While the Australian media have been preoccupied with the fall-out from the Crean/Beazley duel and the controversy over Australian Immigration Minister, Philip Ruddock, more important developments were taking place in the troubled Solomon Islands, which lie just off the south-east coast of Papua New Guinea, in the Coral Sea.The Solomons were administered by Britain since the 1890s and, during World War II, was the site of bitter fighting, particularly on the island of Guadalcanal.ViolenceThe Sol…
