 | Solomons PM survives confidence vote, blames crisis on 'Taiwan's agents'The pro-Beijing leader comfortably saw off an opposition attempt to oust him, winning 32 votes to 15 after a fractious and hot-tempered day-long debate. |
 | New Zealand to send peacekeepers to crisis-hit Solomon IslandsThe crisis in the Solomon Islands erupted last week when protests over government policies turned violent, fuelled by poverty, unemployment and inter-island rivalries in the nation of 800,000. |
