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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1997Vol. 67 No. 7

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Cover Story: The passport business

Editorial 5 Briefs 6 Letters to the Editor 8 Special Report: United we stand 12 MSG Summit - How worthwhile was it?

Cover stories: The passport business 15 A controversial sale Ministers tackle economy 19 Fair wages and human rights for Marianas workers .. 20 Interview: War and peace 23 We are not anti-US, says Marshalls 24 Racism at play 27 Solomon Islands Feature 28 Vanuatu Feature 50 Post Fiji Feature 41 Heartening times for Pacific soccer 46 Initiation tradition 48 Miriam scales the heights 50 The power of words 51 From poverty to plenty 54 Howard's end 56 From colony to republic 57 An important 50 years 58

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Interview with John Momis

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