Sep 4, 2010
U2 | Olympic Stadium, Athens, Greece
U2 continue taking their innovatively-designed 360° tour, on the back of latest album, No Line On the Horizon, around the globe. This date is at Athens' Olympic Stadium
From sports to farming
SHE used to be a bodybuilding star but now she helps take care of her family and works on her family farm in Motusa Village on Rotuma.
Masina Fatiaki Paka has a farm on which she has planted pineapples, yams, cassava and dalo."The farm is our main source of income ....
How to Become an Internet Land Baron
When entrepreneur Juan Diego Calle asked the Colombian government to let him sell their Internet real-estate, he knew it was a long shot. The Harvard-educated Colombian native was battling over only two letters of the alphabet, but his request was tall: Let me commercialize the nation's Internet identity.
Another loss for Tuvalu
Tahiti returned to winning form at the Oceania Futsal Championships after beating Tuvalu 4-0 on Monday night.
Tahiti after losing to Fiji 0-2 in its opening match on Sunday showed in the win over Tuvalu that they should not be taken lightly by the other teams.
Kurukuru crippled Tuvalu
An emphatic 21-2 victory over Tuvalu has seen Our Telekom Kurukuru claim the OFC Futsal Championship at Vodafone Arena in Suva on Saturday evening.
Kurukuru sensation Elliot Ragomo, 19, put away seven goals – six of which came in the first period.
It is the third consecutive title for the Solomon Islands, who represented Oceania at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2008.
Coach Dickson Kadau said the results and the performances all week have confirmed they are on the right track.
Kurukuru sensation Elliot Ragomo, 19, put away seven goals – six of which came in the first period.
It is the third consecutive title for the Solomon Islands, who represented Oceania at the FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2008.
Coach Dickson Kadau said the results and the performances all week have confirmed they are on the right track.
New Visions of the Apocalypse (VIDEO)
"Acqua Alta in Venice, An image from "Beautiful Islands," Horizon Features"A recent surge in apocalyptic films indicates the mood of the zeitgeist. With 2012 fast approaching, our oceans at peril and the gloom of global warming, the average recession-hit consumer cannot see past their shrinking funds to worry about other mammals going extinct.
Additional EU funding to support economic activity
By Eric van Puyvelde | Thursday 02 September 2010
The European Commission approved, on 2 September, the first two financing decisions under the €264 million 2010 allocation of the V-FLEX mechanism to help the most vulnerable African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries cope with the impact of the financial and economic crisis. The V-FLEX mechanism is a short-term instrument with a budget of €500 million for 2009-2010.
Tuvalu NGOs speak out at UN Conference
People in Tuvalu say their country is one of the places on the planet already feeling the impact of climate change. Tuvalu got a lot of attention on the world stage during the Copenhagen Climate Summit late last year, when its delegates spoke out about the effect actions in the developed world have on developing countries. Annie Homasi, from the Tuvalu Association
Tuvalu disaster relief exercise shows a shift in New Zealand's aid strategy
Threatened ... Tuvalu politician Bikenibeu Paeniu faces the swells of the South Pacific on Funafuti. Photograph: Matthieu Paley/Corbis
He likened it to the landing of the Americans during the second world war when suddenly, as if the sea had changed colour, the island was swamped by white men in military uniforms. Some 67 years later, like hundreds of other residents...
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