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	Army on alert Troops ordered to look out for rouge soldiers. THE PNG Defense Force is on the lookout for some unauthorized soldiers who are operating in the Highlands possibly to assist candidates to win the elections.
	Tasty tilapia ... Lt Douglas Vavar and Lt Philip Samuel tasting fresh water tilapia from the Yonki dam sold to them by Noren and Melty at the Kolowara market near Yonki in the Eastern Highlands province. It is a common sight on roadsides in the Highlands these days. Enlarge image

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	Polye ‘not fit to be PM’ - DEPUTY Prime Minister and Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation Don Polye declared yesterday he may not be fit for the job, but if Sir Michael Somare were to step down and make way for him as prime minister, he would give it a try. PNG population 6.1mil: UN report - PAPUA New Guinea’s population has reached the 6.1 million mark, according to the United Nations Population Fund’s (UNFPA) 2007 State of the World Population Report released in Port Moresby yesterday. All set in SHP: Wakias - ALL is set for voting in Southern Highlands province despite some discrepancies in the just-released final common roll, provincial elections manager David Wakias said. BUSINESS: Digicel fires first salvo at Telikom -“GET out of the court and into the battle field”. This was the challenge thrown by Digicel Pacific chief executive Vanessa Slowey at Telikom as she fired the first salvo challenging the telco “to interconnect and compete” with her company. .. BSP urges clients to do banking through ATMs -BANK South Pacific (BSP), the largest commercial bank in Papua New Guinea, says transactions via electronic channels such as the EFTPOS and ATM (automatic teller machines) are much cheaper than over-the-counter transactions.	EDITORIAL: The PNG time warp -IF it were an isolated story it would be tragic in its singularity. But it is not. Quite the reverse; it is so common, so ordinary, so much a familiar tale that many will have thought little of its inclusion in The National yesterday.



	SPORTS We lack suitable venues -Papua New Guinea may miss out on an opportunity to co-host the 2008 rugby league World Cup with Australia because it lacks logistics and proper international standard sporting facilities, including playing fields. Women soccer captures attention... Unitech dump ‘slack’ Bismarck


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