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	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Papua New Guinea (PNG), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya).
		Papua New Guinea is one of the few regions close to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the most elevated parts of the mainland.
		Papua New Guinea is richly endowed with natural resources, but exploitation has been hampered by rugged terrain, the high cost of developing infrastructure, serious law and order problems and the system of land title, which makes identifying the owners of land for the purpose of negotiating appropriate agreements problematic.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Papua-New_Guinea (4035 words)

	Papua New Guinea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Papua New Guinea or PNG, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands (the western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya).
		Papua New Guinea is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations and Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state.
		Papua New Guinea is one of the few regions close to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the most elevated parts of the mainland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Papua_New_Guinea (3689 words)

	West New Britain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		West New Britain is a province of Papua New Guinea on the islands of New Britain.
		People from West New Britain are widely referred to as "Kombes" throughout Papua New Guinea, in metonymic reference to the significant Kove (or Kombe) people.
		Within Papua New Guinea they are most widely noted for their practice of superincision of the penis -- circumcision is generally though inaccuratedly referred to as "the Kombe cut" -- a practice formerly also in other regions of northern coastal regions of New Guinea island and the New Guinea Islands but which has elsewhere lapsed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/West_New_Britain (302 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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 western portion of the island is occupied by the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Irian Jaya).
		Papua New Guinea is mostly mountainous (highest peak: Mount Wilhelm at 4,509andnbsp;m/14,793 ft) and covered with rain forest; there are small plains along the coast.
		Papua New Guinea is one of the regions closest to the equator that experience snowfall, which occurs in the elevated regions.
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/papua_new_guinea (3442 words)

	Papua New Guinea (04/07)
		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 (4247 words)

	About Papua New Guinea \| www.pngtd.com
		Papua New Guinea is situated to the near North of Australia and comprises the eastern half of the world’s largest island.
		Papua New Guinea is contained entirely within the hot tropics and surrounded by oceans, heavy rainfall and high temperatures throughout the year have combined to create one of the largest rainforest areas outside of the Amazon.
		Papua New Guinea's biological diversity of the flora and fauna can be encountered as one travels from the coastal regions across lowland flood plains of swamp, open grass and into the forested slopes and mountains offer visitors a seemingly unending variety of scenery.
	www.pngtd.com (546 words)

	Ludlum.com: Madang, Papua New Guinea
		Papua New Guinea suffers from the urban drift, poverty and crime common to many underdeveloped nations.
		It wasn't formally colonized until the 1880s and it wasn't thoroughly explored until the 1930s, when the "patrols" operated by the Australian government discovered that most of the people on the island were living in valleys scattered throughout the mountainous interior.
		A new road being built from the coast highway outside Madang, currently under construction and expected to be completed by next year, will shorten the journey to one day.
	www.ludlum.com /madang.html (1670 words)

	Papua New Guinea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Papua New Guinea is generously endowed with natural resources, giving it considerable development potential in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, minerals and petroleum, tourism, and agro-processing activities.
		Whilst Papua New Guinea’s foreign investment guidelines remain adjunct to the macro-economic reforms, the simultaneous implementation of micro-economic reforms is enabling an expansive facilitation of private enterprise development.
		Papua New Guinea is currently in the process of formulating a National Competition Policy and related laws as a requirement under its membership to APEC and WTO.
	www.forumsec.org.fj /docs/IG/P12.htm (5042 words)

	"Papua New Guinea,Tourism, Business Directory, Flight schedules,Tourism,Forum,Photos"
		Arguably one of the most spectacularly beautiful countries on earth Papua New Guinea is situated to the near north of Australia and comprises the eastern half of the world’s largest island.
		Separated from The Indonesian state of West Papua, along the 141st meridian this young nation stretches into the Pacific Ocean and is bordered by the Coral Sea in the South and Micronesia to the North.
		Kina is the local currency used in Papua New Guinea and anyone travelling to the country should obtain some kina prior to travelling to PNG to be on the safe side.
	www.pngbd.com (1561 words)

	Revere Collection: Papua New Guinea
		It is probable that the first human settlers reached Papua New Guinea by island-hopping down the Indonesian archipelago from mainland Asia some 50,000 years ago.
		Although Papua New Guinea was never physically linked to a land mass in the west, human migration would have been relatively easy due to lower sea levels caused by an ice age.
		Papua New Guinea's art forms are diverse as they are distinctive.
	www.the-golden-egg.com /dir_nii/nii_dat_papnew.html (546 words)

	Papua New Guinea travel guide - Wikitravel
		Papua New Guinea (known popularly as 'PNG') - the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (which is the second largest island in the world) - was divided between Germany ('German New Guinea') and Great Britain ('British Papua') in 1884.
		Papua was owned by England but administered by Australia - and thus a colony of a colony - until Australian independence, when in 1906 it became an Australian colony.
		During World War II New Guinea was the site of fierce fighting on land (at Buin and on the Kokoda Track) and sea (at the Battle of the Coral Sea) - it was the first place in the war where the Japanese advance was checked and then reversed.
	wikitravel.org /en/Papua_New_Guinea (2554 words)

	World Travel & Tourism Council - Papua New Guinea
		Travel and Tourism in Papua New Guinea in 2007 is expected to generate USD 869.6 million of economic activity (Total Demand).
		Papua New Guinea's Travel and Tourism Economy (direct and indirect impact) in 2007 is expected to account for 7.0% of GDP and 140000 jobs (7.1% of total employment).
		Papua New Guinea's Travel and Tourism is expected to grow 7.5% in 2007 and by 4.3% per annum, in real terms, between 2008 and 2017.
	www.wttc.org /eng/WTTC_Research/Tourism_Satellite_Accounting/TSA_Country_Reports/Papua_New_Guinea/index.php?show_all=true (113 words)

	Nature Tourism in Papua New Guinea :: Gowealthy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Papua New Guinea proves to be a promising and delightful experience for birdwatching enthusiasts.
		A substantial part of Papua New Guinea is covered with a dense layer of rainforest hosting an exotic tangle of vines, creepers, flowers, plants and trees.
		The region of New Guinea has a wide variety of insects with the most impressive being the elegant butterflies.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/525/index.asp (289 words)

	South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Papua New Guinea Tourism Update 01st April 2004
		Long term sponsor EMTV, the national television station in Papua New Guinea, will again be a major sponsor and the now very practised crew will be on hand to capture the event on land and from the sea aboard the competitor's boats.
		Game fishing in Papua New Guinea has many friends and none more so than the Tourism Promotion Authority, who as part of their task to encourage visitors to PNG provides real support to the GFAPNG to ensure the 29th GFAPNG National Game Fishing Titles are an unqualified success.
		PAPUA New Guinea will be among 27 Pacific Islands States and Territories participating at the 9th Festival of Pacific Arts to be staged in Belau, Republic of Palau.
	www.spto.org /news/industry/png/png_2004_04_01.shtml (2028 words)

	New Ireland Tourism Bureau - Papua New Guinea
		One of the last frontiers’ is an expression that couldn’t be closer to the truth where Papua New Guinea is concerned.
		Papua New Guinea is in the South Pacific and lies directly north of Australia.
		New Ireland is the long narrow Island north of New Britain and the province also includes a number of islands off the north west end, the largest being New Hanover.
	www.newirelandtourism.org.pg (273 words)

	Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas, Washington, DC
		Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most naturally beautiful countries.
		The development and expansion of tourism in Papua New Guinea is assisted by the Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA), a statutory organisation established by the Government.
		Its activities are mainly directed at the marketing of Papua New Guinea as a tourist destination and as a safe location for hospitality investment.
	pngembassy.org /tourism.html (430 words)

	papua new guinea map and information page by World Atlas
		Europeans first arrived in Papua New Guinea in the 16th century, and it was subsequently settled in the 19th century by both the Germans and British.
		Papua New Guinea includes the eastern half of the island of New Guinea, the islands of the Bismarck Archipelago, and the island of Bougainville, itself still (politically) part of the Solomon Islands.
		The central core of the main island is mountainous with deep, green valleys dotted with mysterious and remote villages.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/countrys/oceania/pg.htm (392 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Papua New Guinea is one of the world's most naturally beautiful countries.
		The development and expansion of tourism in Papua New Guinea is assisted by the Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA), a statutory organisation established by the Government.
		Its activities are mainly directed at the marketing of Papua New Guinea as a tourist destination and as a safe location for hospitality investment.
	www.traveldocs.com /pg/tips.htm (445 words)

	South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Papua New Guinea PNG Accommodation Activities Calendar Photo Gallery
		Papua New Guinea sia country of wild beauty, of breathe taking landscapes and of fascinating flora and fauna.
		Papua New Guinea is a country rich in natural resources but its wealth of tradition, beauty and history is unparalleled in the Pacific.
		Papua New Guinea has the biggest land mass of all the island nations of the region, covering 465,000 km2 and includes some 600 islands, atolls and coral reefs that guard the nations coastline and unites 200 different and distinct cultures and over 800 different languages.
	www.spto.org /destinations/png/index.shtml (291 words)

	Papua New Guinea
		The ECP met with some initial success, but in May the Papua New Guinea Supreme Court ruled that immunity of AFP officers from prosecution in local courts, which had been a condition of the ECP, was unconstitutional.
		New elections in those districts, financed by Australia and accompanied by very little violence, were held successfully in April 2003.
		The national youth wage, for new entrants into the labor force between 16 and 21 years of age, was set at 75 percent of the adult minimum wage.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61623.htm (4963 words)

	Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority - Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority
		Papua New Guinea is full of interesting attractions, magnificent natural scenery, and exciting events.
		Papua New Guinea has accommodations to suit every budget and need from backpacking to luxury stays.
		The Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority has completed the PNG Tourism Sector Review and Master Plan and is available to the public.
	www.pngtourism.org.pg (159 words)

	Papua New Guinea: Travel & Tourism
		An Introduction to Papua New Guinea - An Introduction to Papua New Guinea - InterKnowledge doing their usual fine job.
		Papua New Guinea - Trans Niugini Tours - Papua New Guinea - Trans Niugini Tours - The leading inbound tour operator in Papua New Guinea.
		Papua New Guinea Travel Guide - Papua New Guinea Travel Guide - Travel information and vacation planner that includes accommodation, boating, maps, tourist attractions and adventure activities.
	www.escapeartist.com /papua/travel.html (542 words)

	Papua New Guinea Tourism Resources Online by Samson Komati Yuimb
		PNG Tourism Resources Online (PNGTRO) is a volunteer initiative of Samson Komati Yuimb to promote PNG as a tourist destination on the Internet by featuring needed information for potential travelers.
		If you are planning on visiting Papua New Guinea, here are some vital information you need to have in order to plan your travels.
		Learn about a new volunteer reforestation, afforestation, and environment conservation project spearheaded by Samson Yuimb in his effort to battle uncontrollable deforestation and environmental degradation in Papua New Guinea, starting at his native Kokop Village in Western Highlands.
	www.pngtourism.com (710 words)

	Tourism boom in Papua New Guinea expected as tourism industry gears up for travelers
		The tourism sector in Papua New Guinea is set to scale new heights, with the country’s Tourism Promotion Authority (TPA) expecting an increase in tourist arrivals.
		Another event, the Papua New Guinea Tourism Exposition, will be held from September 9 to 11, 2007, which “promises to be bigger and better” where various tourism operators and agencies will showcase their products and services.
		Tourism happens to be the world’s fastest-growing industry and represents an important development opportunity for several countries.
	www.dancewithshadows.com /travel/papua-new-guinea-boom.asp (461 words)

	Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas, Washington, DC
		Welcome to the Embassy of Papua New Guinea to the Americas in Washington, DC.
		Papua New Guinea is located in the South Pacific and lies 3 degrees north and 11 degrees south of the Equator.
		Papua New Guinea consists of a mainland and a collection of islands of varying sizes.
	www.pngembassy.org (164 words)

	South Pacific Tourism Organisation - Papua New Guinea PNG Accommodation Activities Calendar Photo Gallery
		Papua New Guinea sia country of wild beauty, of breathe taking landscapes and of fascinating flora and fauna.
		Papua New Guinea is a country rich in natural resources but its wealth of tradition, beauty and history is unparalleled in the Pacific.
		Papua New Guinea has the biggest land mass of all the island nations of the region, covering 465,000 km2 and includes some 600 islands, atolls and coral reefs that guard the nations coastline and unites 200 different and distinct cultures and over 800 different languages.
	www.png.spto.org (324 words)

	Papua New Guinea: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
		New Guinea and some of Papua were invaded by Japanese forces in 1942.
		Papua New Guinea: History - History Papua, the southern section of the country, was annexed by Queensland in 1883 and the...
		Papua New Guinea: Land, People, Economy, and Government - Land, People, Economy, and Government Papua New Guinea is a wild, rugged region, with limited...
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107875.html (907 words)

	Birdlife in Papua New Guinea :: Gowealthy.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Papua New Guinea is a birder’s delight and the birds are undoubtedly the most outstanding group of animals here, not only because of their beauty but also because of their great diversity and abundance.
		The feathers of certain species, especially those of the birds of paradise, are becoming harder to obtain as the birds retreat deeper into the forest away from human encroachment.
		The significance of the birds in the national and cultural life of Papua New Guinea is evident from the fact the national flag also carries an image of the Bird of Paradise.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/1795/index.asp (283 words)

	Papua New Guinea - Consular Information Sheet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The country consists of the eastern half of New Guinea Island, the Bismarck Archipelago, the D'Entrecasteaux Islands, the Louisiade Archipelago, and the islands of Buka and Bougainville.
		The Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority, which has a wide range of information of interest to travelers, can be contacted via the Internet at http://www.paradiselive.org.pg/.
		Visitors to Papua New Guinea should avoid using taxis or buses, known as public motor vehicles, and should rely instead on their sponsor or hotel to arrange for taxi service or a rental car.
	baby.indstate.edu /geo/cart/papua_newguinea_ci.html (1951 words)

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