Pacific Waves for Friday 29 November 2019
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Dateline Pacific for 29 November 2019
5:05 AM.In Samoa, the death toll from the country's measles epidemic has risen to 39 following six more deaths in the past 24 hours; there's a sense of optimism in Bougainville's future and a focus on… Read more Audio
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Samoa measles epidemic: Death toll reaches 39
5:04 AM.In Samoa, the death toll from the country's measles epidemic has risen to 39- following six more deaths in the previous 24 hours. Read more Audio
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Bougainville gets into nation-building mode
5:03 AM.There's a sense of optimism in Bougainville's future and a focus on nation-building, as polling continues in the autonomous Papua New Guinea region's independence referendum. Read more Audio
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Unseasonal tides flood Marshall Islands
5:02 AM.About 200 people had to be evacuated in the Marshall Islands on Wednesday as an ocean swell flooded the capital, Majuro. Read more Audio
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Fears in PNG a new Nautilus emerging after bankruptcy
5:01 AM.The struggling Canadian company that had been planning for years to mine the sea floor off the north coast of Papua New Guinea, Nautilus Minerals, was declared bankrupt last week. Read more Audio
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NZ strengthens Pacific relations through parliamentary forum
5:00 AM.Political leaders from 11 Pacific countries were hosted in New Zealand this week as part of the Pacific Parliamentary Forum. Read more Audio
