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Barrillot dismissal outrages Tahiti veterans
The French Polynesian nuclear test veterans organisation is indignant that the new government has dismissed the head of the territory's body concerned with the aftermath of the French nuclear weapons...
Updated at 1:51 pm on 6 June 2013
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France yet to signal direction on rare earth exploration in Pacific
The mining of rare earth minerals in the Pacific could be a step closer, with the United Nations International Seabed Authority publishing a plan for managing the extraction of the...
Updated at 9:30 pm on 4 June 2013
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Flosse asks Paris for French Polynesia referendum
The French Polynesian president, Gaston Flosse, has asked France to organise a referendum on self-determination. The request has been made in a letter to the president, Francois Hollande, after the...
Updated at 1:41 pm on 3 June 2013
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Flosse tells French Polynesians of tough reforms
French Polynesia's newly elected president, Gaston Flosse, has told the territorial assembly that his government will have to adopt difficult and at times unpopular measures. Mr Flosse says he has...
Updated at 8:30 pm on 28 May 2013
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French Polynesia ministers get pay cuts
The new French Polynesian government has decided to cut ministerial pays by ten percent to about 7,300 US dollars a month. After its first weekly meeting since being chosen last...
Updated at 1:48 pm on 24 May 2013
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Urgency in resolution on planned Tahiti independence vote
French Polynesia's new president, Gaston Flosse, says he expects a resolution to be completed this week formally asking Paris to organise a referendum on self-determination. He says the matter is...
Updated at 7:40 pm on 23 May 2013
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Paris asked to organise French Polynesia referendum
The French High Commissioner in Papeete says he will report to Paris any formal request for a referendum on French Polynesia's self-determination. The new president, Gaston Flosse, wants immediate action...
Updated at 7:47 pm on 22 May 2013
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Paris asked to organise French Polynesia self-determination referendum
The French High Commissioner in Papeete says he will report to Paris any formal request for a referendum on French Polynesia's self-determination. The new president, Gaston Flosse, wants immediate action...
Updated at 7:47 pm on 22 May 2013
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Flosse calls for French Polynesia self-determination vote
French Polynesia's newly elected president, Gaston Flosse, says he wants to hold a referendum on self-determination after the UN decided at the weekend to reinscribe the territory on the decolonisation...
Updated at 9:28 pm on 21 May 2013
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Flosse appoints new French Polynesia government
French Polynesia's newly elected president, Gaston Flosse, has named an eight-member government, just hours after the assembly elected him for a fifth time in 29 years. Mr Flosse, who is...
Updated at 6:35 am on 20 May 2013
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Flosse elected as French Polynesia president for fifth time
The French Polynesian assembly has elected the veteran politician, Gaston Flosse, as the territory's president for a five-year term. The 81-year of leader of the Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party was elected...
Updated at 10:16 am on 18 May 2013
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Tahiti assembly votes against UN decolonisation bid
French Polynesia's newly elected assembly has changed the agenda of its first session to vote to appeal to the United Nations for it to drop the territory's decolonisation resolution from...
Updated at 6:04 pm on 17 May 2013
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French Polynesia's Fritch elected President of Assembly
French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira deputy Edouard Fritch has been elected as President of the Assembly. He won 38 of the 57 votes, with the rival candidate of the pro-independence Union...
Updated at 9:11 am on 17 May 2013
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Temaru off to UN for French Polynesia decolonisation debate
The outgoing French Polynesian president, Oscar Temaru, has flown to New York for the UN General Assembly debate of a resolution, seeking to reinscribe the territory on the UN decolonisation...
Updated at 3:15 pm on 16 May 2013
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Incoming Tahiti government promises unemployment benefits
The incoming French Polynesian government says it will give money to the unemployed as promised in the lead-up to the territorial election. The territory has had no unemployment benefits, with...
Updated at 5:07 am on 13 May 2013
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Tahiti tussle over UN decolonisation bid
The incoming French Polynesian government is expected to approach Paris in a bid to thwart any attempts to decolonise the territory. The outgoing government of Oscar Temaru campaigned for the...
Updated at 4:34 pm on 8 May 2013
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Mixed French reaction to Tahiti election result
The French minister in charge of overseas territories, Victorin Lurel, has acknowledged the Tahoeraa Huiraatira's victory in French Polynesia's territorial election. The ministry says Mr Lurel has taken note of...
Updated at 7:18 am on 8 May 2013
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Tahiti's Flosse wants decolonisation bid annulled
The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, Gaston Flosse, says he will try to stop the decolonisation bid at the UN in New York which was lodged by the...
Updated at 6:41 am on 8 May 2013
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New French Polynesia government expected next week
The leader of French Polynesia's Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, Gaston Flosse, says he plans to have his new government in place by the end of next week. His party won two...
Updated at 5:11 am on 8 May 2013
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Temaru doubts France will up financial support for Tahiti
French Polynesia's outgoing President, Oscar Temaru, says he doubts his rival and successor as head of government, Gaston Flosse, can count on additional French financial support. Mr Temaru has acknowledged...
Updated at 4:21 am on 8 May 2013
