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Islands

Monthly

Vol 61 No. 2

Voice Of The Pacific

February 1991

Cover

Special

Focus

Cover Stories:

□ In the Firing Line: Our men in the Gulf, Sinai and Lebanon. 2s : The wives at home. 24

The Region:

□ Inside Bougainville. In the struggle for freedom, supplies have been running out and women and children have been dying. A special report by Alfred Sasako, first journalist to enter Bougainville since the blockade eight months ago. 1 9 Lj Operation Sumare: Despite Bougainville, strong Asian support is tipped to put Sir Michael Somare in the top United Nations job. 22 SPECIAL REPORT: Free at Last! The United Nations Security Council has moved to cut US colonial ties with three Pacific Trust Territories. But reactions have been mixed. 10 BUSINESS: Six Pacific Island nations have received good grades in the World Bank’s report card on the relative standings of world nations. 33 TRAVEL: Forty years later, yellowing files reveal a possible blemish on Qantas’ glowing record. 39 SPORT; Despite the budget blow out from the Third Melanesian Cup, soccer pundits claim the gains were worth it. Samisoni Kakaivalu reports. 45 FOCUS: Artist Helen Averley looks at a secret that slumbers south of Viti Levu in Fiji. 26 BOOKS: Jane Dibblin’s book looks at the high human price paid in the Marshall Islands for US nuclear testing. 48

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