime Minister has terminated the employment of some staff members in an effort to address overstaffing. Radio New Zealand International reports, The Prime Minister Jim...

DPR, AmeriCorps aim to preserve Guam's historical sites.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 HAGATNA (Pacnews) ---- Guam's youth are taking the first step to preserving and protecting historical sites and buildings by urging the community at large to assist in the upkeep of 1,800 historical sites of which 156 properties...

Prime Minister reminds citizens of fragility of Peace in the Solomon Islands.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) ----The Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands, Sir Allan Kemakeza took the opportunity on the countries 27th Independence anniversary celebration to thank the Solomon Islands citizens, regional and international...

UN hails Bougainville peace model.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 BUKA (Pacnews) ---- The United Nations has described its peace-building mission in Papua New Guinea's island province of Bougainville as a good example to the world of how communities can be helped to recover after conflict. ...

Health authorities concerned with Lami dump inferno.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) ---- The inferno at the Lami rubbish dump is a health risk to all citizens in Fiji's capital Suva, emitting tons of poisonous chemicals into the environment. Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health at the...

ADB president to inaugurate new office in Sydney.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 SYDNEY (Pacnews) ---- The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), President Haruhiko Kuroda will visit Australia from 1-4 August to inaugurate ADB's new office in Sydney and meet with high level officials in Canberra. ...

Controversy erupts on US Independence Day's local celebrations.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 PAPE'ETE (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's former ruling party, Gaston Flosse's Tahoeraa Huiraatira, has strongly criticised United States Independence Day celebrations hosted by President Oscar Temaru, saying it was used as platform...

Harsher taxes on alcoholic beverages to curb underage drinking.
July 7, 2005... 07 JULY 2005 NUKU'ALOFA (Pacnews) ----- The Tongan government putting in place measures to address the issue of underage alcohol consumption. The kingdoms Minister of Finance, Siosiua 'Utoikamanu, today released a statement outlining the...

Nauru gets help from Forum.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - New Zealand and Japan are the latest countries to lend their helping hand the troubled island nation of Nauru. The move has been welcomed by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Greg Urwin.. "New...

Asia Pacific Airlines terminates mail contract to central Pacific.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 MAJURO (Pacnews) - Asia Pacific Airlines will stop carrying mail to three central Pacific island groups in two weeks, a development that is expected to seriously disrupt the flow of mail and impact longline tuna exports from these...

Doctors to test new anti-malaria drug.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - A new malaria drug already used and proven effective to combat malaria overseas will be tested in Papua New Guinea through a six-month study, The National reports. A team of medical investigators headed...

S. Korea: Delay in probe of businessman's murder bad for NMI image.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - Unless the perpetrators of the brutal killing of 66-year-old Kim Sang Sik are arrested, the Commonwealth Northern Mariana Island's "image" in South Korea is likely to suffer. In a letter to Governor Juan...

RAMSI welcome Eminent Persons review report.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 HONIARA (Pacnews) - The Regional Assistance Mission to the Solomon Islands (RAMSI) Special Coordinator James Batley has welcomed the Report of the Pacific Islands Forum Eminent Persons Group, A Review of the Regional Assistance...

Study shows New Caledonia has world's highest thyroid cancer rate.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 NOUMEA (Pacnews) -- A medical study says the incidence of thyroid cancer in New Caledonia is the highest in the world. The study published in the Medical Bulletin of New Caledonia and French Polynesia says the rate is 17 times...

Air safety case in court.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - Several aircraft operating in Papua New Guinea, including those flown by Air Niugini, may be grounded for failing to meet Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) requirements. In a move that would cripple the...

French anti-terror red alert now in force in French Pacific.
July 8, 2005... In the wake of the series of terrorist attacks in London, authorities in the French Pacific have acted on immediate steps taken in France to heighten anti-terrorist alert levels. As part of a so-called "vigipirate" anti-terror security...

CNMI says Korean residents are safe.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 SAIPAN (Pacnews) - The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Island's (CNMI) Department of Public Safety assured members of the Korean Association of Saipan that they are still safe here and that the police are working hard to find...

Guam big on recycling.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY HAGATNA (Pacnews) - Recycling is not just a growing movement but also a rapidly emerging industry on Guam an environment official said yesterday. "At Guam (Environmental Protection Agency), we are excited about the rate of...

Government aims to reduce poverty by 5-percent.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - The Government of Fiji plans to reduce poverty in the country by five per cent, the Minister for Women, Social Welfare and Poverty Alleviation Adi Asenaca Caucau said. Minister said that poverty in Fiji can be...

Tightened border watch pushed.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) -The Papua New Guinea government needs to improve border surveillance by the police and armed forces to combat smuggling of weapons into the country, according to the chairman of the National Guns Control...

Nauru still uncertain of what's left after sale of Australian assets.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 YAREN (Pacnews) - Nauru hopes for more information next week on when Australian tax officials will rule on issues that must be resolved before receivers can begin paying out up to US$74 million to Nauruan interests. The money...

Farmers group reject reconciliation Bill.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 SUVA (Pacnews) - THE oldest farmers' representative organisation in Fiji believes the Reconciliation, Tolerance and Unity Bill will only bring further division among the people of Fiji. Since its establishment in 1937, the...

Marshall Islands Showcased at World Expo in Japan.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 MAJURO (Pacnews) - Marshall Islands President Kessai Note led a delegation of fifty-four Marshallese performers and cultural representatives to the 2005 World Exposition, in Aichi, Japan, this week, Yokwe Online reports. Today...

NZ donates US$34,000 to Manam islanders.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 PORT MORESBY (Pacnews) - New Zealand has donated another US$34,000 (about K105,000) towards relief centres for the estimated 7,000 Manam disaster victims in Madang. According to The National, the contribution was made to World...

French Polynesia's Oscar Temaru to visit New Zealand in ten days.
July 8, 2005... 08 JULY 2005 WELLINGTON (Pacnews) - French Polynesia's President Oscar Temaru will make his first official visit to New Zealand on July 18-23, the Oceania Flash reports. Mr Temaru's visit comes only a few days after his counterpart from...

Former French President behind Rainbow Warrior bombing - Report.
July 11, 2005... 11 JULY 2005 PARIS (Pacnews) - A newspaper report in Paris, France has revealed that the sabotage of the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior, 20 years ago in Auckland was carried out with the "personal authorisation" of France's late president...