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allvoices (Free subscription) | yesterday
Women from two warring tribes, said male infanticide reduced the cyclical payback violence infamous in Highlands tribal fights. If women stopped producing males, their tribe's stock would go down and this would force the men to end their fight, the women said. WOMEN in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal war that has gone on for more than 20 years. All...
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A Networked World (Free subscription) | yesterday
PNG mothers use infanticide to end long-running war - World - smh.com.au. PORT MORESBY: Frustrated women in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal fight that has warred for more than 20 years....
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Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday
PORT MORESBY: Frustrated women in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal fight that has warred for more than 20 years.
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Neatorama (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Here’s one gruesome way of avoiding a tribal warfare adopted by two villages in Papua New Guinea: kill every male babies born! By virtually wiping out the ‘male stock’, tribal women hope they can avoid deadly bow-and-arrow wars between the villages in the future. ‘Babies grow into men and men turn into warriors,’ said Rona Luke, a [...]
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Luxury Property Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Luxury and Papua New Guinea are probably not terms often put together, but the option of 5-star comfort in remote Papua New Guinea do exist. (...)
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Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 11/22/2008
LIMA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao said ...
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Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
Opportunists often sue cash-strapped Papua New Guinea's government - and win - simply because it does not have enough lawyers to represent it in court.
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
"So often people will take advantage of that and make vexatious claims against the PNG government and when the Solicitor-General's litigators can't face up to court because they're booked in five other courtrooms at the same time, then the court has no choice but to award in favor of the claimant," Atkinson said.
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the Masalai blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Port Moresby, November 18 2008. Digicel, the fastest growing mobile network in the Pacific, is proud to participate in a new safety and crime prevention initiative being undertaken with Yumi Lukautim Mosbi Projek (YLM) and Protect Security. The new Digicel-provided Famli Seif line aims to support police response and assist people in crisis, by providing [...]
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Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
TORONTO, CANADA (MARKET WIRE) In June of this year, BacTech Mining Corporation ("BacTech" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: BM) entered into an agreement to acquire a 33% interest in two refractory gold deposits located on Fergusson Island, Papua New Guinea ("PNG"), from Yamana Gold Inc. ("Yamana") in exchange for 15 million shares in the Company. The agreement is subject to receipt of regulatory approval...
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New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
PORT MORESBY - Simmering tensions mixed with alcohol have been blamed for Papua New Guinea's media night of nights turning into an all-in brawl. The 2008 PNG Media Council awards ceremony on Saturday night erupted in a fight requiring...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
This month, the latest Foreign Office bulletin says: "Terrorists continue to issue statements threatening to carry out attacks in the Gulf region. These include references to attacks on Western interests, including residential compounds, military, oil, transport and aviation interests." The official warning also says that passengers merely changing planes at the nation's airport are expected to be...
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A Blog Apart... (Free subscription) | 11/07/2008
The number of people living with HIV in Papua New Guinea is rising, not just in urban areas but more so in rural areas, a new report has revealed.
