Inside

Cover Story: Pacific Meltdown

Letters to the editor. 6 Editorial 7 Briefs 9 Special Report: Nuclear test atolis declared safe! 10 Test-site worker worried 12 Industry: Black Gold fromGobe 13 Cementing the future 14 A gold mine of opportunity. 16 From China, with love, turns into Cooks nightmare 17 Cover Story: The Pacific Meltdown 18 Log industry in crisis 20 Marshalls Economy continues to slow. 22 Public servants face the axe 24 Interest rates increased to avoid devaluation 25 New government scrapping dubious schemes 26 Aviation feature 30 Solomon islands Independence feature 36 Insurance feature 42 Politics: Indigenous rights or Indonesia's rights? 44 PNG draws the line 46 Vanuatu parliament puts leaders under scrutiny. 47 Sport Alama's dream is still alive 48 Yachting: Summer Down Under. 52 : David Barber/Jemima Garrett... 54

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