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Pacific Waves for Wednesday 20 August 2014
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Dateline Pacific evening edition for 20 August 2014
3:06 PM.People living on a Solomon islands atoll are in desperate straits without a shipping service to provide supplies; Tonga police step up efforts to control violence at school rugby games; a Fiji fishing… Read more Audio
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Solomon Islands atoll desperate for supplies
3:05 PM.A former trade negotiator in Solomon Islands says the people of Sikaiana Atoll in Malaita Province are desperate for food and medical supplies after five months without a shipping service. Audio
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Tonga police presence increased to prevent rugby violence
3:04 PM.Police in Tonga are stepping up their presence at secondary school rugby matches in an effort to curb interschool violence. Audio
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Dateline Pacific morning edition for 20 August 2014
5:05 AM.A Fiji link to a high seas shooting video is dismissed; We spot the spotlight on crime and violence in PNG; PNG's opposition is reduced by another round of defections; Cuts to Australia's broadcasting… Read more Audio
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Fiji links to high seas shooting video dismissed
5:04 AM.The president of the Fiji Tuna Boat Association, Grahame Southwick, says footage of men being shot on the high seas is most likely film of a piracy incident off the Somali coast taken last year. Audio
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World Bank says PNG business owners frustrated
5:03 AM.One of the authors of a report into violence in Papua New Guinea says the country's security situation is forcing businesses to rely on private security companies. Audio
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Sport: NRL and Sonny Bill touch down in Samoa
5:00 AM.An NRL delegation including Roosters star Sonny Bill Williams visits Samoa as part of the launch of the Pacific Strategy. Audio