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'Backyard Fireworks' of WWII Bombs Still Litter Solomon Islands
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'Backyard Fireworks' Of WWII Bombs Still Litter Solomon Islands
Solomon Islander Dennis Phillip was ploughing his soil by hand when he heard an unusual clunk -- one of the countless unexploded bombs still scattered across the small Pacific nation decades after World War II.
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Read Full ArticleHoniara - Dennis Phillip was ploughing his Solomon Islands vegetable garden by hand when he heard a loud noise: an unexploded bomb, one of the tens of thousands that still littered this small Pacific country, several decades after World War II. Between 1942 and 1945, Japanese and Allied forces clashed across these islands, killing tens of thousands. The fighting stopped but the bombs remained, buried under the houses, schools, shops, football fi…
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Leaning Left7Leaning Right6Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Center
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- 38% of the sources are Center
38% Center
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C 38%
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