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	Jack London South Sea Tales: Mauki
		So Malaita remains today, in the twentieth century, the stamping ground of the labor recruiters, who farm its coasts for laborers who engage and contract themselves to toil on the plantations of the neighboring and more civilized islands for a wage of thirty dollars a year.
		He became the slave of old Fanfoa, head chief over a score of scattered bush-villages on the range-lips of Malaita, the smoke of which, on calm mornings, is about the only evidence the seafaring white men have of the teeming interior population.
		They had to be, or else they would not make a practice of venturing along the Malaita coast and into all harbors, two on a schooner, when each schooner carried from fifteen to twenty fls as boat's crew, and often as high as sixty or seventy fl recruits.
	www.jacklondons.net /writings/SouthSea/mauki.html (5692 words)

	Malaita Island, Solomon Islands - John Seach
		Malaita is a culturally rich island north of Guadalcanal.
		The people of Malaita maintain strong customs, especially the Kwaio people of the interior.
		Shark worship is still practiced on the west coast.
	www.solomonislands.com.sb /malaita.html (106 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Civil war fears in Solomons
		Earlier, a statement signed by the Malaita Eagles militia and the government said Mr Ulufa'alu was "at liberty to move out of and into his residence and offices at will".
		The militants - from Malaita island - have seized the capital, Honiara, on the main island Guadalcanal.
		Malaita rebel leader Andrew Nori said on Wednesday that his forces on a stolen police boat had fired on Guadalcanal rebels killing 100 people on a beach.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/781153.stm (574 words)

	The Australian Merchant Navy \| MV Malaita (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Malaita was built by Barclay Curle and Co. Glasgow Scotland in 1933 a passenger/cargo motor ship of 3,310gross tons length 351ft, beam 49ft.
		Malaita arrived and anchored at Port Moresby on 23 August 1942; at 6.00pm troops were disembarked, but owing to the congestion of shipping, she did not berth till 5.45pm on the 27th.
		On 15 September Malaita proceeded under her own power at reduced speed H.M.A.S. Swan retired as escort the next day and Malaita proceeded independently to Cairns Australia, arriving 20 September and having steamed the 790 miles from Port Moresby at an average speed of 7 knots.
	merchant-navy-ships.com /index.php?id=23,0,0,1,0,0 (964 words)

	CDNN :: Brutal killing threatens peace in the Solomon Islands
		Malaita Eagle Force spokesperson Andrew Nori said they were comforted by the approach of the Guadalcanal people and the former Isatabu Freedom Movement on the land issue.
		He added that the future of the country depended on a return to friendship and free interaction between Malaita and Guadalcanal people and such an inquiry was important for the peace process.
		Nori said the former Malaita Eagle Force fully accepted that people had no right to be squatting on land that was not theirs.
	www.cdnn.info /industry/i010928a/i010928a.html (746 words)

	Malaita Eagles Force / Isatabu Freedom Movement
		Malaita Province is one of the most populous and developed of the Solomon Islands' Provinces.
		The settlers, particularly from Malaita, were drawn to Honiara and its environs by economic opportunities.
		During 1999 ethnic violence perpetrated by some indigenous residents of Guadalcanal against immigrants from Malaita (both constituent parts of the country) led to several deaths, kidnapings, and the flight of nearly 23,000 persons from Guadalcanal.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/solomons.htm (1869 words)

	Solomon Islands - The Malaita Massacre
		Or, from another popular writer: 'It is the Malaita man of whom one thinks, when thqt part of the world is mentioned.
		In the adventure novels that emanated from Sydney and London in the early decades of the century, the ultimately desperate situation was for the white heroine to fall into the clutches of Malaitamen.
		Malaita's reputation for wild savagery and treacherous murder had grown over many decades before the British flag was precariously planted at a first government outpost in 1909.
	www.janesoceania.com /solomons_westwind/index.htm (5094 words)

	Malaita Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaita Province is one of the largest provinces of the Solomon Islands.
		The provincial capital and largest urban center is Auki, located on Malaita.
		Malaita culture call for the exchange of valuables to ease and resolve the alienation that may thus arise.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaita_Province (217 words)

	Malaita Accretionary Prism
		The Malaita accretionary prism (MAP) along the northern flank of the Solomon Islands consists of an accreted wedge of pelagic sediment and oceanic plateau basalt offscraped from the actively subducting Ontong Java Plateau (OJP).
		Ulawa and Malaita structural zones consist of accreted basalt and early Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary rocks from the OJP that are modified by seaward dipping normal faults.
		The shallow sediment deformation at the toe-of-slope in the Malaita structural zone indicates a relatively shallow depth for the décollement.
	www.ig.utexas.edu /research/projects/solomon/phinney/abstract.htm (620 words)

	Malaita - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Malaita Island is the largest island of the Malaita Province in the Solomon Islands, at 9° S 161° E.
		A tropical and mountainous island, it boasts pristine river systems and tropical forests that have not been exploited.
		Malaita is the most populous with a population of 140,000 people representing more than a third of the entire Solomon Islands population.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Malaita (97 words)

	CDNN :: Solomon Islands Rebels Accuse Aussies of Ethnic Hatred
		The self-styled Malaita Separatist Movement alleges that Prime Minister Allan Kemakeza's pro-Australian stance has put the nation's sovereignty at risk and is allowing Solomons institutions to fall into the hands of foreigners.
		The group, composed mainly of former members of the Malaita Eagle Force (MEF) which was a major player in the ethnic tensions in the Solomons, claims it has 66 members and possesses modern, high-powered weapons.
		It was the ethnic tensions between long-term settlers from Malaita and the natives of the main Solomons island of Guadalcanal that led to years of bloodshed and ultimately to a complete collapse of law and order on the island nation.
	www.cdnn.info /news/travel/t050510.html (598 words)

	The Head Heeb: Solomonic solution?
		Reacting to last week's Malaita leaders summit resolution for the province to secede from the rest of the country, [Agriculture Minister Alfred]Sasako describes it as untimely, shortsighted and divisive, sending a wrong signal to both the donor community and potential foreign investors who may be considering investing on Malaita.
		The renewal of tensions in Malaita is particularly worrying given that the collapse of the Solomons in 1999-2002 was largely precipitated by pogroms against Malaitan migrant workers on the main island of Guadalcanal.
		This led directly to the formation of the Malaita Eagle Force, which fought pitched battles against Guadalcanal militias, briefly overthrew the government and held the prime minister hostage.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/026974.html (283 words)

	Hunting method and the ecological knowledge of dolphins among the Fanalei villagers of Malaita, Solomon Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are five specialised dolphin-hunting villages on Malaita Island, all occupied by Lau-speakers (Figure 1).
		The villagers are proud of their traditional status and their annual collection of some 100,000 dolphin teeth, almost all of which are sent to other parts of Malaita and neighbouring islands.
		She traveled around Malaita to find the best place for hunting, and finally settled in Fanalei.
	www.spc.org.nc /coastfish/News/Trad/12/Trad12-02-Takekawa.htm (4415 words)

	Malaita Province
		Lat 9° 0' 0S Long 161° 0' 0E Malaita Island located is located to the the north-east of Guadalcanal.
		The rivalry between the neighboring Guadalcanal and Malaita islands intensified during and after the war.
		This island was bombed by US aircraft, which mistook it for a ship during the opening phase of the Guadalcanal campaign.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /provinces/solomons_malaita.html (195 words)

	Solomon Islands: Women confronting violence - Amnesty International
		Elsewhere, the TPA was quickly followed by rapidly escalating lawlessness on Guadalcanal, Malaita and other islands, with frequent outbreaks of violence, widespread extortion and corruption, and a police service paralyzed by its lack of neutrality during the conflict.
		Six days later, the assassination on Malaita of Sir Fred Soaki, retired Police Commissioner and highly-respected member of the National Peace Council (NPC), highlighted both the extent of lawnessness and the degree of impunity enjoyed by police.(9) Fred Soaki was shot dead in a hotel restaurant opposite the police station of the Malaitan capital Auki.
		The most populous communities live on Malaita island (population 123,000 in November 1999), while the main island, Guadalcanal, shares a rural indigenous population (60,000 in November 1999) with the residents of the ethnically diverse national capital, Honiara (population 49,000 in November 1999).
	web.amnesty.org /library/index/engasa430012004 (17425 words)

	CATHOLIC WOMEN'S GROUP, AUKI, MALAITA AS A CATALYST FOR CHANGE
		I was greeted warmly by the people and each day the women would come and talk or "story" with me about the concerns they had for their children and their own health.
		The traditional lifestyle was still in evidence on Malaita in 1964 and in isolated places to this day.
		Malaita is a patrilineal society.[4] The village or tribal settlement was laid out according to the following criteria.
	rspas.anu.edu.au /papers/melanesia/conference_papers/1998/valley.htm (3391 words)

	81 small Malaita chiefs meet to discuss issues of common concern -- especially the environment
		The Conference was sponsored and organized by the Diocese of Malaita of the Church of Melanesia.
		The purpose of the Conference was to strengthen the role of customary chiefs in Small Malaita, facilitate their working together, and to update them on current issues, both local and international, that might face them.
		The Bishop of Malaita, Bishop Terry Brown, opened the Conference with a Keynote address on five issues facing the chiefs today -- the environment, customary land issues, relations with the provincial government, relations with other parts of the community (women, youth, politicians, etc.) and relations with the church (church and culture).
	www.anglican.ca /partnerships/PIM/APME/malatia-060704.htm (479 words)

	World: Violence Reported in Solomon Islands
		The Malaita rebels are resisting the Isatabu's effort, and at least 50 people were killed or missing in the fighting and 20,000 forced to flee their homes.
		The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the Malaita group was much better armed after joining forces with paramilitary teams Monday and seizing machine guns and ammunition from the Solomon Islands' armory.
		The Malaita rebels had succeeded by the end of the day in securing the area around the airport, which is about six miles east of Honiara, New Zealand High Commissioner Nick Hurley said.
	www.seacoastonline.com /2000news/6_6_w2.htm (611 words)

	DATED THE DAY OF 2000
		AN AGREEMENT for the cessation of hostilities between the Malaita Eagle Force and the Isatabu Freedom Movement and for the restoration of peace and ethnic harmony in Solomon Islands.
		Persons who have been appointed as spokesmen or delegation leaders of the parties hereto are deemed to have obtained and have been given full representational mandate by the groups they represent for the purpose of negotiating, concluding and executing this Agreement.
		Malaita and Guadalcanal Provinces shall be given more autonomy by devolution or by constitutional amendment to effect self-governing status in order to allow the people of Malaita and Guadalcanal to look after their own affairs and to provide for the needs of their growing population.
	www.catholicnet.com /townsvillepa3a.htm (3627 words)

	Pacific Magazine: SOLOMON IS: Minister Describes Secession Plan as Regrettable
		Reacting to last week's Malaita leaders summit resolution for the province to secede from the rest of the country, Sasako describes it as untimely, shortsighted and divisive, sending a wrong signal to both the donor community and potential foreign investors who may be considering investing on Malaita.
		As Malaitan himself, Sasako said while he is fully aware of the undercurrents which prompted the so-called Malaita leaders to issue the resolution, he says this is not the time to allow emotions take over ones ability to control and do what is right.
		Sasako warned leaders and the public of Malaita not to allow emotions, however painful, to cloud their sense of judgment on such an important issue.
	www.pacificmagazine.net /pina/pinadefault2.php?urlpinaid=13636 (292 words)

	"Majorite" and "Silicate Perovskite" Mineral Compositions in Xenoliths from Malaita -- Neal et al. 292 (5519): 1015 -- ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Comparison of garnet and spinel compositions between those reported for the xenolith suite from Malaita (14-20) and those of Collerson et al.
		It is not possible to definitively identify majorite on the basis of mineral chemistry alone (21-24).
		which is three times higher in the Malaita analyses of (1).
	www.sciencemag.org /cgi/content/full/292/5519/1015a (3381 words)

	Ethnologue: Solomon Islands
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Southern.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Northern.
		Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic, Central-Eastern Oceanic, Southeast Solomonic, Malaita-San Cristobal, Malaita, Longgu.
	www.christusrex.org /www1/pater/ethno/Solo.html (2374 words)

	The World Today - Warner agrees to talks with Malaita Eagle Force
		The leaders of the Malaita Eagle Force, who took over the capital, Honiara, three years ago, are calling for urgent talks with the Australian head of the Solomon's intervention force.
		SEAN DORNEY: When I flew to Malaita to meet with the Malaita Eagle Force commanders yesterday, that asked me to pass a message to Mr Warner that they wanted to meet.
		SEAN DORNEY: One of the founders of the Malaita Eagle Force, Simon Mani, claims his boys with guns are not the main problem in the Solomons.
	www.abc.net.au /worldtoday/content/2003/s911798.htm (920 words)

	The Militant - June 26, 2000 -- Canberra, Wellington intervene in Solomons
		The conflict between the MEF and the IFM is widely described in the big-business media as an "ethnic" conflict between "immigrants" from Malaita island and "indigenous" people on Guadalcanal.
		People from Malaita island have, over the years, come in large numbers to Guadalcanal in search of land or jobs.
		The IFM has pushed the politics of resentment against those from Malaita who have settled on Guadalcanal and calls for their expulsion.
	www.themilitant.com /2000/6425/642571.html (703 words)

	IWDA » The Malaita Games- Solomon Islands
		The East Kwaio region of Northern Malaita (one of the bigger provinces in the Solomon Islands) is known for its strong “kastom” - pijin for custom – which dictates expectations of men and women.
		Kastom in Northern Malaita is particularly restrictive of women, there’s just no way that women are allowed to play sports that are considered “unsuitable”.
		Their involvement in the Games is thanks largely to the courage of the local school principal who heard about the Games, and its push for women’s inclusion, and immediately met with the village chiefs to request permission to form a women’s soccer team.
	www.iwda.org.au /wp/2006/10/10/the-malaita-games-solomon-islands (469 words)

	Solomon Island Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Malaita Eagle Force Demilitarization Committee is optimistic that most of the weapons and ammunition held by the former Malaita Eagle Force will be collected within the next five days.
		He said that arms previously held by paramilitary members of the joint Malaita Eagle Force/paramilitary operation are being returned directly to the police.
		Bishop of Malaita Terry Brown reported that the conference will bring together 180 persons from North Malaita, including chiefs, church leaders and former militants from both the Anglican diocese and other churches.
	www.antenna.nl /ecsiep/conflict/si/8-12-00.html (1205 words)

	The Cruise of the Snark: Chapter 15
		Each had been down repeatedly with it, and in their weak, convalescent moments they were wont to huddle together on the portion of the Snark that happened to be nearest to faraway Japan, and to gaze yearningly in that direction.
		He knew that she had been captured six months before on the Malaita coast, that her captain had been chopped to pieces with tomahawks, and that, according to the barbarian sense of equity on that sweet isle, she owed two more heads.
		Tree trunks were brought from ashore and worked under her to save her keel and bilges, but the trunks were gnawed and splintered and the ropes that held them frayed to fragments, and still she pounded and held together.
	london.sonoma.edu /Writings/CruiseOfTheSnark/snark15.html (6103 words)

	Untitled Document
		The MV Small Mala was blessed and commissioned for its new task as a passenger and cargo vessel to be operated by the Small Malaita Shipping Services during a ceremony at the Point Cruz wharf in Honiara this morning.
		Speaking at the ceremony, Chairman of the Small Malaita Interim Management Committee, Mr Matthew Fakaia thanked the governments of Solomon Islands and the Republic of China and the Member of Parliament for Small Malaita, Hon.
		Mr Fakaia explained that of the total funds, $400,000 came from the RCDF for the Small Malaita Consituency, $300,000 from the Republic of China and $90,000 from the Department of Commerce.
	www.commerce.gov.sb /COMUNIT/PR14thSept.htm (650 words)

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