China's Han shoots 65 for Asian Amateur lead Oct 30, 2009
The field of 116 players comes from 30 countries of the Asia-Pacific Golf Confederation, including players from Mongolia, Nepal, Bahrain, Cook Islands, Cambodia and Myanmar. Organizers of the Asian Amateur also announced that the West Course at Kasumigaseki Country Club, Japan, will host the 2010 Asian Amateur. (ESPN -- Golf)
Pacific Islanders cry for help Jul 27, 2009
the small, low-lying island, part of the Cook Islands, is seen as one of the most vulnerable. Photo: James Alcock. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
China 'stumbling' in the Pacific Jul 25, 2009
Page last updated at 11:11 GMT, Friday, 24 July 2009 12:11 UK. By Vaudine England BBC News, Hong Kong. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
Bainimarama lying about elections: forum Jul 9, 2009
The visit to Tonga, Samoa, Niue and the Cook Islands is Key's first in the top job and aims to assess the impact of the global financial crisis on small Pacific states ahead of the forum's meeting in Cairns next month. The Kiwi leader said he and his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd decided last weekend to shift the focus away from Fiji and on to pushing ahead with economic development in a region struggling with drops in tourism, expatriates' remittances and flagging gross domestic product. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Fiji, Facing Suspension From Pacific Forum, Rejects Calling New Elections May 1, 2009
Along with Fiji, Australia and New Zealand it includes Tonga, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. To contact the reporter on this story: in Sydney at. (Bloomberg -- Australia & New Zealand)
A Google search of a distinctly retro kind Mar 4, 2009
Last month an e-mail message washed up at the offices of The Cook Islands News in the South Pacific. It was a request to place a half-page advertisement in the newspaper, which has a circulation of 2,500. (International Herald Tribune)
