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A British toddler was among up to 82 people killed when a deadly tsunami struck the South Pacific islands of Samoa and American Samoa early this morning.
Villages and holiday resorts were completely washed away after waves up to 15 feet high,...
New Zealand police are investigating whether a woman gave birth on a flight from Samoa to New Zealand then left the baby behind on the plane, an official said Thursday.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks with counterparts from across the South Pacific and urging them to press Fiji’s military government to restore democracy.
Nepal ended 239 years of royal rule on Wednesday. The last time a monarchy was abolished was in May 2007 when Samoa’s king died.Some of the world’s remaining ruling monarchies:_ Bahrain, constitutional monarchy: King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa._ Bhutan,...
Republican Party members in Puerto Rico awarded all 20 delegates at stake Sunday to Arizona Sen. John McCain, who has vowed to help resolve Washington’s complicated relationship with the U.S. Caribbean territory.The at-large delegates each will cast one..
The American Samoa Republican Party announced Saturday that all nine of the delegates it will send to the GOP national convention support John McCain.The delegates from the U.S. territory, about 2,300 miles south of Hawaii, helped McCain move closer to...
The first nine delegates to a national Republican convention from the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas say they’ll all be supporting Sen. John McCain, although they won’t be able to vote for him in November.Some of the delegates elected at a...
Three days after the voting ended, the race for Democratic delegates in Super Tuesday’s contests was still too close to call. With nearly 1,600 delegates from Tuesday contests awarded, Sen. Barack Obama led by two delegates Friday night, with 91...
Three days after the voting ended, the race for Democratic delegates in Super Tuesday’s contests was still too close to call.With nearly 1,600 delegates from Tuesday contests awarded, Sen. Barack Obama led by two delegates Friday night, with 91...
Super Tuesday’s mixed outcome has set up at least four weeks of frenzied delegate hunting for Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pitting his well-financed all-terrain campaign against her big-state strategy.In a sign of Obama’s growing...
Sen. Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that Republicans will have a dump truck full of dirt to unload on Hillary Rodham Clinton if the former first lady wins the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama said he offers the party its best hope of winning...
