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06/05/2006 Rumsfeld praises Vietnam`s economy
06/05/2006 Georgia-Pacific now weighing three proposals
06/05/2006 Top Japanese artist 'plagiarised'
06/05/2006 Monday's Winners & Losers Standard Pacific
06/05/2006 Cathay Pacific shares, and rival's, suspended
06/05/2006 US defence secretary discusses improved cooperation with Vietnam
06/05/2006 Samaritans baulk at funding East Timor's second chance
06/05/2006 Taiwanese president sued for alleged corruption
06/05/2006 Chinese military plane explodes in air, kills all 40 on board
06/05/2006 East Timor gangs run rings round foreign troops Roundup
06/05/2006 Java farmers return to fields despite quake, volcano threat
06/05/2006 Parents struggle to cope with child trauma after Java quake
06/05/2006 Report Cathay Pacific buying Dragon Air
06/05/2006 China land rights lawyer released
06/05/2006 Cathay Pacific to Buy Dragonair
06/05/2006 Cathay Pacific shares suspended on major shake-up reports
06/04/2006 Barry Manilow takes on Australian hooligans
06/04/2006 MPs meet in troubled East Timor
06/04/2006 Air Force will get new structures for maintaining its fleet of C-17s
06/04/2006 East Timor gangs run rings round foreign troops
06/04/2006 Injured Indonesian puzzles New Zealand police
06/04/2006 China`s top cardinal criticizes government
06/04/2006 Organizers say 44,000 in Hong Kong mark Tiananmen massacre
06/04/2006 Indonesia bird flu death verified
06/04/2006 Rumsfeld arrives in Vietnam for military cooperation talks
06/04/2006 As quake emergency recedes, survivors look to rebuild
06/04/2006 Rumsfeld in Vietnam as ties warm
06/04/2006 Thousands mark Tiananmen Square massacre anniversary in Hong Kong
06/04/2006 East Timor's cycle of violence shifts up a gear
06/04/2006 Exiled Chinese dissidents mark anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre
06/04/2006 Chinese military plane crashes with 40 aboard
06/04/2006 Strong aftershocks jolt quake-hit areas in Java
06/04/2006 Australia calls on Asia Pacific region to help East Timor
06/04/2006 Clashes flare again in East Timor
06/03/2006 China defends Africa policy
06/03/2006 China envoy defends Africa policy
06/03/2006 Military plane crashes in China
06/03/2006 Sam Husseini Can Pacifica Network Live Up to Its Promise?
06/03/2006 Java quake survivors plead for funds to start rebuilding
06/03/2006 US offers to help in East Timor
06/03/2006 Indonesia to set up emergency classrooms in Java quake areas
06/03/2006 Taiwan opposition rally demands President Chen's resignation
06/03/2006 Rumsfeld US to stay engaged in Pacific
06/03/2006 Drought worsens China woes
06/02/2006 U.S. must stay engaged in Pacific Rumsfeld
06/02/2006 UH assigns taro patents to Hawaiian groups
06/02/2006 Australia makes Timor healing bid
06/02/2006 UN plans six-month quake relief
06/02/2006 PipelineFX sets Japan distribution deal
06/02/2006 Pacific Sunwear to Present at Piper Jaffray 26th Annual Consumer Conference
06/02/2006 1,000 alleged to have died in North Korea train accident last month
06/02/2006 Week after Java quake, injured still in need of treatment
06/02/2006 Taiwan's opposition leader calls on President Chen to resign Roundup
06/02/2006 Rumsfeld to Speak at Asian-Pacific Defense Ministers Conference
06/02/2006 Local Elections in the ROK What It Means for the U.S.
06/02/2006 Bringing Burma to the U.N. Security Council
06/02/2006 China children outgrow old rules
06/02/2006 EU unveils 22 bln eur aid plan for African, Caribbean Pacific nations
06/02/2006 Australia celebrates baby boom
06/02/2006 UN plans six-month quake relief
06/02/2006 Aid workers get handle on medical crisis after Java quake
06/02/2006 Flicker of light pokes through East Timor gloom
06/02/2006 Taiwan's opposition leader calls on President Chen to resign
06/02/2006 Japan gives life sentence to US sailor for murder
06/02/2006 New Zealand Post withdraws Maori stamps after protests
06/02/2006 Japan's population aging as birthrate declines
06/02/2006 Serious Fun
06/02/2006 Joyce Jones
06/02/2006 Recipe Rice for Sushi
06/02/2006 Hail To Haiga
06/02/2006 Focus on Function
06/02/2006 Mind Meets Matter
06/02/2006 Fitness Notebook
06/02/2006 Boeing, Cathay Pacific Airways Finalize Agreement for Additional 777-300ERs
06/01/2006 EU announces US650 million aid program for the Pacific
06/01/2006 Fresh looting flares in E Timor
06/01/2006 Japan jails US sailor for murder
06/01/2006 John Kerry Addresses Pacific Council on National Security
06/01/2006 EU urges action on regional trading blocks including the Pacific
06/01/2006 Hawaiian Airlines continues on-time streak
06/01/2006 Canada delays China deportation
06/01/2006 Cathay Pacific turns 777 options into orders
06/01/2006 Inflazyme to Present at Pacific Growth Equities' Life Sciences Growth Conference
06/01/2006 Pacific Sunwear Sinks
06/01/2006 Two influential aides of Taiwan president resign
06/01/2006 Tough negotiations netween Pacific nations and the E-U
06/01/2006 John Kerry to Address Pacific Council in Los Angeles Today
06/01/2006 Cathay Pacific orders two Boeing 777s
06/01/2006 Cathay Pacific orders 2 more Boeing planes
06/01/2006 Alkatiri allies fall as Gusmao struts East Timor stage
06/01/2006 Death toll in Java quake tops 6,000
06/01/2006 China, Arab nations vow to cooperate on oil, terrorism
06/01/2006 Helicopters key to rescuing survivors in Java quake
06/01/2006 US wants UN resolution on Burma
06/01/2006 32,552 Japanese committed suicide in 2005
06/01/2006 Rumsfeld to meet Asia Pacific defence ministers in 3-day dialogue in Singapore
06/01/2006 North Korea invites top US negotiator to Pyongyang
06/01/2006 Pacific Sunwear Announces May Sales
06/01/2006 Japan fertility hits record low
06/01/2006 Japan to return S.Korea`s ancient records
06/01/2006 Texas Pacific buys Turkish raki maker Mey
06/01/2006 Still waiting to bury Andijan dead
06/01/2006 Eyewitness Cultural Revolution
06/01/2006 One year on Uzbeks in fear
06/01/2006 E Timor president plea for unity
06/01/2006 N Korea hints at US envoy's visit
06/01/2006 Asia-Pacific World Edition
06/01/2006 Java quake death toll increases
05/31/2006 S Korea party boss quits over poll
05/31/2006 Taiwan leader surrenders powers
05/31/2006 N Korea reactor project ended
05/31/2006 Joint naval exercise for New Zealand, India
05/31/2006 Indonesian jailed for people-smuggling in New Zealand
05/31/2006 Malaysian rescuers search for two girls after killer landslide
05/31/2006 Risks of a Rising China Technology Acquisition and Export Controls
05/31/2006 Copy of Risks of a Rising China Technology Acquisition and Export Controls
05/31/2006 Theravance to Present at the Pacific Growth Equities Life Sciences Growth Conference
05/31/2006 Australia frustrated in bid to woo Pacific nations to anti-whaling side
05/31/2006 Taiwan's Chen relegates power amid son-in-law's scandals
05/31/2006 Cathay Pacific's new freighter service to Chennai
05/31/2006 Political stalemate grips East Timor
05/31/2006 Aid efforts intensify on Java as quake toll exceeds 5,800
05/31/2006 Malaysian police cripple regional terror group
05/31/2006 Ailing former president Suharto leaves Jakarta hospital
05/31/2006 Taiwan says China 'biggest obstacle' to improved ties
05/31/2006 Australia Lobbies Pacific Nations against Whaling
05/31/2006 E Timor PM refuses to step down
05/31/2006 Indian logistics firm seeks to expand Asia-Pacific operations
05/31/2006 Pacific tsunami warning system put to the test
05/31/2006 AMA urges Govt to address Pacific AIDS epidemic
05/31/2006 Java quake toll passes 5,800
05/31/2006 S Korea votes in key elections
05/31/2006 Java earthquake toll passes 5,800
05/31/2006 Fiji's Air Pacific announces profit, but laments operational costs
05/31/2006 Uighur activist's children 'held'
05/30/2006 Pollution risks Yangtze death
05/30/2006 S Korea votes in key elections
05/30/2006 Military celebrates Asian-Pacific Day
05/30/2006 Military celebrates Asian-Pacific Day
05/30/2006 BA World Cargo announces key Asia Pacific and Middle East appointments
05/30/2006 Indian logistics firm seeks to expand Asia-Pacific operations
05/30/2006 Suharto leaves hospital for home
05/30/2006 Pacific island state blacked out after power-plant fire
05/30/2006 John Kerry to Address Pacific Council in Los Angeles
05/30/2006 Wind surfer plucked from Pacific
05/30/2006 Java quake survivors say tsunami scare left many injured
05/30/2006 Relief workers race to deliver quake aid, prevent disease
05/30/2006 Shoddy building, lack of foresight compound quake disaster
05/30/2006 Strong earthquake jolts Indonesia's Papua province
05/30/2006 Gary Glitter appeal date set in Vietnam
05/30/2006 East Timor courts failed-state tag
05/30/2006 Malaysia detains 12 suspected terrorists, probe al-Qaeda links
05/30/2006 Philippines Peace pact with Muslim rebels to be inked soon
05/30/2006 Myanmar demonstrators stage 'prayer protest' for Aung San Suu Kyi
05/30/2006 In the remote Pacific, paradise lost?
05/30/2006 Singapore Prime Minister Lee sworn into office
05/30/2006 North Korean foreign minister holds talks in China
05/30/2006 East Timor's mayhem plays on
05/30/2006 Australian baby put in tumble drier
05/30/2006 Emergency rule in E Timor
05/30/2006 Emergency rule for E Timor leader
05/30/2006 Pollution risks Yangtze's 'death'
05/30/2006 Australia lobbies Pacific nations against whaling
05/30/2006 Japan cult boss petition rejected
05/30/2006 Australian 'put wet baby in dryer'
05/29/2006 N Korea foreign minister in China
05/29/2006 Japan approves US troop shake-up
05/29/2006 East Timor hit by fresh looting
05/29/2006 Australia seeks support from Pacific for anti-whaling campaign
05/29/2006 Australia lobbies Pacific states for halt to whaling
05/29/2006 New Zealand names suspects in record meth bust
05/29/2006 Court told wife stabbed political-refugee husband
05/29/2006 Aid flow begins for Java victims
05/29/2006 Aust lobbies Pacific islands for anti-whaling support
05/29/2006 Australia campaigns Pacific on anti-whaling
05/29/2006 EC proposes strategy to strengthen partnership with Pacific islands
05/29/2006 Aletta, first tropical storm in eastern Pacific, hovers off Mexico's coast
05/29/2006 Pressure builds for East Timor's Alkatiri to resign
05/29/2006 Tsunami lessons help speed aid response to Java quake
05/29/2006 Philippine leader orders earthquake drills after Indonesia tremor
05/29/2006 Karen remain sad sideshow in Myanmar's political deadlock
05/29/2006 Australian climber reported dead in Nepal
05/29/2006 Aid trickles in as Java quake toll tops 5,000
05/29/2006 Over 20,000 fight 'out of control' forest fires in north-east China
05/29/2006 Chronology Recent Pacific Rim Earthquakes
05/29/2006 Eastern Pacific gets 1st tropical storm
05/29/2006 Race against time in Java quake
05/29/2006 Japan makes UN pitch to Pacific islands
05/29/2006 Greenpeace takes anti-logging message to Pacific Islands meeting
05/29/2006 Japan boosts aid to the Pacific
05/28/2006 E Timor leaders hold crisis talks
05/28/2006 Eastern Pacific gets 1st tropical storm
05/28/2006 Aletta, first tropical storm in eastern Pacific, hovers off Mexico's coast
05/28/2006 US donates 2.5 million dollars to Indonesian quake victims
05/28/2006 Outdoor fish market to open at at Pacific Oyster
05/28/2006 Rain compounds Java quake misery
05/28/2006 Two big quakes rock Pacific islands
05/28/2006 A Money Losing Memorial Day In Pacifica
05/28/2006 Uneasy calm settles on East Timor
05/28/2006 Uneasy calm settles on E Timor
05/28/2006 More bodies found, Java quake death over 4,600
05/28/2006 Kuwait donates 4 million dollars to Indonesian quake victims
05/28/2006 Demonstrators mark China's pro-democracy crackdown in Tiananmen
05/28/2006 Injured, shaken survivors await aid after devastating Java island quake
05/28/2006 Foreign troops find East Timor in chaos
05/28/2006 Philippines evacuates more than 60 Filipinos from East Timor
05/28/2006 First Tropical Storm Of Season Forms Off Mexico's Pacific Coast
05/28/2006 Times researcher faces trial in Beijing
05/28/2006 EU Pacific aid meeting in PNG
05/28/2006 Strong quakes rattle Tonga, PNG, no damage reported
05/27/2006 Strong quakes rattle Tonga, PNG USGS
05/27/2006 More quakes shake Pacific nations
05/27/2006 Two big quakes rock Pacific islands USGS
05/27/2006 Two big quakes rock Pacific islands USGS
05/27/2006 Australia beefs up E Timor force
05/27/2006 Search for Java quake survivors
05/27/2006 Japan lavishes $410 million on Pacific Islands, wins support for U.N. bid
05/27/2006 Japan steps up aid to Pacific, wins UN backing
05/27/2006 First tropical storm of season, forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
05/27/2006 Indonesia quake toll passes 3,000
05/27/2006 Nearly 3,000 dead in Java island quake in Indonesia Roundup
05/27/2006 Japan sends emergency relief team to Indonesia
05/27/2006 Mob violence rocks East Timor capital
05/27/2006 Over 2,700 dead in Java island quake in Indonesia
05/27/2006 EU Commission to send emergency aid to quake-hit Indonesia
05/27/2006 Junta extends opposition leader Suu Kyi's house arrest
05/27/2006 Five schoolgirls in Vietnam jump to their deaths
05/27/2006 'Dead' Everest climber is alive
05/27/2006 Pacific 'Ring of Fire' unleashes another disaster
05/27/2006 Japan pledges new aid to Pacific for UN seat
05/27/2006 Siberian pipeline to Pacific to pass 400km from Baikal
05/27/2006 Japan wins support for Sec. Council bid
05/27/2006 Poker 100 signs affiliate agreements with Party Poker and Pacific Poker.
05/27/2006 Japan offers assistance to Pacific island states as summit curtains down
05/27/2006 Pacifica Buys Two Marina Hotels
05/26/2006 UN pulls staff from E Timor chaos
05/26/2006 Burma extends Suu Kyi's detention
05/26/2006 Casualties mount in strong Java earthquake
05/26/2006 Back-from-the-dead Australian climber still on Everest
05/26/2006 Singapore judge frees man jailed for drug trafficking
05/26/2006 Japan, Pacific island nations to discuss cooperation
05/26/2006 Timor peacekeeping may be long term mission
05/26/2006 Suu Kyi house arrest term expires
05/26/2006 Strong earthquake hits Indonesia
05/26/2006 CORRECTION FROM SOURCE B.C. Pacific Capital Corporation Announces First Quarter Results
05/26/2006 B.C. Pacific Capital Corporation Announces First Quarter Results
05/26/2006 Friday's Winners & Losers Pacific Ethanol
05/26/2006 Lei airlift with Aloha
05/26/2006 Home alone, East Timor finds freedom trying
05/26/2006 Myanmar snubs UN appeal for Suu Kyi's release, sources say
05/26/2006 Flood-death toll rises to 62 in northern Thailand, 53 missing
05/26/2006 Chronology East Timor's road to independence
05/26/2006 Pacific Safety Products Inc. Corporate Update
05/26/2006 Japan courts Pacific island states at summit
05/26/2006 'Dead' Everest climber 'is alive'
05/26/2006 Japan increases aid to Pacific islands
05/26/2006 UN head calls for Suu Kyi release
05/26/2006 Pacific Islands Reservations Acquires Hawaii's Best Bed and Breakfasts
05/26/2006 Japan, Pacific island nations hold summit in Okinawa
05/26/2006 Japan courts Pacific island states in summit
05/26/2006 Recipe The Best Home Fries
05/26/2006 Playing for Fun and Profit
05/26/2006 Crunch Time
05/26/2006 The Pioneering Professor
05/26/2006 Kevin Li
05/26/2006 From Bland To Born Again
05/26/2006 Big Steps Toward A Grand Plan
05/26/2006 The One-Sided Story
05/25/2006 Former king to return to Cambodia
05/25/2006 Troops pour into unstable E Timor
05/25/2006 Japanese PM prepares to hold talks with Pacific leaders
05/25/2006 Japan courts Pacific island states
05/25/2006 Report US refuses to discuss free-trade pact with Taiwan
05/25/2006 Tourist sites around Indonesia's Mount Merapi reopen
05/25/2006 Australian climber dies on Everest
05/25/2006 Austral Pacific Updates Operations
05/25/2006 New Zealand police chief faces fresh sex charges
05/25/2006 New Zealand sending troops to East Timor
05/25/2006 China`s Defense Challenge
05/25/2006 Japan to debate Pacific aid
05/25/2006 Aristocrat`s son gets 10 years for killing
05/25/2006 Keck gets 10M to upgrade telescope
05/25/2006 Flood death toll in northern Thailand rises to 48, 66 missing
05/25/2006 Hong Kong cardinal to visit Rome
05/25/2006 Doctors say Indonesia's Suharto may recover within a week
05/25/2006 Australian troops enter East Timor capital
05/25/2006 Japan Struggles to Maintain Pacific Influence as Chinas Might Grows
05/25/2006 Japan Struggles to Maintain Pacific Influence as China's Might Grows
05/25/2006 Commandos secure E Timor airport
05/25/2006 Taiwan leader's relative detained
05/25/2006 Koreans lose Japan shrine case
05/25/2006 Carpenter Wins 12,500 WSOP Prize Package from PokerListings & Pacific Poker
05/24/2006 Japanese court rejects Korean suit over war shrine
05/24/2006 Fiji to send trade mission to French Pacific territories
05/24/2006 Pacific trade fair opens in Japan
05/24/2006 New Zealand police make biggest ever drugs bust
05/24/2006 Taiwan opposition call for President Chen's resignation
05/24/2006 East Timor violence worsens ahead of military intervention
05/24/2006 Officials discuss Aborigine abuse
05/24/2006 Australians head for East Timor
05/24/2006 Burma 'may want new global ties'
05/24/2006 Panda Hedging Pentagon Report Urges New Strategy for China
05/24/2006 Strix signs Cellstar Pacific as distributor
05/24/2006 Missing opposition figures in Philippine military custody
05/24/2006 East Timor requests international assistance to quell violence
05/24/2006 Three Gorges Dam stands tall
05/24/2006 NOAA Expects Below Average 2006 East Pacific Hurricane Season
05/24/2006 Inca Pacific Resources Inc. Magistral Pre-Feasibility Update & Antoro Sur Sale
05/24/2006 Suharto's health improves but remains critical
05/24/2006 North Korea calls off cross-border railway test run
05/24/2006 Flash floods in northern Thailand kill 27, 61 missing
05/24/2006 Oxfam hits out at sportwear firms
05/24/2006 Philippines, US forms new security arrangement
05/24/2006 Amputee Everest climber rejects Hillary criticism Roundup
05/24/2006 Alarm at human bird flu cluster
05/24/2006 WHO concern over bird flu cluster
05/24/2006 New Zealanders warned not to go to East Timor
05/24/2006 Pacific auditors vow to help curb international terrorism
05/24/2006 Dates announced for Pacific Islands Forum
05/24/2006 NZ proposes employing Pacific islanders for seasonal work
05/23/2006 Fresh clashes in E Timor capital
05/23/2006 Flash floods hit North Thailand
05/23/2006 N Korea calls off DMZ rail trial
05/23/2006 Hillary says Everest climbers should help dying men
05/23/2006 US warns against Chinese build-up
05/23/2006 Air Nauru stays grounded
05/23/2006 Saimin operation to move
05/23/2006 Unprecedented turnout for Pacific Island polls
05/23/2006 Honolulu gas cheaper than most California gas
05/23/2006 Merkel makes rights plea in China, gets tough on piracy
05/23/2006 US hunter's body found after fall in New Zealand
05/23/2006 Ex-Indonesian dictator Suharto's health condition declines
05/23/2006 Embattled Thai prime minister back in the saddle
05/23/2006 Horizon Lines fuel costs likely to rise more
05/23/2006 Rescue efforts continue despite 'fading chances' for 57 miners
05/23/2006  Flash floods kill nine in northern Thailand, 47 missing
05/23/2006 No agreement on Fiji multi-party government
05/23/2006 Crown Pacific land sold to Florida firm
05/23/2006 Siberia-Pacific pipe to be built by end 2008 despite extension
05/23/2006 Japan's whaling fleet heads for Northern Pacific
05/23/2006 Pacific Blue Cross Selects Whitehill Solution To Enable Effective Communication and Improve Customer Service
05/23/2006 Cathay Pacific “silver bullet freighter takes to the skies
05/23/2006 China, Japan in high-level talks
05/23/2006 Arrest warrant in S Korea attack
05/23/2006 Evacuation plans for Aborigines
05/23/2006 China, India have Asia-Pacific's highest consumption taxes
05/23/2006 China, India have Asia-Pacificâs highest consumption taxes
05/23/2006 Two injured in East Timor unrest
05/23/2006 Suharto condition 'deteriorating'
05/23/2006 Pacific Islands Forum calls for action to curb illegal fishing
05/22/2006 Rescuers try to drain China mine
05/22/2006 Airline industry group sees heavy traffic
05/22/2006 Burma report for Security Council
05/22/2006 No gas-price gouging found in FTC review
05/22/2006 Taiwan fails for the 10th year in its fight for WHO observer status
05/22/2006 Thai PM set to run cabinet again
05/22/2006 UH teacher to study leaf hydraulics
05/22/2006 Some residents allowed to return to Mount Merapi's slopes
05/22/2006 Health of Indonesia's ex-president Suharto improves
05/22/2006 57 still trapped in flooded coal mine in north China
05/22/2006 Vanguard lands 2.4M contract from Pacific Sunwear
05/22/2006 Pedestrian killed crossing Pacific Ave.
05/22/2006 Worker killed in Thailand attack
05/22/2006 'Arrest' in S Korea rally attack
05/22/2006 Pacific Garden's new mission
05/22/2006 Nine killed by fake Chinese drug
05/21/2006 Philippine reporter gunned down
05/21/2006 Air Ambulance gets new planes, managers
05/21/2006 Interisland air fares down, capacity up
05/21/2006 Flooding traps 57 in China mine
05/21/2006 West Oahu oil slick disperses
05/21/2006 New Zealand clamps down on foreign student scam
05/21/2006 German chancellor Merkel arrives in China
05/21/2006 Dozens trapped in flooded coal mine in northern China
05/21/2006 Thousands of Muslim activists support anti-pornography bill