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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 January 1998Vol. 67 No. 13

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Editorial 4 Letters to the Editor 5 From the Archives 8 Briefs 8 Cover Stories: Corruption Rife 8 Special Report: SP fisheries and El Nino 20 Marshalls wants nuclear test problems resolved. .. . 25 Courts to decide Vanuatu's political future 28 Shipley enters Pacific's exclusive all boys club 32 Leadership clash 34 Does PNG hold the key to Earhart's disappearance?. 35 Saving the Kakerori 36 FTIB Feature 38 Super Sopulu 42 Academy to help develope soccer in the region 44 Past and present 47 Where masks still dance 49 Pictures from the past 51 Caught in the great Pacific eddy 52 Auckland fast becoming overcrowded 54 Climate debacle 55 Press freedom in the Pacific Islands 56 Shipping pages 57

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Cover Story: Corruption rife