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Editorial/ Letters 4 Briefs 5 Special Report: Higher growth rates expected in the Pacific 8 Fiji may have to tighten monetary policy 9 Solomons restoring macro-economic stability 9 Three per cent GDP growth for Samoa 9 Cooks civil service needs to be further reduced ID Economic recovery uncertain for Tonga 10 Weak governance hampers PNG development T 1 Concerns remain despite Vanuatu reforms 12 Business: Plumbing the Pacific for a cure for cancer 14 FATERA will eventually replace SPARTECA 18 VMS to revolutionise fisheries control 20 Iridium hits the PNG telecommunications market 21 Adoptions 'out of control' in the Marshalls 24 Cover: Crossing Fiji's racial divide: Can Chaudhry succeed where others have floundered? 26 Chaudhry's multi-party Cabinet 29 Technology: Bridging the information gap 32 Telecom restructuring needs careful analysis 35 Developments: US accused of dragging its feet over obligations 36 America's Cup spin-offs for the Pacific 38 Fiji vessel to circumnavigate the giobe 41 Yachting: fun@funafuti 52 Opinion: David Barber/Jemima Garrett 54

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