Island articles
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Floods and landslide kill 14 in Indonesia's Sulawesi island
A flood and a landslide hit Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing 14 people, the National Disaster Management Agency said Saturday. Torrential rain pounding the area since Thursday triggered a landslide in Luwu district in South Sulawesi province, said Mexianus Bekabel, head of Makassar search and rescue office.
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China-friendly Manele elected as Solomon Islands PM
China-friendly former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele was elected Solomon Islands' prime minister on Thursday, defeating an opposition leader intent on curbing Beijing's reach in the Pacific nation. Manele won 31 votes in a secret ballot of 50 MPs, said Governor-General David Vunagi, the climax of a national election that will
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Dominion to remove 519 palmettos on Sullivan’s Island
Dominion Energy is planning to cut down 519 palmetto trees on Sullivan’s Island in its continuing effort to keep area power lines clear of what it calls hazardous vegetation. But the removal — said to be necessary because palmettos can’t be reduced in height or partially trimmed without killing them — is likely to cause […]