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 HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) - Throngs of jubilant Solomon Islanders packed the streets Wednesday, cheering and waving palm fronds to celebrate the resignation of an unpopular prime minister whose election sparked two days of violent riots.
Eight days after his election, Prime Minister Snyder Rini stepped down ahead of a no-confidence vote planned by opposition lawmakers.
Rini's links to corruption-tainted politicians and unsubstantiated rumors that he funded his campaign with money from Taiwan or China — rivals in a contest for diplomatic allies — had sparked anti-Asian riots that reduced Honiara's Chinatown to rubble last week.
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