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The new Nauru parliament is to meet tomorrow to elect a speaker and then a president following the weekend poll that returned 6 new members among the 19 MPs. It...

There will be some new faces in the next Nauru parliament, but most sitting candidates have held on to their seats after Saturday's poll including 3 former presidents. All results...

Nauru goes to the polls today with 68 candidates vying for the 19 seats in the legislature. After months of political instability there is a widespread hope on the island...

Nauruans go to the polls tomorrow in what is being described as a critical election for the island. There are hopes it will change the fractious political environment that has...

68 candidates have been nominated to contest this Saturday's election to fill the 19 seats in the Nauru parliament. Nominations closed on Saturday, with nominees given until Wednesday to withdraw.

When Nauru goes to the polls next month 19 parliamentary seats in the eight constituencies will be contested for the first time. This follows an amendment to the Electoral Act...

An activist fighting for the rights of asylum seekers on Nauru says there have been two suicide attempts in the past two days. The Refugee Action Coalition's Ian Rintoul says...

Australia has sent the first group of asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea from Christmas Island as part of its policy of processing them offshore.

Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott says the government's first transfer of asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island is not good enough. The government has transferred an initial 19...

The Australian government has sent the first of a possible 400 asylum seekers to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. And it has dismissed concerns raised by Amnesty International after...

The Australian Government has confirmed that four children are among the first asylum seekers sent to Papua New Guinea's Manus Island. The Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says the first 19...

The Australian government has begun transferring asylum seekers to Manus Island, with a first batch of 19 flown to the island off Papua New Guinea's north coast early today. A...

The President of Nauru says he hopes to have additional political reforms considered by MPs ahead of the election due late this year or early next year. Last week MPs...

The Nauru Parliament has agreed to increase the number of MPs from 18 to 19 following the next general election. Having an additional member is part of a political reform...

The Nauru Government has failed by one vote to get constitutional reform measures through. It is now contemplating redrafting the legislation as a series of separate bills. The changes include...

The President of Nauru says a part of the constitutional reforms he wants passed could be put aside to allow the rest of the legislation through. On Monday, Sprent Dabwido...

Nauru's President Sprent Dabwido is hopeful that his re-organised government will be able to pass constitutional reforms as early as today. On Tuesday Mr Dabwido dumped his Cabinet saying he...

Nauru's new leader is promising a continuing focus on constitutional reform. Sprent Dabwido was elected on Tuesday after a vote of no confidence in the government of Freddie Pitcher, who...

Nauru has won gold in the men's weightlifting on day four of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. Yukio Peter lifted 333kg in the men's 77kg final to finish ahead of Australia's...

Nauru's caretaker President, Marcus Stephen, says he has no intention of dissolving the current parliament, despite last week's election failing to resolve a months' long impasse. In a statement…

Nauru's parliamentarians are continuing to meet today in the hope of resolving an ongoing political impasse. A snap election at the weekend failed to return a workable majority for either...

Reports from American Samoa say this morning's quake and tsunami have caused 14 deaths. A radio reporter says five waves came ashore after the 8.3 quake this morning. In neighbouring...

It was rest day for the athletes yesterday at the Pacific Mini Games in Rarotonga following a full programme on Saturday night. Most sports finished their programme with Fiji dominating.

A couple are returning to Kiribati today after surviving at sea for 35 days in a 19-foot wooden boat. The unnamed pair went missing off Tarawa on December the 30th...