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[Link] The Pacific is in danger of becoming a semi-narco region

Read: 28/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Four years ago I stood in front of a top level security conference and warned that we have just a few years to get on top of the problem of drugs being trafficked through the Pacific region or it could turn into a semi-narco region, controlled by criminal syndicates.

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[Link] Men Who Spent 29 Days Lost at Sea Say It Was a Nice Break From the Pandemic

Read: 11/10/2021 www.vice.com

Livae Nanjikana and Junior Qoloni climbed into their small, 60 horsepower motorboat on the morning of September 3 and departed from Mono Island, in Western province, Solomon Islands.

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