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Tahiti's Tahoeraa gets UMP support for run-off poll
The leader of French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, Gaston Flosse, says he has received several phone calls from France's UMP to confirm its support for the Tahoeraa in this...
Updated at 12:51 pm on 12 June 2012
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Tahoeraa pleased with French Polynesia election outcome
The leader of French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party, Gaston Flosse, has thanked the territory's voters for making it the strongest force in the weekend first round of the French...
Updated at 3:25 pm on 4 June 2012
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Tahiti voters choose established parties in first round of French election
In the first round of the election of a new 577-member French assembly, voters in French Polynesia have chosen the candidates of the ruling party and the opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira...
Updated at 7:00 am on 4 June 2012
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Tahiti voters choose established parties in first round of French election
In the first round of the election of a new 577-member French assembly, voters in French Polynesia have chosen the candidates of the ruling party and the opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira...
Updated at 9:28 pm on 3 June 2012
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Suspended jail sentence for French Polynesia's former tourism boss
The highest court in France has rejected an appeal by the former head of French Polynesia's tourism promotion agency, Brigitte Vanizette. It upheld the one-year suspended prison sentence and confirmed...
Updated at 5:24 pm on 22 May 2012
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French Polynesia's Flosse requests appeal in corruption case be moved
Reports from French Polynesia say the veteran politician Gaston Flosse has applied for his appeal court trial in a major corruption case to be moved away from Tahiti. Flosse, who...
Updated at 6:28 am on 21 May 2012
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Tahiti opposition lashes Fiji and PNG over decolonisation issue
French Polynesia's opposition parties have hit out at Fiji and Papua New Guinea after they reported that the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement had last week decided to support Tahiti's decolonisation bid.
Updated at 5:56 pm on 16 May 2012
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French Polynesia gears up for French Assembly election
More than two dozen people in French Polynesia have officially registered their candidacy for next month's election for three seats in the French National Assembly. Until now French Polynesia has...
Updated at 7:05 pm on 8 May 2012
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Flosse wants trial moved from French Polynesia
A former French Polynesian president, Gaston Flosse, has lodged a further appeal to have a pending trial moved away from Papeete amid concern he would not be treated fairly in...
Updated at 1:03 pm on 1 May 2012
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French politicians in Tahiti ahead of weekend voting
The French finance minister, Francois Baroin, has addressed a rally in French Polynesia in support of the presidential election campaign of Nicolas Sarkozy. An estimated 4,000 pro-autonomy supporters turned out...
Updated at 6:25 am on 16 April 2012
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French Polynesia's Flosse fined over abuse of public funds
The criminal court in Papeete has fined French Polynesia's veteran politician, Gaston Flosse, 4,400 US dollars for abusing public funds. Flosse was found guilty of using the service of a...
Updated at 5:40 am on 2 April 2012
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Tahiti's Tahoeraa mends fences with French UMP
French Polynesia's oppositon Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party appears to have withdrawn its support for Dominique de Villepin who is one of the candidates for the French presidency. The Tahoeraa leader, Gaston...
Updated at 3:43 pm on 15 March 2012
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50 job contracts given by French Polynesia president in doubt
The administrative court in Papeete has heard a complaint by the French high commissioner, Richard Didier, who alleges that the French Polynesian president has hired 50 staff illegally. According to...
Updated at 6:44 pm on 7 March 2012
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Tong Sang nominated as French Polynesia candidate for French assembly
French Polynesia's opposition To Tatou Aia has named its candidates for the territory's three seats in this year's election of a new French national assembly. The three are Gaston Tong...
Updated at 5:21 pm on 1 March 2012
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French Polynesia's Tahoeraa announces candidates for French assembly
French Polynesia's opposition Tahoeraa Huiraatira Party has nominated its candidates for the territory's three seats in the election of a new French national assembly. They are Edouard Fritch, Jonas Tahuaitu...
Updated at 11:17 am on 27 February 2012
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Jail sentence upheld for French Polynesia's Puputauki over GIP boat transfer
France's highest court has upheld the prison sentence for the former head of French Polynesia's disbanded GIP intervention force, Rere Puputauki, who appealed against his conviction for ignoring labour laws.
Updated at 5:56 pm on 17 February 2012
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Jail sentence upheld for French Polynesia's Puputauki over GIP boat transfers
France's highest court has upheld the prison sentence for the former head of French Polynesia's disbanded GIP intervention force, Rere Puputauki, who appealed against his conviction for ignoring labour laws.
Updated at 3:25 pm on 17 February 2012
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French prosecutor in Tahiti fined for defaming two Corsicans
The public prosecutor in French Polynesia, Jose Thorel, has been fined more than 5,000 US dollars for defaming two Corsican men by liking them to mafia members. Thorel, who worked...
Updated at 6:08 pm on 15 February 2012
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French Polynesia court adjourns Flosse case
The criminal court in Papeete has again deferred a corruption case brought against French Polynesia's veteran politician, Gaston Flosse. The case was originally to be heard last September but has...
Updated at 6:50 am on 26 January 2012
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Lawyer doubts independence of French Polynesia judiciary
A top lawyer in French Polynesia says unfortunately the territory's judiciary isn't independent. Francois Quinquis, who for years has been acting for the veteran politician Gaston Flosse, made the comment...
Updated at 12:09 pm on 17 January 2012
