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MP Kenilorea raises concern over leaked documents to arm Chinese embassy personnel
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Vunivalu back at last on familiar Melbourne stage
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Seventh Our Ocean conference opens in Palau
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Australian PM Morrison will ‘continue to press’ Solomon Islands over China influence
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he will continue to press the Solomon Islands amid its security pact with China if the Coalition is...
China requested heavily armed security team be sent to Solomon Islands, leaked documents reveal
China requested that a plainclothes 10-person security detail armed with pistols, rifles, two machine guns and a sniper rifle be dispatched to Solomon Islands...
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