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	Papua New Guinea Travel Products and Baining, Chinbu, Enga, Hagen, Kate, Motu, Pidgin English, Police Motu, Tolai, Yabim Languages
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the National Executive Council; prime minister and deputy prime minister appointed by the governor general for up to five years on the basis of majority support in National Parliament
		Significant challenges remain for MORAUTA, however, including gaining further investor confidence, specifically for the proposed Papua New Guinea-Australia oil pipeline, continuing efforts to privatize government assets, and maintaining the support of members of Parliament.
		Papua New Guinea Travel Products and Baining, Chinbu, Enga, Hagen, Kate, Motu, Pidgin English, Police Motu, Tolai, Yabim Languages
	www.worldlanguage.com /Countries/PapuaNewGuinea.htm

	Papua New Guinea Profile: Government
		none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the National Executive Council; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually is appointed prime minister by the governor general
		Sources: CIA World Factbook, March 2005; Transparency International; electionworld.org; Flagspot; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; CIA World Factbook, December 2003; ""State Practice And International Law In Relation to unilateral Secession"" by James Crawford, Whewell Professor of International Law, University of Cambridge, 19 February 1997.
		percent of vote by party - National Alliance 18%, URP 13%, PDM 12%, PPP 8%, Pangu 6%, PAP 5%, PLP 4%, others 34%; seats by party - National Alliance 19, URP 14, PDM 13, PPP 8, PANGU 6, PAP 5, PLP 4, others 40; note - association with political parties is fluid (2003)
	www.nationmaster.com /country/pp/Government

	Encyclopedia: Solomon-Islands
		The Bismarck Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of New Guinea in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, named in honour of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck and belonging to Papua New Guinea.
		The Solomon Islands is a Constitutional Monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom recognised as the head of the State of Solomon Islands, a Commonwealth Realm.
		A sizable international security contingent of 2,200 police and troops, led by Australia and New Zealand, and with representatives from about 20 other Pacific nations began arriving the next month under Operation Helpem Fren, the Australian contribution is known as Operation Anode.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Solomon_Islands (4130 words)

	Charting the Pacific - Places
		Papua New Guinea is a parliamentary democracy with the British monarch as head of state.
		After the war, the Territory of New Guinea and the Territory of Papua were reunited and continued to be administered by Australia under a United nations Trusteeship.
		The name New Guinea was given to it in 1545 by another navigator, the Spaniard Ortiz Retes, because the people reminded him of the inhabitants of the Guinea coast of Africa.
	www.abc.net.au /ra/pacific/places/country/papua_new_guinea.htm (4130 words)

	Papua New Guinea
		Full style of the ruler: "Queen of Papua New Guinea and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."
		Japanese Commanders of Occupied New Guinea and Papua
		1 Jul 1971 Territory of Papua New Guinea
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Papua_New_Guinea.htm (4130 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Papua New Guinea
		Papua New Guinea is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain and the high cost of developing infrastructure.
		The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885.
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the National Executive Council; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually is appointed prime minister by the governor general
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/pp.html (4130 words)

	Papua New Guinea
		Japanese Commanders of Occupied New Guinea and Papua
		1 Jul 1971 Territory of Papua New Guinea
		27 Mar 2002 Autonomy granted by Papau New Guinea.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Papua_New_Guinea.htm (4130 words)

	IHD.htm
		: Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago : Pacific
		Ninox meeki (Admiralty Islands Hawk Owl) group endemic, Rare Monarcha infelix (Admiralty Islands Monarch) group endemic Mammals: Dugong dugon (Dugong) Vulnerable (RDB), common locally
		Dense single-leyered rain forest on half of Luf, grassland; atoll forest with Casuarina and Pisonia on low coral islands; coral reef
	www.unepislanddirectory.com /IHD.htm (4130 words)

	Papua New Guinea Information: facts, geography, people, government, economy, flag and Papua New Guinea map
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the National Executive Council; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually is appointed prime minister by the governor general
		election results: percent of vote by party - National Alliance 18%, URP 13%, PDM 12%, PPP 8%, Pangu 6%, PAP 5%, PLP 4%, others 34%; seats by party - National Alliance 19, UPR 14, PDM 13, PPP 8, Pangu 6, PAP 5, PLP 4, others 40; note - association with political parties is fluid (2003)
		This page provides up-to-date facts and statistical information on Papua New Guinea that can be helpful for travelers in their trip preparations.
	www.mytravelguide.com /countries/papua_new_guinea (4130 words)

	Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World
		Queen Elizabeth II is also the Sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
		Monarch's death leaves Nepal's democracy at risk: Friday's murder of a popular king exposes a power vacuum in an already weak system.(World) (The Christian Science Monitor)
		Absolute excess: how a playboy king revolted his people; The profligacy of the world's last absolute monarch has provoked fury among his subjects in one of the world's poorest nations.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0775675.html (314 words)

	Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World
		Queen Elizabeth II is also the Sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
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		King Ezana: The first African Christian Monarch (New York Beacon, The)
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0775675.html (314 words)

	Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World
		Queen Elizabeth II is also the Sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
		King charts new Mideast course; Jordan's young monarch broke from his late father's style this week.(World)(Quest For Peace)
		Absolute excess: how a playboy king revolted his people; The profligacy of the world's last absolute monarch has provoked fury among his subjects in one of the world's poorest nations.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0775675.html (342 words)

	Kingdoms and Monarchs of the World
		Queen Elizabeth II is also the Sovereign of 15 countries in the Commonwealth of Nations: Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu.
		Absolute excess: how a playboy king revolted his people; The profligacy of the world's last absolute monarch has provoked fury among his subjects in one of the world's poorest nations.
		King charts new Mideast course; Jordan's young monarch broke from his late father's style this week.(World)(Quest For Peace)
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0775675.html (267 words)

	CanadaInfo: Government: Federal: Sovereign
		Canada's Sovereign is also the Head of State of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, and the United Kingdom.
		he monarch is Canada's official Head of State through which the entire authority of the government is set in motion and in whose name laws are enacted.
		Canada, an autocratic monarchy before responsible government was established, has become a constitutional monarchy in which the Sovereign, Governor General, and Lieutenant Governors act on ministerial advice.
	www.craigmarlatt.com /canada/government/sovereign.html (1124 words)

	Ausflag - Quote of the Month!
		One only has to look at the flags of nations such as Canada, Jamaica, and Papua New Guinea, that still retain the British monarch as their head of state, to explode this myth.
		The only other independent countries with the British monarch as their head of state and with the Union Jack as part of their national flags are New Zealand and Tuvalu.
		Steven Bradbury, on the news that he would be Australia's flag-bearer at the closing ceremony of the Winter Olympics.
	www.ausflag.com.au /pquote.html (9208 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1893
		Prince Andrew, the current Duke of York since 1986 Duke of York is also a small island in Papua-New Guinea, see Duke of York (island) The title Duke of York is a title of nobility usually given to the second son of the British monarch, unless the title is...
		George V (George Frederick Ernest Albert Windsor, (3 June 1865â€“20 January 1936) was the last British monarch of the House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, changing the name to the House of Windsor in 1917.
		Jump to: navigation, search June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1893 (7335 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sovereign's Orb
		Jump to: navigation, search Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and...
		The Orb is a religious symbol; it represents the Monarch's role as Defender of the Faith and as Head of the Church of England.
		At the end of the ceremony, the Monarch holds the Orb in the left hand, the Sceptre with the Cross in the right hand, and wears the Imperial State Crown as he or she leaves Westminster Abbey.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sovereign%27s-Orb (952 words)

	Cape York Birdwatching: Iron Range National Park near Portland House holiday accommodation - Cape York Australia
		The Iron Range National Park is Australia’s largest remnant lowland rainforest and a refuge to some unusual wildlife species only found here and Papua New Guinea.
		The Iron Range area is home to the Eclectus Parrot, Palm Cockatoo, Red-cheeked Parrot, Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Kingfisher, Red-bellied Pitta, Northern Scrub-robin, Black-winged and Frilled Monarch, Tropical Scrubwren, Tawny-breasted, Green-backed and White-streaked Honeyeater, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird, Magnificent Riflebird and the Trumpet Manacode.
		If you would like your own naturalist/birding guide for the Cairns, Wet Tropics, Cape York/Iron Range National Park region please contact Ben Blewitt of Cassowary Tours by telephoning 07 4034 1202 or mobile 0414 343 209.
	www.portlandhouse.com.au /birdwatching.html (304 words)

	Encyclopedia: Papua New Guinea
		Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and...
		Sir Paulias Matane (born 1931) is the governor-general of Papua New Guinea since June 29, 2004.
		A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges a hereditary or elected monarch as head of state.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Papua_New_Guinea (1727 words)

	Encyclopedia: Papua New Guinea
		Sir Paulias Matane (born 1931) is the governor-general of Papua New Guinea since June 29, 2004.
		Papua New Guinea is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state.
		Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), born 21 April 1926, is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Antigua and...
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Papua-New-Guinea (7505 words)

	Mandy's British Royalty - HM Queen Elizabeth II
		As the new monarch, Elizabeth became Queen not only of Britain and its dependent territories, but also of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
		This is the jewel of "Mandy's British Royalty".
		One of the first acts of her reign was to bring back her father's old Prime Minister, Winston Churchill.
	www.mandysroyalty.org /Queen.html (7505 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Papua New Guinea - surfbirds.com
		Female Scater's Whistler (a bit lower in the winter), Variable Pitohui, Black Monarch, Rufous-backed Fantail, Black Fantail (the last three within 200 vertical metres of each other), Stout-billed Cuckooshrike, Mountain Peltops, and Western Papuan White-eye, were all new trip birds seen up Dablin Creek.
		The Bird of Paradise on the way to the lodge was the Superb and we only heard it's harsh call before flushing it; but sudenly a Yellow-breasted Bowerbird arrived to perch in a small tree nearby.
		Keki Lodge is in a forest glade, with a twenty bird Lesser Bird of Paradise lek beside, in the heart of Fire-maned Bowerbird country (we only saw one female, perched for ages), and Vulturine Parrot often seen; we saw one.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/png-aa-0903.html (7505 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Papua New Guinea - surfbirds.com
		Moustached Treeswift, Golden Monarch, Golden Triller (Cuckooshrike), Glossy-mantled Manucode (another Bird of Paradise - Bird of Paradise), and Grey Crow were other choice birds seen for the first time on the tour.
		After lunch at Ekame Lodge we boated upstream another 20 mins to a mixed habitat of riverside flood forest (similar to the varzeaof the Neotropics) and the more open and larger treed terraces alongside (similar to the terra firmeof the Neotropics).
		Back in the forest only Long-billed Honeyeater, Black-sided Robin, Rufous Babbler, White-belied Pitohui, and Dwarf Longbill (was a Honeyeater, now in the Longbill-Berrypecker Family), made a relatively slow morning of it.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/png-aa-0903.html (7505 words)

	Birdwatching Trip Report from Papua New Guinea
		An hour spent in the centre of a lek of displaying Great Birds-of-paradise clinched the fact that we were indeed in Papua New Guinea.
		Birds came thick and fast after that: Long-tailed Honey-Buzzard, Variable Goshawk, Yellow-capped Pygmy-Parrot, Large Fig-Parrot, Eclectus Parrot, Dusky Lory, Dwarf Koel, Meyer's Friarbird, Variable Pitohui, Hooded and Golden Monarch, three species of Manucode, King Bird-of-paradise, Brown Oriole, Grey-headed Cuckoo-shrike, White-spotted Munia, Red-capped Flowerpecker, Black Sunbird and Pygmy Honeyeater.
		The habitat was superb and the forest was alive with birds and we had barely started when we saw a beautiful male Emperor Fairywren.
	www.birdtours.co.uk /tripreports/papua-new-guinea/png2/PAPUA1.htm (7505 words)

	Mandy's British Royalty - HM Queen Elizabeth II
		As the new monarch, Elizabeth became Queen not only of Britain and its dependent territories, but also of Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Grenada, Jamaica, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, St Christopher and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Solomon Islands and Tuvalu.
		Elizabeth had been very much her father's daughter and she loved him dearly, and taking on the new responsibilities as Queen and to have him gone like this was going to be a great deal to bear.
		The Queen was born in London on April 21, 1926, the first child of The Duke and Duchess of York, later to become King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.
	www.mandysroyalty.org /Queen.html (7505 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Oceania - Papua New Guinea - Government Facts and Figures
		elections: none; the monarch is hereditary; governor general appointed by the National Executive Council; following legislative elections, the leader of the majority party or the leader of the majority coalition usually is appointed prime minister by the governor general
		cabinet: National Executive Council appointed by the governor general on the recommendation of the prime minister
		Supreme Court (the chief justice is appointed by the governor general on the proposal of the National Executive Council after consultation with the minister responsible for justice; other judges are appointed by the Judicial and Legal Services Commission)
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/pp/Papua_New_Guinea_government.htm (520 words)

	Birdwatching trip report - Papua New Guinea - surfbirds.com
		To his credit he was dead right and altogether this area seems to be quite birdy: Brown-headed Paradise Kingfisher, Hooded Pitohui, Spot-winged, Frilled and Black-winged Monarch, Wallace's Fairy Wren, Fawn-breasted Bowerbird.
		The trail is broad and simple to follow and may produce the following birds: Black-billed Brush Turkey, Azure and Dwarf Kingfisher, Rusty and Hooded Pitohui, Eastern Riflebird and Raggiana Bird of Paradise.
		Starting from the main picnic area, the Varirata Lookout Trail meanders for about 1.8km to the lookout at the top of the escarpment where it meets up with the road through the park.
	www.surfbirds.com /mb/trips/png-gw-1003.html (7361 words)

	Encyclopedia: Australia
		Australia's neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and the French dependency of New Caledonia to the northeast, and New Zealand to the southeast.
		A constitutional monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state.
		Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of Australia, a role that is distinct from her position as Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Australia (2160 words)

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