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Uneasy Pacific makes wartime memories more important than ever

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Solomon Islands police complete combat drill with Chinese trainers

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US announces deeper engagement strategy to match China in the Pacific

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The leaked drafts are just that: drafts
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Emalus USP protest
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PNG Prime Minister James Marape (second from left) and other Melanesian leaders at the MSG summit
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Pacific coronavirus: Cases jump to 26 across the region

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The Melanesian Spearhead Group pact signing in Port Vila yesterday
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Melanesian leaders sign security and climate crisis declarations

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Former Solomon Islands Prime Minister Gordon Darcy Lilo
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Former Solomons PM says country needs economic solution not security

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Solomon Islands PM Manasseh Sogavare meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping . . . under fire for lack of transparency over nine deals
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Solomons PM’s ‘I’m back home’ comment in Beijing ‘shameful’, says Wale

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July 12, 2023
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Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka, who is currently in Apia for the 27th Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), was bestowed with a Samoan matai title
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West Papuan leader Benny Wenda (left) and Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka
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Senator Robert F Kennedy Jr
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Better immunisation coverage needed to prevent Pacific measles, says WHO

Labour's former broadcasting minister Willie Jackson
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The 2021 post-covid Pacific media freedom panel discussion participants
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