Kiribati

The Kiribati government has granted permission for National Geographic's expedition to Nikumaroro atoll to search for clues about missing aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Taiwan has given Kiribati about $US700,000 to upgrade medical facilities and schools on the outer islands.

The new head of the newly formed Tourism Authority of Kiribati says the country has recgonised sustainable tourism as a potential contributor to the country's economic progress.

Kiribati President Taneti Maamau has appointed South Tarawa MP, Taoaba Kaiea, as the new Minister for Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs.

New research into child sexual exploitation in the Pacific reaffirms that children are most often sexually exploited by people they know.

In Kiribati improved services have caused a surge in the recorded number of victims with tuberculosis.

A ceremony has been held in Kiribati to mark the completion of a four-year project to improve access to fresh water.

The Kiribati president has sacked his deputy for breaching the government's travel policy.

The vice president of Kiribati has been told by the president to take leave while investigations are carried out into his overseas trips.

Taiwan's Pacific allies have rallied behind its bid to join the World Health Organisation, or WHO.

The search for two boats missing in Kiribati since last week has been suspended.

A New Zealand Air Force Orion is continuing the search for two fishing boats missing off Kiribati.

The New Zealand Defence Force is helping search for two vessels in Kiribati that failed to return from separate fishing trips last week.

A new exhibition in New Zealand is highlighting the cost of the country's agricultural prosperity. Audio

Kiribati should build on relationships with existing Recognised Seasonal Employers in order to increase the proportion of its workers in New Zealand's scheme, Immigration New Zealand says.

Two Kiribati opposition MPs were ordered to leave parliament yesterday after they refused to obey the speaker's rulings.

Kiribati has established diplomatic ties with Tajikistan.

The Kiribati parliament is to ask New Zealand and Australia to take more i-Kiribati workers in their seasonal worker schemes.

A Kiribati NGO says it will continue to pursue legal action against the government over the Butiraoi ferry disaster, despite an internal dispute.