The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
The confusion over eligibility for this month's World Cup has deepened, with Tonga now denied the services of three players they planned to use in the tournament.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Louis Anderson has won the right to switch his allegiance from New Zealand to Tonga in time to play in the World Cup.
Skysports.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Tonga will challenge the ruling which has deemed NRL duo Fuifui Moimoi and Taniela Tuiaki ineligible to play in the World Cup.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
LATE Australia call-up Anthony Tupou has apologised to Tonga after being the centre of an international tug-of-war.
USGS M5+ Earthquakes (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
A CLERICAL error has robbed Tonga coach Jim Dymock of any hope of retaining the services of star forward Anthony Tupou for this month's World Cup after he was drafted into Australia's squad.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
CRONULLA-bound forward Anthony Tupou has been called into Australia's World Cup squad - and hauled out of Tonga's - as the tournament's eligibility rules took another twist.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
BIG Willie Mason believes Tonga can be World Cup giantslayers after the tiny Pacific nation named an all-star line-up for the international league tournament.
BBC Sport (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
Twelve Super League players are named in the Samoa and Tonga squads for the World Cup.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
TONGA will cause a stir on Wednesday by naming two ineligible players in its World Cup squad.
Nature (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The mineral akimotoite, ilmenite-structured MgSiO3, exists at the bottom of the Earth’s mantle transition zone and within the uppermost lower mantle, especially under low-temperature conditions. Akimotoite is thought to be a major constituent of the harzburgite layer of subducting slabs, and the most anisotropic mineral in the mantle transition zone. It has been predicted that if akimotoite crystals...
Fijilive (Free subscription) | 30/09/2008
Two brothers from Lautoka, Fiji, were sentenced to serve two years in a Tonga prison for the manufacture and use of counterfeit Tongan notes amounting to $600, Matangi Tonga reports.Nasif Naushad Ali (35) and Satye Sai Raju (29) appeared in the Nuku'alofa Supreme Court for sentencing by Chief Justice Anthony Ford on September 26.Ali pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing counterfeit materials and...
Precious Kingdoms (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seven monstrous chunks of coral lined up on the western shore of Tonga may be evidence of a powerful volcano-triggered tsunami, researchers said on Wednesday. The house-sized boulders, some as high as 30 feet high and weighing up to 3.5 million pounds (1.6 million kg), appear to have been carried ashore several thousand years ago by a wave rivaling the tsunami generated by Indonesia's...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
We arrived in Tonga the Vavarsquou island group to blue skies and lush green islands. The topography was different to what we both expected but not disappointed. We docked next to the main wharf and watched the procession of local bureaucratshellipquarantine customs immigration and health come on board for us to fill out their paper work and a chat. They where all very sweet as Si had sus
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
Teck Cominco Ltd. has announced four high-grade, undersea copper-gold-zinc finds on licences held by exploration partner Nautilus Minerals Inc. off the South Pacific kingdom of Tonga.
