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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 September 1995Vol. 65 No. 9

Inside

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Cover: Papua New Guinea celebrates 20 years of independence. But the country that has everything is desperately close to losing all

Changes in US policies are hitting ft * the region

magic of the Little brothers give new life to rugby

8: Letters 10: Headlines 22: Inside Mururoa: A closer look at Bomb Island 32: Tuna problems: New wage talks raise concern 35: The war ends: Fifty years later 38: The Melanesians meet 41: Pacific waves at the United Nations

Views

25: Alfred Sasako on nuclear testing 40: Futa Helu on new Tongan politics

57: Book Review 58: Neighbours: The people of the Pacific