Fiji Time: 9:30 PM on Wednesday 19 June
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SYDNEY - The UN refugee agency has expressed alarm at a "sharp deterioration" in the quality of protection for asylum seekers coming by boat and a "worrying erosion" of public support for asylum in Australia. more...
LIFOU - The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) is a sovereign organisation, answerable only to its members and no one else. more...
AUCKLAND - The family of a South Auckland police officer who died after being beaten to death in a Tongan police cell is suing the Tongan Government and demanding an apology. more...
LIFOU - The West Papua National Coalition for Liberation (WPNCL) will wait for at least another six months before its application for full membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group is determined. more...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - The US space agency has eight new astronauts — its first new batch in four years. more...
SAO PAULO - As many as 200,000 demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a swelling wave of protest tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. more...
REYKJAVIK - Iceland has resumed its disputed commercial fin whale hunt, with two vessels en route to catch this season's quota of at least 154 whales, Icelandic media has reported. more...
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