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By James Kila

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (The National, Sept. 2) - Lawrence Hammer may not be that young to wed his long-time sweetheart, Cassandra Lee. Both are in their mid 50s. However, the couple was accorded the best of traditional marriage the Papua New Guinea fashion in the Eastern Highlands province by two Gahuku villages that adopted them as son and daughter.

The spectacular matrimonial ceremony, which included the couple’s teenage daughter, Mitrah, who flew in from the United States, was witnessed by hundreds of local Komiufa and Nagamiufa elders.

"We have accepted them into our village and we would be grateful to the parents in the United States to do likewise," said Oreve Janis and Jack Bahafo.

The elders said the wedding is an initiation and a traditional formality in the Gahuku tradition. And, we are honored to have paid the bride price of K1,500 to the adopted parents of Cassandra from Nagamiufa. The custom is equally important in many...

MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, Sept. 2) - Man husat oli tok em bikpela lidaman blong Jemaah Islamiah, Abu Bakar Bashir i tokim pinis ol sapota blongem long wanpela Jakarta kot long stap belisi.

Niusman blong Radio Australia long Indonesia, Tim Palmer i ripot olsem planti handret sapota blong despela sios lida, i wok long bung long strit,we kot i stap longen na wet longpela taim long harim ruling long treason trial, em oli wok long ridim aut nau.

Tim Plamer i ripot olsem planti sapota insaet long kot haus i bin sinagut bikpela taim Abu Bakir Bashir i bin go insaet.

Long insaet long kot em i bin tanim fes blongem na smail, bihaen em i bin kirap na tokim ol sapota blongem long noken kamapim trabal maski sapos kot i givim em bikpela mekimsave long kalabus, long wanem em i tok God bai i larim ol i win yet.

Bashir bai em i nap go kalabus i nap em bai i dai long haus-kalabus long "treasson" oa bagarap em oli sutim long em long laik kamapim long kantri,...

MELBOURNE, Australia (Radio Australia, Sept. 2) - Australia i tok ol plen i wok long gohet yet long wokobaut blong Foreign Minista, Alexander Downer igo long Papua New Guinea, maski Somare gavman i wok long tok em i no redi yet long holim ol toktok long Aid oa halivim long mon em Australia i save givim.

Wanpela mausman blong Mr. Downer i tok ofis blongem i lukim pinis ol ripot olsem Papua New Guinea Gavman i bin askim long Foreign Minista i larim pastaem despela wokobaut blongem, em oli binmakim long kamap long 10th na 11th blong dispela mun Septemba.

Tasol em i tok em i no bin kisim wanpela askim i kam long Papua New Guinea long em i stopim wokobaut blong Mr. Downer igo log Port Moresby, blong toktok long hau oli ken kisim na usim halivim oa moni i kam long Australia long ol wok long kantri.

Despela mausman i tok Mr. Downer i gat bikpela laik long mekim despela wokobaut igo long PNG we oli ken sindaon na toktok gut long despela aid program.

Em i tok...

CANBERRA, Australia (PNG Post-Courier, Sept. 4) Australia will
exercise its right to determine how its K600 million (A$300m) in aid to Papua
New Guinea is spent, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer declared yesterday.

PNG Prime Minister Sir Michael Somare sought to have a visit by
Mr Downer next week delayed because he said his government is being ambushed by
Australia, determined to take greater control of its aid.

But Mr Downer made no apologies for Australia’s stance.

"It’s not Papua New Guinea money and we’re entitled to
a say on how our own money is spent," Mr Downer told ABC radio. "Sir
Michael Somare has always said that he would prefer us to just provide Papua New
Guinea with budgetary aid, just to sign over a check. And as foreign minister
responsible for our aid budget, I’m not signing over a check and just handing
over money in that way to the Papua New Guinea budget. We want to make
...