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Topic: Southern Highlands PNG

	State of emergency in PNG region \| The Courier-Mail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The Southern Highlands is infamous for gun violence with one study putting the number of illegal weapons in the province at more than 2000.
		After PNG's 2002 general election, poll results in six Southern Highlands electorates were declared null and void following widespread electoral fraud and armed intimidation of voters and electoral staff by supporters of political candidates.
		Opposition Leader Peter O'Neill, whose electorate is in the Southern Highlands, praised the Somare Government for declaring the state of emergency to overturn "gross financial mismanagement" and corruption.
	www.news.com.au /couriermail/story/0,23739,19983963-952,00.html (571 words)

	CNN.com - PNG parliament to sit despite poll doubt - July 29, 2002
		Election boss Reuben Kaiulo was expected to declare results for seats in the Southern Highlands and Enga districts on Monday, but he now says he is awaiting more reports from those areas.
		PNG's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that it was up to Kaiulo to decide whether to call for an extension of the poll, or to have a supplementary elections held in the troubled Highlands provinces.
		PNG was administered by Australia until gaining independence in 1975.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/07/28/png.elections (359 words)

	Top20PapuaNewGuinea.com - Your Top20 Guide to Papua New Guinea!
		The Independent State of Papua New Guinea (informally, Papua New Guinea or PNG) is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the Indonesian provinces of Papua (Indonesian province) and West Irian Jaya (Irian Jaya Barat) occupy the western half of New Guinea).
		The PNG legislature has enacted various laws in which a type of tenure called "customary land title" is recognised, meaning that the traditional lands of the indigenous peoples have some legal basis to inalienable tenure.
		PNG is part of the Australasia ecozone, which also includes Australia, New Zealand, eastern Indonesia, and several Pacific island groups, including the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.
	www.top20papuanewguinea.com (2186 words)

	Soldiers, police to restore order in PNG - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Soldiers and police are being sent to PNG's Southern Highlands after a state of emergency was declared to restore law and order in the resources-rich but graft-ridden province.
		The Southern Highlands is infamous for gun violence with one study has put the number of illegal weapons in the province at more than 2,000.
		Following PNG's 2002 general election, poll results in six Southern Highlands electorates were declared null and void following widespread electoral fraud and armed intimidation of voters and electoral staff by supporters of political candidates.
	www.theage.com.au /news/World/Soldiers-police-to-restore-order-in-PNG/2006/08/01/1154198120494.html (553 words)

	Travel Log (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		New Guinea is divided into the recently independent PNG on the eastern half and Irian Jaya, a province of Indonesia, on the western half.
		PNG nationals milled around in garb that was a compromise between western and traditional tribal.
		Even though the southern cross was visible, only higher magnitude stars could be seen due to the slight haze from the high humidity.
	4dw.net /marcborom/Log_PNG.htm (22452 words)

	WWF Papua New Guinea \| News Release \| PNG to Gazette 12 Protected Areas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The proposed protected areas are in Madang, Sepik River, Mount Bosavi (Southern Highlands and Western provinces), and the Transfly (Western province).
		“PNG has the largest block of tropical rainforest in the Asia Pacific, the largest and healthiest wetlands in the region and some of the richest coral reefs on the planet.
		The event was organised by WWF and the PNG Department of Environment and Conservation, with support from PNG.
	www.wwfpacific.org.fj /current/news/press_releases/png/05-10-26_12PAs.cfm (632 words)

	Highlands of Papua New Guinea
		Parts of the Highlands remain untouched just as they were when first 'discovered' in 1933.
		The Eastern Highland Province is a one hour flight north from Port Moresby or half an hour from Lae or Mt Hagen.
		The Bismarck Range, part of the central highlands of northeastern New Guinea, includes Mount Wilhelm, the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /png/about_destin/highlands.html (547 words)

	Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas, Washington, DC
		The fist evidence of Anglican work in PNG was in 1891 when Rev. Maclaren and Rev. King landed on the Dogura coast which still acts as the center for all Anglican missionary work today.
		With approximately 30% of the population, the Roman Catholic Church is the largest in PNG.
		SIL observed in April of 1999, that the implementation of elementary reform is being impeded by a lack of funding.
	www.pngembassy.org /religion.html (1911 words)

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		Bougainville is situated in the Solomon Sea between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the Solomon islands.
		Mendi is the capital of the Southern Highlands Province and is wedged between impressive limestone peaks.
		In the Southern HIghlands of PNG at a latitude of six degrees below the equator and at a mean altitude of about 1500 metres above sea level.
	www.michie.net /png_faqs/05122100_4.shtml (1741 words)

	Viewpoint
		PNG Petroleum Minister Sir Moi Avei acknowledges that the Huli tradition is something that has to be managed rather than eradicated.
		Sir Moi also acknowledged that much of the wealth of the Southern Highlands — oil and gas operations began there 14 years ago — had been dissipated by corruption in previous years and the traditional owners of the land were not receiving what they should.
		The Petroleum Minister and the country’s Treasurer, Bart Philemon, made it clear a go-ahead on the PNG gas project was a life or death decision for the country, which has a national budget propped up by international aid programs that account for more than 30 per cent of total funds.
	www.postcourier.com.pg /20041201/focus.htm (1241 words)

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	www.pngbd.com /photos/showgallery.php/cat/541 (196 words)

	smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald
		The 3200 kilometre pipeline, bringing gas to Australia from the PNG Southern Highlands, was planned to run down the Queensland coast, but the failure to secure the 20 petajoule-a-year contract at Townsville also has prompted a re-think of its likely route.
		A re-routing from the PNG Southern Highlands to Mt Isa, in Queensland's north-west, and then on to Moomba where the gas would be connected into the eastern states grid is one option.
		It is understood that several of the indicated customers including Australian Gas and Light (AGL) have since shown strong support for the PNG project, with unconfirmed speculation that AGL may even sign on for an additional 25-30 petajoules to help the pipeline go ahead.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/07/04/1025667036722.html (406 words)

	Papua New Guinea: Gun summit proposes limits on ownership
		In the past 12 years in Papua New Guinea, as tribal fighters upskilled rapidly from bows and arrows to assault rifles, the lethality of conflict, particularly in the strife-torn PNG Highlands, soared accordingly.
		Although Southern Highlanders own 30-50 times fewer factory-made firearms per capita than nearby Australians or New Zealanders, their high-powered weapons are obtained almost exclusively for use against humans.
		As a result, an illicit, factory-made firearm in the Southern Highlands is several times more likely to be used in homicide than a similar gun in the world's highest-risk countries, namely Ecuador, Jamaica, Colombia, and South Africa.
	www.iansa.org /regions/asiapacific/png-protest.htm (474 words)

	PNG
		Some of PNG’s rivers have hydroelectric development, some are major transport routes and others provide additional irrigation for the plenteous crops of coffee, cocoa and copra and sugarcane.
		It is not just the extent of the forest but the variety of vegetation in PNG is the corresponding diversity of habituated.
		The Southern Highlands Provincial Youth Council in the Highlands Region in PNG will be hosting the National Youth Convention.
	www.spc.int /youth/Country_briefs/png.htm (2642 words)

	South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Comprehensive listings for Accommodation In Papua New Guinea (Southern Highlands ...
		"Located at an altitude of 5,700 feet on the banks of the Mendi River on the outskirts of Mendi, the capital of Southern Highlands Province.
		This deluxe lodge is designed in the local highlands architectural style and built largely from traditional materials.
		"Ambua lodge is situated at 7000 feet (2100 metres) up in the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea, home of the Huli clan with their human hair wigs adorned with colourful bird of paradise features.
	www.spto.org /destinations/png/pg_southern_highlands.shtml (194 words)

	Ambua Lodge, Papua New Guinea
		Southern Highlands: Exclusive eco-lodge in Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
		Located at 2100 metres in the PNG Southern Highlands, homeland of the Huli clan with their human hair wigs adorned with colourful flowers.
		Guests are accommodated in 40 individual units set in a sea of flowers, each unit featuring 180 degree picture windows, modern bathroom, and electric blankets and continental quilts for the cool highland evenings.
	babs.com.au /ambua/index.htm (315 words)

	Dirk Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Dirk cooks dinner near Hanoi in Southern Highlands Province PNG, 1997
		In Atea cave in Southern Highlands Province PNG, 1997
		Overlooking the Lavani Valley in Southern Highlands Province PNG, 1997
	www.users.bigpond.com /dirkjs123/DirkStuff/dirk.htm (60 words)

	Air of expectancy over PNG gas pipeline - Breaking News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		There is an air of expectancy in the remote Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.
		The company's impact on the Southern Highlands is even greater, where its oil and gas operations a joint venture with ExxonMobil, Nippon Oil, local landowners and the PNG government - are the only major business in the region.
		Oil Search currently has a 54.2 per cent stake in the PNG gas pipeline project, but would reduce to 47.2 per cent if the government and Santos Ltd exercised their rights to buy in.
	www.smh.com.au - !http: //www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Air-of-expectancy-over-PNG-gas-pipelines/2004/11/21/1100972244177.html (548 words)

	Missionaries of God's Love - Brothers Missions
		The MGL brothers in Papua New Guinea were working for three years from 1996-99 at Tari in the Southern Highlands of PNG.
		In three years a significant outpouring of the Holy Spirit has taken place, changing some of the deeply ingrained sinful structures, and empowering the people to live the gospel, and allowing them to express their new-found commitment to Jesus in their own language and culture.
		Though not present in PNG at the moment the MGL intend to return to this mission in the future.
	www.mglvocation.org /mglmissions.htm (902 words)

	PNG Tourism Adventure Holidays - Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority
		A single source of information for both the traveller and the travel agent making selecting your unique PNG tourism experience as simple as the click of a finger.
		Our website is intended to help you navigate the many intricacies of travel to and within Papua New Guinea and to draw upon the expertise of our Australian Wantok Specialists.
		This will assist us in directing your enquiries to the most appropriate source and where you request, provide details of your selection to your travel agent.
	www.png-tourism.com (413 words)

	Radio Australia - News - PNG extends state of emergency in Southern Highlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		PNG extends state of emergency in Southern Highlands
		Our correspondent in PNG, Steve Marshall, says close to 1,000 law enforcers are currently in the Southern Highlands restoring order and basic services after the provincial administration was suspended for alleged corruption.
		The Southern Highlands province is the country's most profitable, with lucrative oil and gas fields located in the area.
	www.radioaustralia.net.au /news/stories/s1721281.htm?Papua (249 words)

	Politics of Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Among the reforms was the introduction of the Limited Preferential Vote system (LPV), a modified version of Alternative vote, for future elections in PNG.
		Supplementary elections were held in Southern Highlands province in June 2003 after record levels of electoral fraud and intimidation during the 2002 polls.
		A study published in December 2004 found that PNG's weak government and policing has allowed organized crime gangs to relocate from Southeast Asia in recent years.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Papua_New_Guinea (1276 words)

	Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority - Southern Highlands Province
		Clans in the Southern Highlands have a strong and intricate social system little affected by change.
		Visitors to the tribal wonderland of the Southern Highlands can stay in a variety of accommodation from basic guest houses to luxurious mountain lodges.
		The closest airstrip is at Moro and is serviced by Airlines PNG from Port Moresby and Mount Hagen.
	www.pngtourism.org.pg /png/export/sites/TPA/provinces/shp/shighlandsp.htm (903 words)

	Newsvine - Guns threat to PNG gas
		The governor of the Southern Highlands province has threatened to stop the $6 billion pipeline project after the PNG Government seized control of the province on Tuesday in an effort to restore stability and stamp out corruption.
		Negotiations between the strife-torn province and the central Government about how the spoils of the pipeline project should be shared have become volatile because of the number of illegal weapons in the Southern Highlands.
		PNG state of emergency may affect planned gas pipeline
	ispy.newsvine.com /_news/2006/08/03/311293-guns-threat-to-png-gas (162 words)

	Pacific Magazine: PNG: Malaria Outbreak Threatens Southern Highlands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		At least 137 people in Papua New Guinea have died as a result of a malaria outbreak in the Hela region of the Southern Highlands province, according to health authorities, The National reports.
		Meanwhile the PNG National AIDS Council Secretariat (NACS) has revealed that over 11,800 HIV/AIDS cases were recorded in the first quarter of this year.
		Dr Pantumari also said PNG had the highest STI rate in the Asia Pacific region, the highest HIV infection rate in the Pacific and fourth in Asia Pacific after Thailand, Cambodia and Myanmar.
	www.pacificislands.cc /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=21214 (460 words)

	PNG governor charged with stealing funds - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		The governor of PNG's Southern Highlands province has been arrested and charged with stealing public funds.
		The charges case as a state of emergency continued in the resource-rich province to restore the collapsed provincial administration.
		Yawari has been sidelined by the state of emergency provisions in his province and the suspension of the provincial government.
	www.theage.com.au /news/World/PNG-governor-charged-with-stealing-funds/2006/09/14/1157827075687.html (367 words)

	PNG: Why soldiers rebelled against the World Bank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Following assurances that the PNG cabinet would abandon plans to sack half the PNGDF and that all soldiers involved in the protest would be granted an amnesty that could not be reversed, the troops handed back weapons they had taken from the Murray Barracks armory.
		The PNG troops' protest was a revolt against the imperialist exploitation of PNG by Western, especially Australian, big business and the international capitalist financial institutions.
		In 1996, the PNG government endorsed a policy paper — written with the assistance of Professor Paul Dibb, author of the 1987 Australian defence white paper — which argued that the main threat to PNG's security was internal.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/2001/443/443p21.htm (1864 words)

	PNG Arts - Papua New Guinea Scuba Diving Adventure - the Highlands to the Islands
		PNG Arts is far and away the best source for collecting art and handicrafts from New Guinea.
		From the Sepic River mountains, the southern highlands, the gulf and coastal regions and the remote islands, PNG Arts has collected a plethora of artifacts and fine art works from the far corners of New Guinea.
		PNG Arts has an enviable working knowledge of these products and offers a hassle-free service of shipping items back home inexpensively and safely.
	www.papuanewguinea.net /PNGarts.html (429 words)

	ChevronTexaco Press Release - ChevronTexaco Intends To Sell Interests And Resign Operatorship In Papua New Guinea Joint ...
		Mike Casey, CNGL's asset manager in PNG, said the company is committed to working with all concerned -- joint venture participants, employees, contractors, landowners, local communities, government officials and the new operator -- to help ensure a safe and smooth transition of operations, environmental stewardship and community support.
		CNGL was instrumental in establishing the Community Development Initiatives (CDI) Foundation through which the company and its joint venture participants support community health and education, environmental sustainability and agricultural activities in the Southern Highlands and Gulf provinces.
		Supporting the construction of many community infrastructure projects throughout the Southern Highlands and Gulf Provinces including the Kikori and Pimaga health centers, Kikori station roads, Kagua, Moro and Erave police houses, police stations at Moro and Tari, SHP Administration Centre, and the Wandi Community School.
	www.chevron.com /news/press/2003/2003-04-10.asp (974 words)

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