VIDEO: Plumes of thick black smoke billow high as rioters torch buildings in the Solomon Islands' capital of Honiara Thursday, targeting the city's Chinatown district in a second day of anti-government protests. of fire and smoke rising
A fact file on the Solomon Islands after two days of anti-government protests
#UPDATE Australia has rushed peacekeepers to the Solomon Islands, hoping to quell riots that threatened to topple the Pacific nation's government and left its capital ablaze
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#BREAKING PM of riot-hit Solomon Islands rejects calls to resign: statement
#UPDATE Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has rejected calls to step down, despite admitting widespread rioting and protests against his rule had brought the Pacific nation "to its knees"
#UPDATE Australia has rushed peacekeepers to the Solomon Islands hoping to quell riots that threatened to topple the Pacific nation's government and left its capital ablaze
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