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Solomon Islands residents live in fear of WWII bomb explosions

South China Morning Post · · 198 words · By Julian Ryall
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“Solomon Islands residents live in fear of WWII bomb explosions”
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Wikipedia entries only describe historical context of WWII in the Solomon Islands, not current fears of bomb explosions. No independent sources corroborate the claim about residents living in fear.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in the Melanesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean. This page is about the history of the nation state rather than the broader geographical area of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Solomon_Islands
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Solomon Islands campaign was a major campaign of the Pacific War during World War II. The campaign began with the Japanese seizure of several areas in the British Solomon Islands and Bougainville,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States of America; Minor Outlying Islands is a statistical designation applying to the minor outlying islands and groups of islands that comprise eight United States insular areas and terri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Minor_Outlying_I…
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“More people on the islands killed or injured due to the munitions, a UN team calls for international efforts to remove the danger”
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Wikipedia entries about WWII Allies, North Korea, and veterans do not mention UN teams or calls for munitions removal. No direct evidence supports the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Allies, or Allied powers, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its princ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician and dictator who serves as both the general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the president of the State A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The people listed below are, or were, each the last surviving member of a notable group of World War II veterans, as identified by reliable sources. About 70 million people fought in World War II betw…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_last_surviving_World_W…
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“Three of his friends were killed in an explosion as they tried to get explosives out of a bomb to go blast fishing”
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Wikipedia entries about individuals named Billy (Herman, Howle) and the Silver Star Medal contain no information about explosions or fatalities from WWII munitions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Jennings Bryan Herman (July 7, 1909 – September 5, 1992) was an American second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the 1930s and 1940s. He reached the World Series four …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Herman
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — William Walter Douglas Howle (born 9 November 1989) is an English actor. His films include On Chesil Beach (2017), The Seagull (2018), and Outlaw King (2018). On television, he is known for his roles …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Howle
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Silver Star Medal (SSM) is the United States Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat. The Silver Star Medal is awarded primarily to members of the United States Armed F…
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“More than 80 years after Japan and the US stopped fighting on the Solomon Islands, aerial bombs and landmines... still litter much of the archipelagic country. And they are becoming less stable and harder to locate”
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No evidence was found in Wikipedia, web search, or cross-references to confirm the presence of WWII munitions in the Solomon Islands or their instability.
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