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• Protest in PNG draws thousands calling for polls - Agence France Presse. April 10, 2012
• Sexual violence keeping young girls out of school in Papua New Guinea - Jakarta Globe. April 9, 2012
• PNG's leader wants elections 'on track' - Agence France Presse. April 7, 2012
• PNG defers elections for six months - Sydney Morning Herald. April 6, 2012
• PNG votes for power to oust judges - Sydney Morning Herald. March 21, 2012
• PNG's political crisis back in court - Australian Associated Press. February 8, 2012
• Soldiers urged to 'lay down arms' after PNG mutiny - Agence France Presse. January 29, 2012
• Coup attempt inflames PNG political crisis - Sydney Morning Herald. January 27, 2012

• I'm still PM, declares isolated Somare - Australian Associated Press. December 20, 2011
• PNG stalemate as political crisis returns to court - Sydney Morning Herald. December 18, 2011
• Protests in PNG as police ordered in - Agence France Presse. December 15, 2011
• Papua New Guinea tense over leadership crisis - Agence France Presse. December 13, 2011
• Supreme Court rules PNG government illegal - Agence France Presse. December 12, 2011
• PNG leaders face arrest - The Australian. November 12, 2011
• Dying on Australia's doorstep - Sydney Morning Herald. September 9, 2011
• PNG exposed as 'dysfunctional blob' - Sydney Morning Herald. September 4, 2011
• Ousted PNG leader Michael Somare plans return, claims he is still prime minister - Australian Associated Press. September 1, 2011
• PNG government to oust Michael Somare, MP claims - Australian Associated Press. August 30, 2011
• 10 percent of PNG lost in forest land grab - The Australian. May 21, 2011
• Australia looks for PNG asylum solution as East Timor plan sinks - Sydney Morning Herald. May 6, 2011
• PNG prime minister Somare suspended - Melbourne Age. March 25, 2011
• PNG military fly dozens of Papuans to refugee camp in Western Province - Radio New Zealand International. February 11, 2011
• PNG government slammed for not reining in private security forces - Radio New Zealand International. February 10, 2011
• PNG border crackdown detains 14 suspected of OPM links - Radio New Zealand International. February 8, 2011
• PNG soldiers storm home of suspended West Sepik police commander - Radio New Zealand International. February 7, 2011
• Parkop tells prime minister to stop border ops - The National. February 1, 2011
• 50 West Papuans detained in PNG - PNG Post Courier. January 25, 2011
• Papua New Guinea MP condemns operation against Indonesian rebels - The National (PNG). January 21, 2011
• PNG launches border security operation - Australian Associated Press. January 17, 2011

• UNHCR urges integration of West Papuan refugees in PNG - Radio New Zealand International. June 25, 2010
• 'People left powerless' by new resources laws - ABC News. June 14, 2010
• Papua New Guinea: Indigenous people lose out on land rights - IRIN News. June 1, 2010

• Papua New Guinea battling to contain cholera, influenza, diarrhoea outbreaks - IRIN News. September 17, 2009
• Women dying in filthy, overcrowded and understaffed hospitals - Sydney Morning Herald. September 7, 2009
• Australian firm linked to PNG's $100 million carbon trading scandal - Sydney Morning Herald. September 4, 2009
• US court clears way for class action against big miner - Sydney Morning Herald. August 8, 2009
• Guards accused of assaulting villagers in Papua New Guinea - Sydney Morning Herald. June 10, 2009
• A walk through the valley of death - Sydney Morning Herald. June 10, 2009
• PNG police use tear gas on anti-Chinese rioters - Sydney Morning Herald. May 16, 2009
• New Bougainville president seeks unity - Australian Associated Press. February 13, 2009
• PNG to act on 'sorcery murders' - BBC News Online. January 13, 2009

Bougainville swears in new president - Australian Associated Press. January 6, 2009

Bougainville region elects new president - Australian Associated Press. December 29, 2008

Papua New Guinea landowners face new hearing in Rio Tinto case - Bloomberg. December 16, 2008

Road blocks hamper Bougainville election - Australian Associated Press. December 8, 2008

Tensions mar voting in Bougainville - Australian Associated Press. December 8, 2008

Bougainville heads to polls - Agence France Presse. December 5, 2008

Violence against women highest in PNG: report - Radio Australia. November 26, 2008

Security worries raised for PNG election - Australian Associated Press. November 14, 2008

Toxic time bomb' ticks away near copper mine in Papua New Guinea - Newkerala.com. September 8, 2008