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• Pacific Islanders blockade Newcastle coal port to protest rising sea levels

  17 Oct 2014: Pacific Climate Warriors’ group aims to draw attention to climate change and protest Australia’s commitment to coal

• Island nations shouldn't be left to drown from climate change

  14 Oct 2014: Johannes Luetz: Rising sea levels will have dire consequences for island nations unless Australia and other countries take action

• Fijian composer beaten up after campaign spat with PM, Amnesty says

  1 Oct 2014:

  Man reportedly beaten by army officers after exchanging messages with Frank Bainimarama over unauthorised use of music

• Fiji's Frank Bainimarama confirmed as election winner with outright majority

  22 Sep 2014: Military ruler’s party endorsed by 59% of voters in first election since he took power in 2006 coup

• World in a week: presidential U-turn on foreign worker ban in South Sudan

  Guardian Professional, 19 Sep 2014: 15-19 September: Catch up with all the development-related news you may have missed this week

• Fiji election: Bainimarama headed for outright majority

  18 Sep 2014: Military ruler’s Fiji First party ahead as Pacific country moves back towards democracy after eight years under junta

• Fiji awaits election results, with Voreqe Bainimarama frontrunner

  17 Sep 2014: The first election since the 2006 military coup could see a return to democracy as well as international investment

• Fiji election day arrives, bringing hope of exit from coup era

  17 Sep 2014: Party of military ruler Voreqe Bainimarama predicted to dominate poll that promises to restore international relations

• Syrian rebels issue demands for hostages' release

  2 Sep 2014: Al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front demands to be taken off United Nations terrorist list in return for freeing 45 Fijian peacekeepers

• Golan Heights peacekeeper crisis: Filipinos escape, Fijians taken hostage

  31 Aug 2014: 40 UN peacekeepers escape their besieged outpost while 44 Fijian troops are taken by al-Qaida affiliate al-Nusra Front

• Filipino UN peacekeepers escape from Syrian rebels, military chief says

  31 Aug 2014: More than 70 peacekeepers who had been held for several days reportedly escaped after seven-hour siege

• UN is told peacekeepers detained in Syria are safe, but no release in sight

  30 Aug 2014: Secretary-general’s spokesman says the situation surrounding Fijian and Filipino peacekeepers is still ‘very fluid’

• From Tuvalu to Kiribati, the outlook for Pacific island states is perilous

  28 Aug 2014: Haoliang Xu: The challenges may seem daunting, but to preserve the environment and provide decent livelihoods, island states need to take a greener, more inclusive approach

• 'Fijian fishermen being shot' video posted on YouTube

  19 Aug 2014: Police investigate graphic footage which shows onlookers laughing and smiling at the camera

• Pacific Islands inch towards gender equality with female appointments

  16 Aug 2014: Three women take helm at regional body, heralding gradual progress towards closing gender gap in male-dominated region

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