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Tall tales and true: Strategically yours

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By Susan Merrell I’m a journalist, people tell me things – lots of things. The information ranges from the factual to the fanciful and everything in between. Some want to see justice done through the media, others just want their story told, while some try to use the media, through me, for mischievous purposes and for all sorts of reasons, including to make me appear foolish and gullible by publishing their lies. So I’m cautious, but just occasionally a story is run past me that is so fantastical, so amusing that it would be a travesty not to share it. Continue reading Tall tales and true: Strategically yours→

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Did sharpened fencing wire spell death for Manus detainee?

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By PNG Echo A local Manusian returning to Port Moresby today claims to know who killed the Iranian, Reza Berati at the Manus Island Detention Centre last week and how he died. His information, he said, came from a local G4S guard from the Incident Response Team (IRT) who was guarding the perimeter fence that night and who went inside to quell the rioting. According to his information, the riot was between ‘factions’ inside the compound, one more militant than the other. Reza Berati, part of the more militant faction was killed by a Palestinian from the other faction with Continue reading Did sharpened fencing wire spell death for Manus detainee?→

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