The Prime Minister, Mr Somare, has denied reports that he has agreed to hand back to Indonesia 500 Irian Jaya refugees.
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Will the NRL eat humble pie? Sure-fire fix for Bears' major issue

The concerns surrounding the Bears have started to grow by the day and a genuine plan to help the expansion club needs to eventuate soon.
He Who Rebels Against the Gods is a riddle you will find yourself needing to answer in the post-game of Hades 2. After you finish the main story and unlock the True Ending, you will be able to play ...
Indiana wraps up its regular season at Purdue on Peacock Saturday night as large favorites. The Hoosiers come out of the bye ...
The Longhorns are the only three-loss team with a shot at making the 12-team CFP. And they should be squarely on the bubble ...
Utah State quarterback Bryson Barnes steamrolled Fresno State with 263 total yards, leading a dominant second half in a 28-17 win at Valley Children’s Stadium. The Bulldogs’ Mountain West title hopes ...
Yemen’s Houthi rebels are signaling they’ve stopped their attacks against Israel and shipping in the Red Sea as a shaky ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip. In an undated letter to Hamas’ Qassam ...
Roy Kramer, the SEC commissioner who helped reshape college football with conference title games and the BCS, has died at 96, ...
Congolese envoy Sumbu Sita Mambu shook hands with M23 secretary Benjamin Mbonimpa at the signing in Doha Rwandan-backed M23 rebels and the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a ...
GOMA, Congo — An Islamic State-backed rebel group killed 89 people during attacks on multiple villages in eastern Congo, the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country said Friday. In the village of ...
Congo and Rwanda-backed rebel group M23 on Saturday signed a framework agreement for a peace deal, the latest step in the so far unsuccessful efforts to end the decades-long conflict in eastern Congo.
DeSean Bishop ran for 116 yards and two TDs, including a flip into the end zone, as No. 20 Tennessee beat Florida 31-11 for its first win in the Swamp since 2003.