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French Polynesia's GIP still face JPK charges
The head of the disbanded GIP militia of French Polynesia's President Gaston Flosse still faces a murder charge over the disappearance of journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud in 1997.
Updated at 7:54 pm on 10 July 2014
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Murder charges dropped in JPK mystery
A French Polynesia court has dropped murder charges against two men linked to the disappearance of a journalist in 1997
Updated at 6:16 am on 10 July 2014
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Tahiti nuclear test victims remembered
French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation says a ceremony to remember victims on Thursday should show the government how important its memorial site in Papeete is to many.
Updated at 9:17 am on 5 July 2014
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Chirac honoured in French Polynesia monument
The president of French Polynesia, Gaston Flosse, has unveiled a monument in honour of the former French president Jacques Chirac not far from a memorial to nuclear test victims.
Updated at 2:10 pm on 1 July 2014
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French Polynesia's Temaru renaming roads to embarrass rivals
The former president of French Polynesia, Oscar Temaru, plans to name the roads leading to the prison in Faa'a, where is mayor, after Gaston Flosse and Jacques Chirac.
Updated at 2:36 pm on 26 June 2014
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Judge signals Flosse risks losing office
France's highest court has given a strong signal that French Polynesia's president Gaston Flosse may fail in his bid to overturn a corruption sentence, and risks losing office next month.
Updated at 7:05 am on 26 June 2014
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Court rules in favour of Flosse
The French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse, who has been fighting a jail sentence for corruption has been given a reprieve after a ruling by an appeal court in Papeete.
Updated at 2:22 pm on 25 June 2014
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French Polynesia test veterans attack Flosse
French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation says the President's proposal to move a memorial site for test veterans is an attempt to erase that era from French Polynesia's history.
Updated at 11:07 am on 24 June 2014
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Tahiti nuclear memorial protest draws crowds
French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation says close to 400 people turned out on Sunday at a protest against a plan to remove a memorial site for victims in Tahiti.
Updated at 4:14 am on 24 June 2014
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Plan to remove Tahiti nuclear test memorial
French Polynesia's nuclear test veterans organisation says hundreds of people will march today against a plan to remove a memorial site for victims in Tahiti.
Updated at 3:04 pm on 23 June 2014
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Tahiti president brushes off jail sentence threat
The French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse says he is not concerned about the prosecution's call for him to be given a two-year jail sentence and a 110,000 US dollar fine for abuse of public funds.
Updated at 1:36 pm on 6 June 2014
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Jail sentence called for Tahiti president
The prosecution in the trial of the French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse has called for him to be given a two-year jail sentence and a 110,000 US dollar fine for abuse of public funds.
Updated at 12:32 pm on 5 June 2014
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Suspended jail sentence for former Tahiti minister
French Polynesia's former transport minister, Bruno Marty, has been given a suspended six-month jail sentence for drink driving.
Updated at 8:41 am on 3 June 2014
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French Polynesia atoll embezzlement trial opens
The trial opens on Tuesday of the French Polynesian president Gaston Flosse and five others accused of corruption over a 2002 atoll purchase.
Updated at 8:09 am on 3 June 2014
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Charges upheld in Tahiti's Couraud case
The investigative authorities in French Polynesia have rejected a bid to drop charges in the suspected murder case of a journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud, who vanished in 1997.
Updated at 12:40 pm on 29 May 2014
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Tahiti to ease visa terms for Chinese
The French Polynesian government says visa requirements for Chinese passport holders are about to be lifted for those staying less than 15 days.
Updated at 1:38 pm on 26 May 2014
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Nouvelles de Tahiti ceases publication
French Polynesia's oldest daily newspaper Les Nouvelles de Tahiti has been placed in voluntary liquidation, ceasing operation after more than 57 years of publication.
Updated at 9:42 am on 24 May 2014
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Flosse positive about first year since Tahiti polls
French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, says his administration has a good record after one year in power, given that it inherited as he puts it a catastrophic situation from his predecessor Oscar Temaru.
Updated at 12:41 pm on 20 May 2014
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French Polynesia newspapers change owner
A French Polynesian investment company has bought the media business Medias Polynesie, which owns the territory's two daily newspapers.
Updated at 2:53 pm on 1 May 2014
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Delay in Tahiti journalist death probe
There has been a delay in the investigation of the presumed 1997 killing of a French Polynesian journalist, Jean-Pascal Couraud, because of the leak of secretly recorded conversations among the...
Updated at 12:56 pm on 24 April 2014
