Chinese nationals flee Solomon Islands
(Reuters)
Updated: 2006-04-23 21:06
A small Chinese boy gestures to the camera
before he and other Chinese nationals board a chartered flight provided by
Beijing that will evacuate them from the troubled Solomon Islands after they
lost all their possessions in the recent riots in Honiara April 23, 2006.
Australia is sending additional troops to the Solomon Islands, as more Chinese
fled the country on Sunday amid rising tensions before parliament opens for the
first time since post-election rioting. [Reuters]
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