Witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy On a tropical island in Papua New Guinea where most people live in huts, a mob armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed a wooden house by night. They seized Helen Rumbali and three female relatives, ...
June 10, 2013 - Associated Press via Yahoo! News
'A lot of hatred': Deadly witch hunts in Papua New Guinea linked to jealousy CANBERRA, Australia -- On a tropical island in Papua New Guinea where most people live in huts, a mob armed with guns, machetes and axes stormed a wooden house by night. They seized Helen Rumbali and three female relatives, set the building on fire and took the women away to be tortured. Their alleged crime: Witchcraft.After being repeatedly slashed with knives, Rumbali's older sister and two ...
June 10, 2013 - MSNBC
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Sydney Morning Herald But even as he sought to heal the rift, Dr Yudhoyono said from the Presidential Palace in Jakarta.: "Indonesia will not tolerate any elements in any country, including Australia, which clearly give support to separatist movements in Papua."
Jeffrey Sachs in Sydney Morning Herald Australia needs to ramp up its development assistance,says Sachs. "If Australia does this, it can really play a very major role in its own neighbourhood - in countries like Papua New Guinea and poorer parts of South Asia : If we drop those...
Kevin Rudd in NEWS.com.au It's my sad duty to inform the House that we have some very bad news from Papua New Guinea,Mr Rudd told Parliament. "At a little before 1pm Australia's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea advised the Foreign Minister that he had been...