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Michael Somare has indicated he might stand for re-election in Papua New Guinea's June poll, although the 75-year-old says age is a factor to consider. Sir Michael, who was deposed last August after nine years as prime minister, is being urged to stand...
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Force Sweep, Sam Koim says the investigations have nothing to do with the current political impasse between the Sir Michael and Peter O'Neill factions. He says people have made formal complaints regarding misuse of public funds related to several major...
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This still image taken from video shows soldiers sitting on a curb in Port Moresby January 26, 2012. Forces loyal to deposed Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare raided the country's main army barracks on Thursday, installing a new military... View Photo »
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As opposition leader, Dame Carol fills a position that has been vacant since the August 2 parliamentary vote that ended the nine-year-old government of Sir Michael Somare and installed Peter O'Neill as prime minister. Advertisement: Story continues...
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"I urge all members to attend parliament in a timely manner so that we can discuss these three or four important bills." While most government MPs attended the opening of parliament on Tuesday, the opposition benches remain mostly empty, with members...
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Michael Somare's son Arthur has vowed to continue the legal fight to have the O'Neill government turfed out of office after the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea adjourned for another week. The court had convened yesterday and was expected to issue more...
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Somare visits the Bushfire Emergency Coordination Centre in Melbourne in this April 29, 2009 file photo. The leader of a small band of soldiers who mutinied in Papua New Guinea on January 26, 2012, demanded the... View Photo »
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"We have decided to hear all the applications who wish to be joined as interveners," Deputy Chief Justice Gibbs Salika said. Lawyers for the O'Neill government also raised the issue of Sir Michael Somare and his followers appointing heads of departments.
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New Guinea's Supreme Court has held an extraordinary sitting to deal with a number of cases connected to the country's political drama. The court ordered Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, his rival Sir Michael Somare, their supporters and the heads of the...
About Michael Somare
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Sir Michael Thomas Somare, GCL, GCMG, CH, CF, MP (born 9 April 1936) has been Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea since 2002; he was previously Prime Minister from independence in 1975 until 1980 and again from 1982 until 1985. His first two terms were as a member of the Pangu Party, but he is now leader of the National Alliance Party. He was... Full Article
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Peter O'Neill, center, addresses his supporters in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, as controversy on who is the legitimate prime minister continues Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011. Papua New Guinea politics are deadlocked with two men, O'Neill and Michael Somare, claiming to be prime minister,...
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