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MALAITAN REBEL ATTACK KILLS 100, REPORTS PAPUA NEW GUINEA NEWSPAPER Submitted by piradmin on Wed, 06/07/2000 - 00:00 PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea (June 8, 2000 - The National/PINA Nius Online)---Rebel fighters used an Australian-supplied patrol boat to shell rivals, killing up to 100 people, as the Solomon Islands yesterday slid towards outright civil war. Guerrillas from the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) fired rounds from the boat's 50 mm cannon onto shore, blowing up an unoccupied school. Between 50 and 100 members of the opposing Isatabu Freedom Movement (IFM) died in the attack, s...

SOLOMONS AUTHORITIES UNDER FIRE OVER MEDIA GAG Submitted by admin on Mon, 08/09/1999 - 00:00 (* See PMW items 2203, 2201, 2195, 2194. PIM website is at http://www.pim.com.fj) SUVA, Fiji Islands (August 4, 1999 – Pacific Media Watch/Pacific Islands Monthly/Pasifik Nius/Niuswire)---An international news agency reporter covering the recent Solomon Islands ethnic clashes has criticized the media gag and a "severe personality clash" among authorities as problems for journalists. Writing in the August edition of the Suva-based Pacific Islands Monthly newsmagazine, Michael Field cited a...