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Monday, 21 July, 2003, 08:25 GMT 09:25 UK
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In pictures: Solomon Islands violence
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A foreign force being sent to restore law and order in the Solomons faces complex problems - armed police and armed militias
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Violence and shootings are commonplace in some parts of the country, which has been torn apart by ethnic violence and a coup
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Businesses that used to employ people and make money, like this mining workshop, have been forced to close
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Despite their problems, groups like this football team of nuns are still able to smile
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Hundreds who recently fled the Weathercoast warlord Harold Keke are now in refugee camps near the capital Honiara
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One of the refugees still bears the scars of a narrow escape
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