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12 hours agoFormer China critic Matthew Wale elected Solomon Islands prime minister
Solomon Islands parliament on Friday elected opposition leader Matthew Wale as prime minister, after incumbent Jeremiah Manele was ousted from power last week in a no-confidence vote. Wale defeated Peter Shanel Agovaka by 26 votes to 22 in a ballot of the country's members of parliament, governor general David Tiva Kapu, told a news conference.
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