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Anger at France's nuclear testing programme in the South Pacific has even spread to s
port.
As a protest some countries have refused to send teams to the annual athletics championships i
n...

King and Queen of Tonga meet Queen Elizabeth II

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Peru President Pedro Castillo signs a decree declaring the 'climate emergency' an issue of national interest, while he visits the site of an oil spill at a beach near the capital Lima caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption near...

Un derrame de petróleo que ya fue controlado ocurrió el sábado en playas de la provincia peruana de Callao por el oleaje anómalo registrado tras la erupción volcánica en Tonga, informó el lunes el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia...

Peru President Pedro Castillo signs a decree declaring 'the climate emergency' an issue of national interest, while he visits the site of an oil spill at a beach near the capital Lima caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption near...

1. Mid of Otenili Tu'ipulotu, Tonga Rugby Sevens team manager, taking out Tonga team polo shirt and holding it up

2. Close-up of Tonga rugby logo on polo
shirt
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Otenili Tu'ipulotu,...

CLEAN : Tonga gears up for a general election

London's Royal Academy of Arts celebrated the opening of its ambitious Oceania exhibition on Monday, with ceremonial dancing and singing by performers from across the Pacific region.

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China is pouring billions of dollars in aid and low-interest loans into the South Pacific, and even in the far-flung kingdom of Tonga there are signs that a battle for power and influence among much larger nations is heating up.

Images showing flooding and destruction in Fiji after Cyclone Yasa barrelled across the islands Friday (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Hundreds of people -- many volunteers -- gather on the beaches of northern Lima to clean up an oil spill caused by freak waves from a volcanic eruption near Tonga in the South Pacific (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The coast of Peru was hit by an oil spill caused by strong tides following a volcanic eruption in Tonga (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

The coast of Peru was hit by an oil spill caused by strong tides following a volcanic eruption in Tonga (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

Faituna, American Samoa

1. Wide of sea and
coast
2. Pan from seas to debris washed u
p on shore
3. Wide of cars driving past
medical clinic
4. Interior clinic, people waiting to receiv
e medical...

English/Nat

The President of Kiribati landed on Millennium Island on Thursday, as his people made final preparations to be among the first to usher in the third...

Maraj�, Brazil, July 9 2008

1. Wide of Maraj� Island POV shore from
boat
2. Wide of beach
on island
3. Birds
on floodplains r/>June 25th 2008 ...

The small Pacific island nation of Tonga claimed the honour of lighting the first of more than 4,200 beacons to be set alight in Britain and abroad to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of the Queen Elisabeth II.

The queen will...

No Access Australia

1. Evacuated couple leaving the airport with media surrounding them asking ques
tions
SOUNDBITE (English) Vox Pop
, evacuee:
Question: "What was it like b
eing in...

River Wear High Water Levels in Durham

TV New Zealand - No Access New Zealand

1. UPSOUND: (English) TV Pres
enter
"Hello New Zealand. Well a lot has been going on whilst you were sleeping. A major earthquake near Tonga, prompted a Tsunami warning...

STORY:This year the South Pacific Vava'u group of islands in the Kingdom of

Tonga installed a new ruler. Prince Lavaka-Ata, head of the T
ongan
navy, was appointed by his father King Taufa'ahau Tupou...

CLEAN: Former Togo PM arrested