20 beached whales die in New Zealand (Independent Online)
Twenty-one whales died and 42 were successfully refloated after a mass stranding on a New Zealand beach on Sunday
Tuna exporter expands GenSan, Papua facilities (Malaya)
The RD Group, the country’s biggest tuna exporter, is spending $45 million to expand its local and overseas facilities to meet growing demand for its products, company chairman Rodrigo Rivera Sr. said.
New uniforms tipped for Air New Zealand (3news)
Air New Zealand’s controversial uniforms are tipped to be on their way out.
20 pilot whales die on New Zealand beach, 43 saved (MalaysiaNews.net)
When the 1,600-pound momma whale beached herself Monday afternoon, her healthy calf followed. Neither would make it back out to sea. Momma, stricken with a mystery illness, died on Hollywood beach, …
Police kill leading Papua separatist (Space War)
Jakarta (UPI) Dec 18, 2009 – Police are hunting more suspects after killing a Papua separatist fighter believed to have been involved in the slaying of two Americans in 2002.
Kiwi motorists urged to avoid New Zealand?s 10 deadliest roads (TVNZ)
New Zealanders heading out onto North Island roads on Monday might want to avoid the 10 stretches of highway considered to be the nation’s deadliest roads
20 pilot whales die on New Zealand beach, 43 saved (AP via Yahoo! News)
Twenty pilot whales died on a New Zealand beach after stranding but holiday-makers and conservation workers Sunday managed to coax 43 others back out to sea.
M’sia activists win E.Timor suit (Straits Times)
KUALA LUMPUR – THE Malaysian High Court on Tuesday ordered the government to compensate 29 rights activists for wrongful detention over a controversial gathering to discuss East Timor 13 years ago. The court awarded a total of RM870,000 (S$355,000) to the activists, who were held by police in the Malaysian capital for up to six days.
Government of Papua New Guinea Signs InterOil’s LNG Project Agreement (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
InterOil Corporation today announced that the PNG National Government has signed the Company’s Project Agreement for the construction of a liquefied natural gas plant in Papua New Guinea.
Spaces still available for K-State Master of Agribusiness tour of Australian, New Zealand agribusine (High Plains Journal)
Kansas Kansas State University’s Master of Agribusiness program is offering travel to the “land down under” to learn about the food and agriculture industry in the Oceania region. The trip will include stops in Auckland, Christchurch and Queenstown, New Zealand and Sydney, Canberra and Brisbane, Australia, with visits of cattle, deer and sheep farms, dairies, fruit and vegetable farms, …
Papua New Guinea LNG project signs up Osaka Gas (Reuters España)
SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) – Developers of Papua New Guinea’s $15 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project have signed a 20-year deal to sell LNG to Japanese utility Osaka Gas Co Ltd (9532.T: Cotización ), operator Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N: Cotización ) said on Tuesday.
20 pilot whales die on New Zealand beach, 43 saved (Press Trust of India)
Wellington, Dec 27 (AP) Twenty pilot whales died on a New Zealand beach after stranding but holiday-makers and conservation workers today managed to coax 43 others back out to sea.
