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Homeless ... A group of West Papuans from the formerly Irian Jaya province of Indonesia, camping outside the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in downtown Port Moresby yesterday. Story on page 3.

TOP STORIES:

Super fund concerned about members’ debts
- THE Nambawan Super Limited is concerned about the significant amount of personal debts incurred by many of its members in the public sector because of high interest rates charged by small lenders or loan sharks.

Papua families thrown out of 8 Mile homes
- NCD Governor Powes Parkop has urged the West Papuan refugees at 8 Mile settlement now facing eviction.

Poll security ops leave K7m debts
- POLICE have left unpaid bills of more than K7 million with various service providers during security operations in the last elections.

BUSINESS:

Mining shares shine on ASX
-LIHIR Gold shares moved higher to new record levels yesterday while Marengo Mining and Allied Gold shared the limelight for the biggest one-day share leap in the mining and exploration sector...

Bigger October coffee cupping competition
-THE pride of PNG 2007 international coffee cupping competition will focus at improving demand and price in the international market.

Kodu could undergo feasibility study in 2007-08: Frontier
-FRONTIER Resources expects to begin a feasibility study on its Kodu copper-gold-molybdenum deposit during the current financial year if an ongoing conceptual mining study suggests it is economically viable.

EDITORIAL:
The decay of infrastructure
-THERE was an emphasis on law and order prior to the 2002 elections. But in retrospect very little progress took place during the following five years.

SPORTS
Foundation set
PNG XIII fight back to level score with Aussies

A roadshow! ... The elderly Eastern Highlanders with the hen and piglet appear to be very much at home as they take their animals for walk the other only to be rudely interrupted by a group of bikers passing through their territory near Goroka.

Madang league praised for setting good example
-Madang Rugby League president Bryan Kramer has praised two rugby league clubs in Madang for being well-organised and setting a good example in the local competition.

Thirty records set in the pool
- NIVANI Islanders are the 2007 Super 4s rugby union champions.

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