Tolerance.ca (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
NUKU'ALOFA - A powerful earthquake hit near the South Pacific archipelago of Tonga on Sunday, but there was no tsunami alert and no immediate report of injuries, Australian seismologists said.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/10/2008
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.1 has rocked southern Tonga but there are no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Whenua Fenua Enua Vanua (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Prime Minister Fred Sevele, upon re-imposing emergency regulations, says a state of danger still exists. Tonga has re-imposed emergency regulations andextended their powers in the capital Nuku'alofa, nearly two years aftera violent rampage left eight people dead. Emergency regulations were first imposed following the deadly riots in November 2006 which left 150 businesses displaced. The powers had...
The J-Walk Blog (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
Nothing like a good old-fashioned coronation. Photos of the New King of Tonga . Even better: Over 100 slaughtered pigs are offered to King George Tupou V during the taumafa kava ritual and coronation ceremony in the sacred Pangai Lahi gathering area of Nuku'alofa on July 30, 2008. Comments | Posted in General
Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Tongan troops wearing pith helmets march for their newly crowned monarch, King Siaosi (George) Tupou V, during the Coronation Military Parade in Nuku'alofa today. The 60-year-old ruler is attempting to remake his former image as an eccentric bachelor prince with a love of elaborate military uniforms into a sovereign leading Polynesia's last kingdom toward democracy.
AMERICAblog (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
Nothing helps promote democracy in the Middle East quite like a coronation in a poverty-stricken country like Tonga. How touching and perfectly in line with our values. It was a Christian ceremony, after all. George Tupou V has been crowned king of Tonga in the capital Nuku'alofa, marking the South Pacific state's first coronation in more than 40 years. He was anointed with oil and had a gold crown...
The Independent (Free subscription) | 02/08/2008
George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd king of Tonga in Nuku'alofa, the capital, yesterday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation.
Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
GEORGE Tupou V emerged from the Free Wesleyan Church of Tonga with the royal crown, sceptre and ring to the cheers of thousands of school children who lined the streets of Nuku'alofa to greet their newly-crowned king.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
The pealing of church bells and the thundering of a cannon marked the moment Tonga's new sovereign was finally crowned. The coronation of King George Tupou V on a fine day in the capital, Nuku'alofa, delighted Tongans and overseas...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — George Tupou V was crowned as the 23rd King of Tonga on Friday in an elaborate ceremony that many expect will usher in a new, more democratic era for the South Pacific nation….
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 01/08/2008
Wellington - Tonga's King George V was crowned Friday in a lavish ceremony in Nuku'alofa, capital of his South Pacific island state. The king, 60, was crowned on a 2.5-metre-high golden throne before 1,000 guests at the Centenary Free Wesleyan Church...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 31/07/2008
An uneerie calm marked the first part of the build-up to today's formal crowning of King George Tupou V. It is almost as though rioting two years ago, which destroyed much of downtown Nuku'alofa and left eight people dead, never occurred. The...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 30/07/2008
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Tonga’s King George Tupou V was anointed Wednesday as the South Pacific’s newest monarch in a centuries-old ritual that included receiving gifts of dozens of roasted pigs and slurping the mild narcotic, kava….
OTB News (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
NUKU’ALOFA, Tonga (AP) — Tonga’s king has agreed to give up much of the near-absolute power his family has held for generations over this tiny South Pacific nation, his spokesman said Monday….
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 29/07/2008
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga -- A spokesman says Tonga's new king will relinquish many of his powers in a move that would end a near-absolute monarchy.
