Text of report by Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation text website on 3 July A WWF assessment of marine protected areas in Western Province following the 2 April earthquake and tsunami has been completed.

Text of media release carried by Australian Depart

A Navy helicopter airlifted more than 20 people off a fishing boat that struck a reef while ferrying a medical team to help tsunami victims in the Solomon Islands, an official said Friday.

By Meraiah Foley As flies buzzed around, Moana Saito nursed her newborn daughter, delivered Saturday in an open air maternity ward near the epicenter of the Solomon Islands' earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Shops along the Solomon Islands' battered coastline reopened Monday as aid began trickling to the region's outer atolls, a week after an offshore earthquake sent walls of water slamming into the coast.