An initial hearing of a class action against mining giant Rio Tinto over the toxic legacy of the Panguna copper mine on the autonomous island of Bougainville has been held in Papua New Guinea.
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Pacific flags -- Fiji and Tonga -- and protesters in support of Palestine at a recent rally in New Zealand's largest city Auckland . . . but both countries voted against at the UN General Assembly ...