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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) - Solomon Islands lawmakers voted in opposition candidate Derek Sikua as prime minister Thursday, the government said, a week after Parliament ousted the volatile South Pacific nation's former leader.
Troops and police patrolled the capital, Honiara, as Parliament voted, but no trouble was reported. Rioters had looted and burned part of the city last year after an unpopular prime minister was chosen.
Sikua defeated government candidate Patteson Oti, said Deli Oso, a spokeswoman for the prime minister's office.
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