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Editorial/ Letters 6 Briefs 10 Special Report: Region must rethink maritime safety 12 EPIRBs save lives but not widespread in Pacific 14 Business: IMF/PNG talks at another standstill 15 Marshalls sees pot of gold in Taiwan 16 Samoa drawn into lOC corruption debate 17 Pacific leaders want Clinton at Hawaii summit 18 Controversial CNMI bill will limit residency 20 DRD still after Emperor Mines Limited 21 Kiribati countdown hack on track 22 Aviation: Air Marshalls moving to acquire new planes 26 Air Nauru sponsors Micronesian airline study 27 Aloha set for first north Pacific flight 27 Cover: The end of an era 30 A new alternative for Fiji's voters 33 Industry: Privatisation elecrifies PNG 20 Highlands Pacific wants to dump tailings in bay 34 Pacific cashes in on Hollywood 36 Samoan film director makes her mark in the US 38 Work begins on Port Moresby waterfront complex 40 Cooks' multi-million dollar nightmare 42 Gorbachev spokesman goes 'tropo' in Hawaii 44 Yachtir Crossing the line 52 Opr David Barber/Jemima Garrett 54

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