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  1. Global Media Monitoring Begins in 127 CountriesRead the original story

    36 min ago | Worldwide Faith News

    ... Today gender equality in the news media came under scrutiny in some 127 countries around the world. Solomon Islands and Australia to Canada, national newspapers, television, radio and internet news broadcasts were analyzed in the Global Media ...

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    Related Topix: Journalism, Oceania, World News

  2. Joint Operations Command Remembers Its FallenRead the original story

    2 hrs ago | Scoop

    ... Force Commander, Commodore Stuart Mayer and ISF personnel to pay respects to fallen service personnel. In Solomon Islands, a commemorative service at the Private Jamie Clark Memorial will involve a multi-national Catafalque Party from Australia, New ...

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    Related Topix: Southeast Asia, East Timor, World News

  3. National Broadcast expresses concern about sale of LandRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | People First Network News

    The Solomon Islands national broadcaster is seriously concerned about the sale of Crown Land at Henderson which has been earmarked for a special emergency broadcasting project.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  4. Lawyer critical about Political Parties BillRead the original story

    3 hrs ago | People First Network News

    A senior Solomon Islands lawyer and former politician, Andrew Nori says the prime minister is not being properly advised on serious inconsistencies and contradictions in the Political Parties Registration and Administration Bill 2009.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  5. Marty: What would Seymour think?Read the original story

    3 hrs ago | Free Lance

    ... grade, Ruchamkin was killed in action against Japanese forces in Ironbottom Sound off Savo Island in the Solomon Islands during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously for "... extraordinary heroism as first ...

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    Related Topix: US Navy, US Navy

  6. Passing the torchRead the original story

    21 hrs ago | Theoutlookonline.com

    Don Chalmers holds a WWII-era Japanese rifle he brought home from Guadalcanal. He recently returned an ornate candle holder he found in a war-destroyed chapel in the Solomon Islands in 1942.

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  7. Remembrance DayRead the original story w/Photo

    5 hrs ago | Babasiga

    from Peceli Remembrance Day, the 11th of 11th month and I remember my older brother Laisenia who died in the Solomon Islands.(reposted from another remembrance occasion) I was thinking of my older brother Laisiasa Masidugu who died in the battlefield ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News, Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Rabaul, Papua New Guinea

  8. Coin money, paper money ... and rock money?Read the original story

    13 hrs ago | The Item

    ... collection that are or have been used as money or in bartering is shell and feather money (tevau) of the Solomon Islands. Made from the feathers of the scarlet honeyeater bird, the tevau are formed into coils. European tokens of the 14th and 15th ...

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    Related Topix: Sumter, SC, Collecting, Life, Hobbies

  9. PM comments of Loss of RevenueRead the original story

    23 hrs ago | People First Network News

    ... was unaccounted for due to malpractice in government. He says an Auditor General's report on Corruption in Solomon Islands Government showed that about 433 million dollars was either loss of revenue or malpractice. This is contained in more than 10 ...

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    Related Topix: Derek Sikua, Oceania, World News

  10. Games: New For iPhone: Star Rangers, Air Force Supremacy, Blood Beach, MoreRead the original story w/Photo

    Monday | The Mac Observer

    ... will be called The Last Stand. In Blood Beach ($0.99), players must defend a remote listening post in the Solomon Islands, taking on everything from Japanese Zeroes to Nagato class battleships with a variety of weapons, including a Thompson SMG and ...

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  11. Red Cross to Launch War pictures ExhibitionRead the original story

    Sunday | People First Network News

    The Solomon Islands Red Cross together with the International Committee of the Red Cross Fiji-based office will launch a war pictures exhibition on Wednesday this week.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  12. Los Angeles County Museum of Art hosts an Installation of Pacific...Read the original story w/Photo

    Sunday | Art Knowledge News

    ... mid-nineteenth-century wicker shield with abstract figures inlaid in nautilus shell from Santa Isabel in the Solomon Islands. The July 2008 acquisition substantially broadened LACMA's permanent collection and also underscored the museum's commitment ...

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    Related Topix: Los Angeles County, CA, Oceania, Papua New Guinea

  13. Government Pays Up First Instalment Of Compensation To Our TelekomRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | People First Network News

    ... for a license and the committee is expected to soon deliberate and announce another telephone operator into Solomon Islands.

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    Related Topix: Derek Sikua

  14. Solomon Islands Electoral Commission works on new voter's roll

    Sunday Nov 8 | People First Network News

    The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission is working on a new voters roll in preparation for next year's general election.

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  15. RAMSI, SI gova t visit Rennell-Bellona provinceRead the original story

    Friday Nov 6 | Scoop

    ... briefed the Premier, Timothy Johnson and his Executive on the Partnership Framework between RAMSI and the Solomon Islands Government. The Framework is aimed at developing the capacity of the institutions of government, building a sustainable economy ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, World News

  16. 4 vets to get RHS diplomasRead the original story

    Sunday Nov 8 | Palladium-Item

    ... He served on the USS Waller, a destroyer that saw action in the South Pacific, including at Guadalcanal, the Solomon Islands and the Philippines. Danny Trent Smith of Peoria, Ariz. Smith should have graduated in 1970 but left school following his ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, US Marine Corps

  17. Miss South Pacific Pageant to be broadcast from FijiRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 7 | Samoa News

    ... vying for the title are beauty queens from Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Niue. Current Miss South Pacific Vanessa Limatoa Marsh of Niue will relinquish her crown in Fiji. She won ...

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    Related Topix: Oceania, American Samoa, World News, French Polynesia

  18. Bilikiki jet out early to build up for WCRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 7 | Fijilive

    The Solomon Islands national beach soccer team jetted out of Honiara for the United Arab Emirates on Friday, a week earlier their schedule to play some buildup games prior to the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Dubai from 16-22 November.

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  19. An unfinished war journalRead the original story

    Saturday Oct 31 | Ashtabula Star-Beacon

    ... initially served in a defensive role in the Hawaiian Islands, but eventually moved into the New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands, Wake Island, New Guinea and the Philippines. They attacked long-range targets, ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, US Navy, Georgia

  20. Taiwan NewsRead the original story w/Photo

    Saturday Nov 7 | Taipei Times

    ... country s universities and said he expected more colleges to offer courses taught in English. MOFA confirms Solomon Islands fund MONOPOLY: The ministry confirmed that it gave US$1 million to the Solomon Islands to cover the costs of opening the ...

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    Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Taiwan, Ma Ying-jeou, Oceania