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	Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The country was named in the 19th century; the word "Papua" is derived from a Malay word describing the frizzy Melanesian hair, and "New Guinea" was the name coined by a Spanish explorer because of the population's resemblance to that of Guinea in Africa.
		Papua New Guinea is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state.
		New Guinea is part of the humid tropics, and many Indomalayan rainforest plants spread across the narrow straits from Asia, mixing together with the old Australian and Antarctic floras.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Papua_New_Guinea (2204 words)

	New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The population of New Zealand is mostly of European descent, with the indigenous Māori as the largest minority.
		Elizabeth II is the Queen of New Zealand and is represented in the country by a non-political Governor-General.
		New Zealand was involved in a Constitutional Convention in March 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales, along with the then-colonies of Australia.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Zealand (4369 words)

	Papua New Guinea - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (the other half is the Papua province of Indonesia).
		The name of the country was also given in that era; Papua is derived from a Malay word describing the frizzly Melanesian hair, and New Guinea was the name given by a Spanish explorer because of the resemblance with the population of the Guinese in Africa.
		Papua New Guinea is a member of the Commonwealth and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Papua_New_Guinea (1095 words)

	Papua New Guinea (09/05)
		The term "New Guinea" was applied to the island in 1545 by a Spaniard, Íñigo Ortiz de Retes, because of a fancied resemblance between the islands' inhabitants and those found on the African Guinea coast.
		Papua was administered under the Papua Act until the Japanese invaded the northern parts of the islands in 1941 and began to advance on Port Moresby and civil administration was suspended.
		New governments are protected by law from votes of no confidence for the first 18 months of their incumbency, and no votes of no confidence may be moved in the 12 months preceding a national election.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2797.htm (4334 words)

	Papua New Guinea. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It encompasses the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, as well as the Bismarck Archipelago, the Trobriand Islands, Samarai Island, Woodlark Island, D’Entrecasteaux Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago, and the northernmost Solomon Islands of Buka and Bougainville.
		Papua New Guinea is a wild, rugged region, with limited communications; the climate is tropical.
		Papua, the southern section of the country, was annexed by Queensland in 1883 and the following year became a British protectorate called British New Guinea.
	www.bartleby.com /65/pa/PapuaNew.html (505 words)

	Provinces of Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Research and Conservation Foundation of Papua New Guinea RCF goals are to promote, preserve, and research the flora and fauna of Papua New Guinea for the people of Papua New Guinea and the world.
		Papua New Guinea Institute of Accountants The sole accountancy body in Papua New Guinea, including information on events and conferences, publications and examinations.
		Papua New Guinea Rainforest Campaign News Archives This site documents efforts to conserve the rainforests, biodiversity and indigenous cultures of Papua New Guinea, one of the last great tropical wildernesses on the Planet.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Provinces_of_Papua_New_Guinea.html (406 words)

	New Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New Britain, the largest island in the Bismarck Archipelago of Papua New Guinea, has Rabaul as its principal city.
		Values ranged from one pence to five shillings, and roughly corresponded with the values of the original stamps expressed in pfennigs: 1d on 3pf and 5pf stamps, 2d on 10pf and 20pf, and so forth.
		Because of the short period of use of the New Britain issues, they occur quite rarely, and command high prices; the most common denominations cost at least $15 US apiece, and the five-shilling overprints fetch prices of over $10,000 on the rare occasions when they come up for sale.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Britain (444 words)

	Elections in Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Papua New Guinea (English: Papua New Guinea - Tok Pisin: Papua-Matamata Guinea) is a country in the Pacific.
		Papua New Guinea has a population of around 5,3 million on 452,860 km².
		A separatist tendency is strong in the Province of Bougainville.
	www.electionworld.org /papua.htm (247 words)

	Papua New Guinea Provinces & Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		However, the new Milne Bay estates oil palm project near Alotau and the gold and silver mine on Misima Island have given the province a new economic foundation.
		Pomio district in the southern half of the province is underdeveloped.
		One-fourth of the population was born outside the province.
	www.budgettours.com.pg /Provinces.htm (6072 words)

	Robert Eklund's New Ireland (Niu Ailan) Page
		New Ireland is an island north of New Britain.
		It is one of the provinces of Papua New Guinea, and the administrative center is Kavieng.
		Around twenty languages are spoken in New Ireland, all of them Austronesian with the exception of Kuot, currently studied by Eva Lindström, who works in the west coast village of Bimun.
	www.ida.liu.se /~g-robek/PNG-NiuAilan.htm (330 words)

	Unit 2: Gender issues in the world of work: Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The Papua New Guinea Platform for Action is a national statement emerging from Provincial Reports, NGO Reports, the Women's Division Five Year Management Plan, and the Country Report on the Platform for Action to the Commission on the Status of Women of the United Nations and various workshops and consultative forums.
		Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea sharing an international border with Indonesia.
		Papua New Guinea has one of the highest infant and maternal mortality rates in the world.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/region/asro/mdtmanila/training/unit2/pngplat.htm (6052 words)

	Ethnologue report for Papua New Guinea
		Gulf Province, Kerema District, in the valleys of the Mbwei and Swanson rivers.
		Sandaun Province, Lumi District, 19 villages in the foothills of the Torricelli Mountains.
		Inland Oro Province, Afore District, on the Managalas Plateau.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Papua+New+Guinea (5874 words)

	Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas, Washington, DC
		Papua New Guinea provides towering mountain peaks, lush, fertile valleys, golden beaches, sparkling coral islands and some of the best diving locations in the world.
		Papua New Guinea is a country of wild beauty, of breathe-taking scenic landscapes, of fascinating flora and fauna.
		Papua New Guinea's rainforests comprise one of the last major tropical rainforest wildernesses in the world.
	www.pngembassy.org /travellinks.html (1737 words)

	Anglican Communion:The Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea
		Papua New Guinea occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea off the north east corner of Australia.
		The Anglican Province of Papua New Guinea is made up of five dioceses - Aipo Rongo, Dogura, New Guinea Islands, Popondota and Port Moresby.
		HIV/AIDS is a rapidly growing problem within Papua New Guinea, and Anglicare, an agency of the Diocese of Port Moresby, is engaged in a major StopAIDS programme which is making a significant contribution to AIDS education both in the nation's capital and in the country as a whole.
	www.anglicancommunion.org /tour/province.cfm?ID=P1 (361 words)

	Papua New Guinea Gossip Newsletter - 8 Jun 2001
		For those who are not so familiar with the geography of Papua New Guinea I suggest taking a look http://maps.expedia.com and then click on the find a map option.
		The new Health Minister is determined to re-centralise certain aspects of the health service delivery system to ensure that the services reach the various districts and local level governments.
		Quoting from the website Tufi is located on the northern side of the mainland of Papua New Guinea and approximately 250 kilometres due east of the capital, Port Moresby.
	www.png-gossip.com /news/g010608.html (2253 words)

	Papua New Guinea Provinces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On 1906-09-01, British New Guinea was renamed the Territory of Papua.
		The island of New Guinea was named by Spanish explorer Ortiz de Rez, from natives' resemblance to those of Guinea in Africa.
		As of 1900, the island of New Guinea was divided into a Dutch colony in the west, a German colony in the northeast, and a British protectorate in the southeast.
	www.statoids.com /upg.html (952 words)

	Nutrition country profiles: Papua New Guinea summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The highest prevalence was observed in the province of Sepik, indicating almost all children less than 5 years as anaemic.
		Data from different provinces of Papua New Guinea suggests that iodine deficiency disorders (IDD) are a national public health problem.
		Earlier studies identified a much higher prevalence in several provinces and a vast gender difference in the prevalence of IDD, suggesting that women, especially pregnant and lactating, were twice as likely to suffer from iodine deficiency as men (Amoa et al., 1997).
	www.fao.org /es/ESN/nutrition/png-e.stm (511 words)

	AllRefer.com - New Britain, island, Papua New Guinea (Pacific Islands Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		New Britain, island, Papua New Guinea, Pacific Islands Political Geography
		Visited and named by the English explorer William Dampier in 1700, New Britain became part of German New Guinea in 1884.
		In 1920 it was mandated to Australia by the League of Nations and in 1947 was made a UN trust territory under Australian control.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/N/NewBritI.html (260 words)

	Papua New Guinea - Sepik River
		West Sepik or San-daun Province is near the Irian Jaya border and is inhospitable terrain.
		Situated at the eastern end of the mountain chain that forms the spine of the PNG mainland, the Eastern Highlands, comprising fertile green valleys surrounded by steep rugged mountains, were first discovered in 1927.
		Since then, the province has grown from a rest centre and vegetable producer for troops during the war to one of the most successful provinces in Papua New Guinea with Goroka as its administrative commercial capital.
	www.janeresture.com /png_sepik (1267 words)

	One Thousand One Papua New Guinean Nights
		All of PNG’s provinces are represented as well as one story each from the Torres Strait of Australia and Biak in Irian Jaya.
		Welsch, Robert L., Terrell, John and Nadolski, John A. Language and culture on the north coast of New Guinea.
		Z’graggen, John A. The Languages of the Madang District, Papua New Guinea.
	members.tripod.com /~THSlone/1001PNGnights.html (832 words)

	Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		New Guinea: The Melanesian Institute, 210 pp., illustrated, translated by Jan A. Godschalk.
		Papua New Guinea [On the mythology and biology of reproduction from the Tolai (Gunantuna) of New Britain, Papua
		A ritual response to climatic perturbations in the highlands of Papua New Guinea.
	plaza.ufl.edu /jwweaver/Bibliography/Papua.html (9909 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		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.
		The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975.
		Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/pp.html (1154 words)

	The Population of Major Cities and Agglomerations of Countries in Oceania
		The provinces of the Solomon Islands and all towns exceeding 1,000 inhabitants (8+4kb).
		The provinces and principal towns of Tonga (6+5kb).
		The provinces and principal towns of Vanuatu (6+3kb).
	www.citypopulation.de /Oceania.html (290 words)

	New Caledonia News
		New Caledonia News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		The languages of the Pacific include all of the vernacular languages of greater New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji, Polynesia and Micronesia.
		The guys in the picture are tending a lovo, where food is wrapped in leaves and cooked with coals under the ground.
	www.topix.net /world/new-caledonia (1144 words)

	Papua New Guinea
		from British Solomon Is. to German New Guinea.
		Japanese Commanders of Occupied New Guinea and Papua
		Full style of the ruler: "Queen of Papua New Guinea and of Her other Realms and Territories, Head of the Commonwealth."
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Papua_New_Guinea.htm (1310 words)

	Papua New Guinea info on PNG research level books, articles on PNG and educational information on PNG - BUAI digital ...
		Papua New Guinea info on PNG research level books, articles on PNG and educational information on PNG - BUAI digital collection - Papua New Guinea's special library home page
		The University of Papua New Guinea now offers a wide range of new and used books and pubications through its open campuses and franchise network at buy books bookshops
		This web site has some of the most comprehensive information on the non-governmental-organisations (NGOs) working in Papua New Guinea (PNG) and also provides a hosting service for NGOs presently unable to design and host their own sites.
	www.pngbuai.com (370 words)

	Open Directory - Regional: Oceania: Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Papua New Guinea Online - Covering a broad range of aspects including statistics, culture and chats.
		Papua New Guinea Virtual Library - A comprehensive web directory of information, chats, and news.
		Topix.net: Papua New Guinea - News from Papua New Guinea gathered from various sources on the web.
	www.dmoz.org /Regional/Oceania/Papua_New_Guinea (141 words)

	Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The aircraft was last seen flying through a cloudbank over a mountain range and it did not re-emerge.
		One JPAC investigation team will conduct operations in the Morobe, Madang, and Northern Provinces of Papua New Guinea.
		After the completion of the mission in Papua New Guinea, a three-member JPAC team will conduct investigation operations in Suva and Nandi, Fiji.
	www.cilhi.army.mil /PR2005-04.htm (213 words)

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	Lukol.com - Regional Oceania Papua New Guinea
		A virtual home for a growing collection of research level electronic material on and from Papua New Guinea, sponsored by IDRC's PAN initiative.
		Information about the conservation area set up by the people of Wanang, Madang Province.
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	www.lukol.com /Top/Regional/Oceania/Papua_New_Guinea (90 words)

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