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All rights reserved.http://www.fijitimes.com/images/rsslogo.gifhttp://www.fijitimes.comAN entire week will be dedicated to the encouragement of healthier living at USP's Suva campus next week.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234549Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234549Dawn GibsonTHE Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is becoming a vibrant economic grouping, with great potential, says Attorney-General, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234550Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234550Maciu MaloACTING Prime Minister and Attorney-General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has called on the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) trade ministers to work together for an integrated Pacific.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234551Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234551Maciu MaloTHE Australian Government has announced that it will provide a record $105.5million ($A58.2m) in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to Fiji in the 2013-14 financial year.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234552Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234552Nasik SwamiA RESEARCH team from USP has been granted $US24,000 (over $F40,000) to conduct a research on development in the Pacific.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234553Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234553Dawn GibsonSEVEN-YEAR-OLD Adila Amina Ana's wishes came true after her heart was successfully operated on by surgeons of the Operation Open Heart project.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234554Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234554Mere NalebaTHE Northern Division has so far recorded 89 cases of sexual-related offences compared to 85 for the same period last year.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234555Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234555Luke RawalaiTHE Veilomani Community Club has labelled its recent HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Cakaudrove Province a successful breakthrough.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234556Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234556Luke RawalaiLIFE has become a little easier for 70-year-old Ram Charan after receiving a wheelchair from the Fiji Spinal Injury Association, in partnership with Action for Children and The Aged (ACATA) Trust Fiji under the Vodafone World of Difference Program.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234557Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234557Salaseini MoceiwaiINITIAL stages of relocation have started at Vunidogoloa Village, Koroalau.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234558Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234558Luke RawalaiMEMBERS of the Bua Provincial Development Board met yesterday at Naulumatua House in Nabouwalu to discuss plans for the province.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234559Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234559Salaseini MoceiwaiABOUT 40 local musicians got up close and personal with legendary bass guitarist Craig Calhourn at the Nadi Farmers Club yesterday.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234560Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234560Maciu MaloA SON's wish to reunite with his father will not eventuate after the latter was killed by a bull last Saturday.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234561Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234561Maciu MaloFIJI has shown leadership and is clearly on the way to having 80 to 90 per cent of its energy needs generated from renewable sources.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234562Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234562Shayal DeviYOUNG canegrowers should be encouraged by the fact that retired farmers aged 70 and over will begin receiving pension payments of $100 per month for the rest of their lives.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234563Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234563Maciu MaloA GROUP of US-based artists is in the country co-ordinating a free music program at USP's Oceania Centre.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234564Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234564Dawn GibsonTHE Dau ni Vonu (DnV), or turtle monitors network has now expanded to include parts of the Lomaiviti Group.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234565Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234565Dawn GibsonFIJI boxing champion Joseph Kwadjo appeared in the Suva Magistrates Court yesterday.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234566Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234566Nanise LoanakadavuTHIS year's World Biodiversity Day will be celebrated in style with government allocating between $60,000-$100,000 for the nation wide celebrations.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234567Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234567Nasik SwamiA 46-YEAR-OLD man who is accused of raping a seven-year-old girl last year appeared in the High Court in Suva yesterday.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234568Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234568Nanise LoanakadavuSENIOR officers from the disciplinary forces in the country are part of a one-week Law of Armed Conflict training program at the military training complex in Vatuwaqa.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234569Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234569Mere NalebaTHE High Court in Suva heard that former managing director of Post Fiji Limited (PFL) Peni Mau was told by the former board chairman Lionel Yee that he could choose at his discretion whether to reward or recognise the extra work carried out by Dhirendra Pratap.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234570Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234570Nanise LoanakadavuIT is known for long that most Fijians of Indian descent descend from the immigrants shipped to Fiji from India under the universally condemned indentured labour scheme.http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234582Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 GMThttp://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=234582Avinesh Gopal