Pacific

Islands

Month Ly

Vol. 66 No. 9

The News Magazine

September 1996

PUBLISHER: Alan Robinson EDITOR: Manivannan Naidu SENIOR WRITER: Bernadette Hussein

Correspondents:

David North, Sam Vulum lan Williams, Liz Thompson, Atama Raganivatu, Sally Andrew, Patrick Decloitre, Chris Peteru COLUMNISTS: David Barber (Wellington), Jemima Garrett (Sydney), Alfred Sasako (The Forum), Debbie Singh (South Pacific Commission).

GRAPHIC ARTIST: James Ranuku

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Inside

COVER: The Pacific seems to have been hit by a string of financial ‘seams’, posing the question: “What is it that attracts so-called ‘conmen’ to the region?”

6: Letters 15: The South Pacific Forum 17: An American legacy ... 18: Nukes in the Pacific 21: Fiji’s prison break-outs 28: Samoa in pictures 50: Internet in the Pacific 54: Cooks mum on Internet Casino deal 56: Fuemana’s Bizarre rise to fame 58: Sacrifice of adoption

Special Report

-JO The Pacific’s silver i l medal victory

Views

7: David Barber: Fusion after fission? 8: Alfred Sasako: Uniting to maximise regional benefits 9: Debbie Singh: Review process sparks mixed responses 11: Jemima Garret: Pacific fishing enters new era

Sports

55: Trying times for Manu Samoa