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Cook Islands sailor Helema Williams has finished bottom of the field in the laser radial class at the London Olympics. The national flag bearer was 4.58 seconds adrift of the...

The President of Nauru says he hopes to have additional political reforms considered by MPs ahead of the election due late this year or early next year. Last week MPs...

The Nauru Parliament has agreed to increase the number of MPs from 18 to 19 following the next general election. Having an additional member is part of a political reform...

The Nauru Government has failed by one vote to get constitutional reform measures through. It is now contemplating redrafting the legislation as a series of separate bills. The changes include...

The President of Nauru says a part of the constitutional reforms he wants passed could be put aside to allow the rest of the legislation through. On Monday, Sprent Dabwido...

Nauru's President Sprent Dabwido is hopeful that his re-organised government will be able to pass constitutional reforms as early as today. On Tuesday Mr Dabwido dumped his Cabinet saying he...

Nauru's new leader is promising a continuing focus on constitutional reform. Sprent Dabwido was elected on Tuesday after a vote of no confidence in the government of Freddie Pitcher, who...

Nauru has won gold in the men's weightlifting on day four of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Yukio Peter lifted 333kg in the men's 77kg final to finish ahead of Australia's...

Nauru's caretaker President, Marcus Stephen, says he has no intention of dissolving the current parliament, despite last week's election failing to resolve a months' long impasse. In a statement…

Nauru's parliamentarians are continuing to meet today in the hope of resolving an ongoing political impasse. A snap election at the weekend failed to return a workable majority for either...

Nauru's caretaker Government has dissolved Parliament and called elections for next Saturday, the 19th June - the second poll on the island in less than two months. It comes after...

Nauru's new speaker, Godfrey Thoma, has asked the caretaker President Marcus Stephen to dissolve the House at the next sitting. Mr Thoma was chosen yesterday after five attempts in three...

Reports from American Samoa say this morning's quake and tsunami have caused 14 deaths. A radio reporter says five waves came ashore after the 8.3 quake this morning. In neighbouring...

It was rest day for the athletes yesterday at the Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga following a full programme on Saturday night. Most sports finished their programme with Fiji dominating.

Fijian weightlifter Manueli Tulo has created history by winning the country's first ever gold medal at a Commonwealth Youth Games. Competing at the current Games in Pune India, Tulo broke...

A couple are returning to Kiribati today after surviving at sea for 35 days in a 19-foot wooden boat. The unnamed pair went missing off Tarawa on December the 30th...

Two asylum seekers on a hunger strike to protest against detention on Nauru are reported to have been to hospital. They are among 19 asylum seekers refusing to accept food...

A group of Afghan former asylum-seekers has arrived in Kabul from the Pacific island of Nauru. Many were among 433 asylum-seekers rescued from a sinking Indonesian boat by the Norwegian...