Fiji

Fiji coach Shane Jurgensen says his team is already in must-win territory after a heavy defeat in their first match at the World Cricket League 6 tournament in England.

South Africa tops the medal tally after the first day of competition at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Apia.

Six small island nations vulnerable to climate change have called for a global moratorium on new coal mines.

Fiji's police force is awaiting cabinet approval to send officers to Haiti as part of a United Nations peacekeeping operation.

Vanuatu is hoping to go one step better during World Cricket League Six, which begins in Essex this evening.

The Flying Fijians completed their Rugby World Cup build-up with a 47-18 thrashing of Canada in London.

The United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change, Mary Robinson, says the Suva Declaration will help create a sense of urgency for the upcoming climate talks in Paris.

Two Fiji soliders are in hospital after being injured by a roadside bomb in the Middle East.

A number of Pacific leaders have agreed to a common position on climate change that they intend to take to a major United Nations summit in November.

Manu Samoa coach Stephen Betham has urged his team to improve their discipline, saying Pacific Islands teams are targeted more by officials.

England will be forced to wear alternate red shirts for the Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji, after losing a coin toss.

An Australian academic says a declaration coming out of the Pacific Islands Development Forum may create difficulties for next week's larger regional meeting in Port Moresby.

The lawyer working for most of those accused of sedition in Fiji says recent comments by Frank Bainimarama are out of order because the matter is before the courts.

Australia says it regards the Pacific Islands Forum as the premier organisation in the Pacific but it welcomes any contribution the Pacific Islands Development Forum can make to the region.

Fiji's Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has accused Australia of undermining the Pacific Islands Development Forum.

Sixteen of the first people to be charged in a group of sedition cases in Fiji have pleaded not guilty.

The leaders of Fiji's main opposition party, SODELPA, have dismissed reports of dissension.

Sedition charges against three people in Fiji have been withdrawn, with the men instead being called as prosecution witnesses.

Leaders of seven Pacific island countries are attending the Pacific Islands Development Forum in Fiji this week.

Two more people have been charged with sedition in Fiji as investigations continue into attempts to form a breakaway state and military style training in the country.