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World War II Mackay servicemen Sidney Booth’s great escape … to get married
For many Australians Anzac Day is an important day of remembrance, but for one family it’s a special day of thanks for one ...
Miami Herald on MSN15d
4-foot-long creature found at abandoned island village. It’s a new species
On a small island of Papua New Guinea, a 4-foot-long creature moved through the overgrown rainforest covering the site of an ...
AFP on MSN3d
Pope Francis wished to declare PNG's first saint
In one of his final acts, Pope Francis cleared the way for Papua New Guinea to get its first saint -- an anti-polygamy ...
World War II veteran Stanley Jury celebrates this Anzac Day as a centenarian
Mr Jury, who turned 100 earlier this month at the Mandurah aged care centre he calls home, was a corporal in the 42nd ...
Post Courier1d
Top US Army Pacific Commander wraps up exercise Tamiok Strike in Papua New Guinea
Major General Lance A. Okamura, a top U.S. Army Pacific commander, concluded Exercise Tamiok Strike in Papua New Guinea today ...
Post Courier3d
PNG Hunters honour war heroes ahead of ANZAC round clash
The SP PNG Hunters are preparing for a poignant ANZAC Round clash against the Burleigh Bears this Saturday, April 26th, at ...
Preacher Who Died in Jail Made Saint by Pope Francis 8 Days After Leaving Hospital
Papua New Guinea is set to have its first saint. Pope Francis approved the canonization of Blessed Peter To Rot on Monday, March 31, eight days after he was discharged from the hospital following his ...