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  • n  the northernmost islands are part of Papua New Guinea; the remainder form an independent state within the British Commonwealth
  • n  (Old Testament) son of David and king of Israel noted for his wisdom (10th century BC)
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  • World's biggest hotelier 'only owns nine hotels' | bbc.co.uk
    Richard Solomons, chief executive of Intercontinental Hotels, is the Today programme's Friday boss. Speaking to the Today programme's business presenter Simon Jack, Mr Solomons explained that Intercontinental Hotels is the world's biggest hotelier, with more than 4,500 hotels, and almost 700,000 rooms. "We only own nine hotels", he said, explaining that it was largely the companies' business to ...
    June 8, 2013 - Hospitality Net
Quotes

  • Manasseh Sogavare in International Herald Tribune
    What I'm pleased about is that the review agenda should be dictated by the Solomons Islands government,said Sogavare, who has been in a bitter diplomatic dispute with Canberra.
  • Mark Sanford in Forbes
    We have in this case a Supreme Court that is picked by the General Assembly. They regularly lobby the General Assembly for funding and other things,Sanford said. "You could have five Solomons, but at the end of the day if you had to go to...
  • Steve Bracks in The Age
    They have a lot in common with countries in the region, with Papua New Guinea and the Solomons, with Fiji and of course it's also a country that needs our support and assistance,Mr Bracks told ABC Radio on Tuesday.

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