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 NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - International troops secured the airport in riot-scarred Tonga and commercial flights were to begin evacuating frightened foreigners from the island on Sunday, Australia's foreign minister said.
Police and soldiers from Australia and New Zealand arrived on the impoverished Pacific island on Saturday following street violence Thursday that killed at least eight people and destroyed most of the capital's business district.
Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer predicted the airport would reopen on Sunday, allowing frightened foreign residents to leave.
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