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Thursday December 13, 2007
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The cargo cult stole relief supplies, apparently believing the goods were gifts from their ancestors.
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Monday December 10, 2007
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Members of a cargo cult in Papua New Guinea claim that the relief supplies distributed to the area were cargo meant for them by their ancestors.
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Thursday August 9, 2007
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A cargo cult is growing in Kira Kira, the provincial capital of Makira-Ulawa Province, Solomon Islands. The township is awaiting the appearance of a mystery military platoon.
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Tuesday July 10, 2007
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A former provincial governor in jail for rape in Papua New Guinea is tipped to win a seat in parliament, helped by fear of black magic and belief in cargo cults.
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Sunday February 18, 2007
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The US’s standing in the world may have plummeted under President George W Bush, but a bizarre cargo cult in the Vanuatu island nation holds America in god-like esteem.
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Thursday February 15, 2007
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One of the world’s last surviving cargo cults is celebrating its official 50th anniversary on Tanna island in Vanuatu.
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Monday June 5, 2006
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High in a mist-shrouded mountain village, an ancient tribe patiently awaits the return of its divine leader.
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Monday April 17, 2006
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Followers of a South Pacific
cult, who worship a mythical Second World War American serviceman they hope will one day return bearing riches, believe that their prayers have been answered.
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Wednesday March 22, 2006
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The Vanuatu Government has admitted that news of the Millennium Challenge fund has a different tune to the ears of members of the
John Frum cult movement on the southern island of Tanna.
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Tuesday January 31, 2006
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On the South Pacific island of Tanna, beneath a volcano that rumbles and smokes, a guy wearing a fake U.S. Army uniform raises an American flag. Then 40 barefoot men march past, carrying fake rifles made of bamboo, their brown chests decorated with red paint spelling out "USA."
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Thursday November 3, 2005
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About 320 people from three villages in the Wain-Erap area in Nawaeb District have been charged by police for allegedly practising sorcery and
cargo cult.
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Friday August 13, 2004
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The devotees of one of the world's last surviving "
cargo cults" are a patient bunch. On the remote Pacific island of Tanna, in Vanuatu, they've been waiting since the 1930s, at least, for their share of the apparently endless supply of material possessions which first began arriving with European colonial settlers.
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Friday May 21, 2004
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Saturday May 8, 2004
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It has all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster - a smouldering volcano, a jungle battle, a bizarre
cult and a self-styled messiah called Prophet Fred.
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Sunday April 25, 2004
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In Vanuatu, police have been sent to the island of Tanna to control a clash between villagers and members of a religious
sect.
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Thursday October 23, 2003
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Reports are emerging that a "
cargo cult" has sprung up on the Weather Coast of Guadalcanal among followers of Harold Keke [rebel leader on remand on charges of murder and other offences].
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