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The appointment of former Solomon Islands militant leaders to ministerial posts is being seen as a setback for the Australian-led peacekeeping mission there. Jimmy Lusibaea, the former commander of an ethnic militia that controlled the capital until the 2003 foreign intervention, has been appointed minister of fisheries in the new government. His fellow ex-combatant Manasseh Maelanga - who, like Lusibaea, was jailed for his crimes during the conflict - has been named deputy prime minister.
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