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Wed 04 Apr 2007Quake aftermath triggers humanitarian crisisSOLOMON ISLANDS:A humanitarian crisis sparked by a huge earthquake and subsequent tsunami threatened thousands of homeless people in the Solomon Islands yesterday as aid began to trickle in and aftershocks rattled the country.After the first disaster teams reached hard-hit Western and Choiseul provinces, prime minister Manasseh Sogavare said aerial patrols had reported "massive and widespread" destruction.