Landslides and a tsunami destroyed the homes of about a third of the population on one of the islands in the Solomons, it emerged today.

UP TO 100 live bottlenose dolphins can be exported from the Solomon Islands every year, and the government is encouraging residents to enter into the lucrative trade, the fisheries minister said yesterday.

Up to 100 live bottlenose dolphins can be exported from the Solomon Islands every year, and the government is encouraging residents to enter into the lucrative trade, the fisheries minister said today.

Aid workers helping survivors of a tsunami disaster in the Solomon Islands complained today that the relief efforts were chaotic and lacked resources.

International aid trickled to survivors today after the earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of the Solomon Islands.

Survivors picked through ruined stores today in a desperate search for drinking water and food in a Solomon Islands town devastated by a tsunami, as an international relief effort made tentative first steps.

Thirteen people have died following a tsunami off a remote Solomon Islands town today.

A massive undersea earthquake sent a tsunami crashing into the South Pacific nation of Solomon Islands today, destroying at least one town and killing eight people, including six children, officials said.

Scores of Australian troops were today flying to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific to restore peace after rioters and looters laid waste to much of the capital Honiara’s Chinatown neighbourhood in protests sparked by the election of a new prime minister.

AN Australian policeman was shot and killed in the Solomon Islands yesterday - the first fatality since Canberra deployed security forces last year to help stabilise the troubled archipelago.

Australia coach Frank Farina has named a host of Premiership stars in his provisional squad for next month’s Confederations Cup qualifiers against the Solomon Islands.

AUSTRALIAN troops began a peace mission to the lawless Solomon Islands yesterday, splashing ashore at a beach where US Marines fought the Japanese in one of World War II’s most crucial battles.

AN Australian warship left for the lawless Solomon Islands yesterday carrying the first contingent of a 2,000-strong force of troops and police hoping to restore order to the near-bankrupt South Pacific nation.

At least 15 villages have been washed into the ocean on one of two Pacific islands devastated by a massive cyclone, an anthropologist said today.