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Young PNGean to be peace envoy

The annual summit brings together the most valuable young talent from global and national companies, NGOs, universities and other forward-thinking organisations.

David Rupa, a Young Men of Honour award recipient, will be at the summit from 4 – 7 October, to talk about peace in PNG.

Rupa’s presentation will be based on facts and findings which highlight PNG as the worst place in the world for gender-based violence, where 70 percent of our children suffer from physical abuse, 50 percent face family violence and two thirds of women suffer domestic violence every day.

Colombians march to demand Farc peace deal be revived

In the capital, Bogota, families of victims were given white flowers by well-wishers to symbolise peace.

The agreement, reached after years of negotiation, was rejected by a slim majority in a national referendum earlier this month.

Campaigners for the "No" vote have demanded a series of changes.

Farc leader Timoleon Rodriguez, better known as Timochenko, said on Wednesday he was confident the deal could be revived although he said he would be reluctant to re-negotiate some elements of the accord.

Right to die: Colombian man ends life with government backup

The man known in Colombia as Dr. Death has just ended the life of his 234th patient: a middle-aged woman suffering from incurable stomach cancer.

For years, Quintana and a handful of other physicians have been performing what they consider mercy killings in a semi-clandestine state, at risk of prosecution and amid widespread rejection from other doctors and church officials.