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Week of November 13, 1998
SOUTH PACIFIC Increasingly brackish water from rising sealevels is changing agricultural practices - farmers are moving to higher ground, which is becoming overcrowded. Others have taken to growing crops in containers. Some small islets have already been swamped, simply disappearing below the rising water.Week of August 7, 1998
VANIMO The lagoon containing the bodies of thousands of people killed in the July 17 tidal wave that swept the town is now considered sacred. Plans to cleanse it by bombing the sand bar that separates it from the sea were canceled. The community prefers to "let Mother Nature sort it out," a spokesman said.Week of July 3, 1998
PORT MORESBY Parliament was in uproar as new sex and corruption scandals undermined the already tarnished reputation of PM Bill Skate and his government. The opposition offered a videotape that allegedly documented sex romps involving a senior member of the government.Week of May 15, 1998
One secessionist faction on Bougainville is preparing for more fighting despite an April 30 peace agreement brokered by Australia and New Zealand. Fighters loyal to Francis Ona - who did not sign the pact - are opposed to a 300-member Australian peace monitoring force and the presence of armed government troops on the island.Week of January 16, 1998
More than a quarter of the population faces starvation because of the country's drought and the worst is yet to come, according to Australian researchers. By December, the number affected doubled to more than one million in three months, they say. The worst conditions are expected in February and March.News from Papua New Guinea in 1997
News from Papua New Guinea in 1996
News from Papua New Guinea in 1995
