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Tahiti's Flosse congratulates Trump
A veteran French Polynesian leader says the territory would be honoured if the US president-elect Donald Trump stopped by in Tahiti on his journeys in the Pacific.
Updated at 2:05 pm on 18 November 2016
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French Polynesia's Tapura backs Juppe
French Polynesia's ruling party has decided to endorse Alain Juppe of The Republicans in the primaries for next year's French presidential election.
Updated at 12:59 pm on 10 November 2016
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French Polynesia atoll sale case goes to France's top court
Prosecutors in French Polynesia have decided to take a former president Gaston Flosse and a leading pearl producer Robert Wan to the highest court in France.
Updated at 2:29 pm on 27 October 2016
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Tahoeraa's Sarkozy deal queried
Doubt has been cast on the reported link-up of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party with France's Republicans.
Updated at 3:46 pm on 25 October 2016
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Two appeals in Tahiti chinaware theft case
There have been two appeals in the case of a former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse fined for taking chinaware from the presidential palace.
Updated at 2:15 pm on 22 October 2016
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Flosse acquitted over French Polynesia atoll deal
French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse and a leading pearl producer Robert Wan have been acquitted of corruption charges over the purchase of an atoll at an overvalued price.
Updated at 2:08 pm on 21 October 2016
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Tahiti's Flosse explains Sarkozy deal
The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party Gaston Flosse says he has prepared to forgive his erstwhile opponent Nicolas Sarkozy in the territory's interests.
Updated at 5:42 am on 20 October 2016
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Tahiti's Flosse criticised for Sarkozy deal
French Polynesia's ruling party has lashed out at a former president Gaston Flosse after his party decided to align itself with Nicolas Sarkozy and his bid to regain the French presidency next year.
Updated at 1:52 pm on 18 October 2016
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Flosse and Sarkozy to up Tahiti nuclear compo
French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party says it is about to sign a convention with France's Republicans to increase French nuclear compensation payments.
Updated at 2:11 pm on 17 October 2016
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Former French Polynesia president, head of assembly detained
Reports from Tahiti say investigators have detained French Polynesia's former president Gaston Flosse and the president of the assembly Marcel Tuihani for questioning.
Updated at 2:45 pm on 15 October 2016
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Claims in Tahiti of Flosse-Sarkozy rapprochement
One of French Polynesia's members of the French Assembly has changed parliamentary group, in an apparent reversal of his party's position towards presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy.
Updated at 6:24 pm on 14 October 2016
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Jail term for former Tahiti GIP head Puputauki
A French court has given the former head of French Polynesia's disbanded GIP militia an 18-month jail sentence for abuse of public funds.
Updated at 1:16 pm on 14 October 2016
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Flosse fined for taking Tahiti chinaware
Former president Gaston Flosse and his partner Pascale Haiti have been fined for the appropriation of chinaware from the presidential palace.
Updated at 11:57 am on 12 October 2016
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French Polynesia mayor in court over gym contracts
The mayor of Tumara'a in French Polynesia Cyril Tetuanui has appeared in court for alleged abuse of a tendering process to build gymnasiums.
Updated at 6:38 pm on 6 October 2016
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French Polynesia mayor Tetuanui probed
Tahiti's daily newspaper says a mayor from Raiatea Cyril Tetuanui has been detained for questioning over cash payments he allegedly received from a jailed businessman.
Updated at 5:58 pm on 3 October 2016
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Tahiti's Fritch to repay $US65,000 in misspent public funds
French Polynesia's president, Edouard Fritch, has accepted a French Audit Court ruling and will pay $US65,000 to the public purse.
Updated at 11:21 am on 3 October 2016
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President of Tahiti assembly detained in corruption probe
Reports from Tahiti say the president of French Polynesia's assembly Marcel Tuihani has been detained for questioning.
Updated at 9:40 am on 3 October 2016
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Appeal mooted in Tahiti phantom job case
Former French Polynesian president Gaston Flosses's lawyer is considering an appeal over a court order to repay the public purse $US2.2million.
Updated at 8:14 pm on 26 September 2016
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Tahiti politicians to repay for phantom job outlays
The French Court of Audit has ordered 20 people, including the former president Gaston Flosse, to reimburse the French Polynesian public purse a total of $US2.2 million.
Updated at 10:26 am on 23 September 2016
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Tahiti verdict in latest Flosse case in October
The criminal court in French Polynesia will deliver its verdict in the chinaware theft case on October the 11th.
Updated at 6:59 pm on 11 August 2016
