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• Tonga

  Tonga intervention slammed

  23 November 2006, by MUNCKTON Stuart

  Tonga’s pro-democracy movement has attacked the Australian and New Zealand governments for sending more than 150 soldiers and police to the Pacific nation, demanding the intervention end. The foreign forces have ostensibly been sent to help “restore law and order” in the aftermath of rioting (…)

• Tonga

  Tongan monarchy gets Howard’s backing

  18 November 2006, by DENNY Pat

  At a joint November 17 press conference with his New Zealand counterpart Helen Clark, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced that a “joint Australian-New Zealand force of both military personnel and police will, in response to a request from the government of Tonga, go to Tonga tomorrow (…)