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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Samoa was plunged into a constitutional crisis Monday when the woman who won an election last month was locked out of Parliament…
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The government of American Samoa declared that the U.S. territory has an outbreak of measles, a move that will lead to the closure of public schools…
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A letter sent out to parents Monday from a Wahiawa elementary school saying a student had the measles was wrong.State Health Department spokeswoman Janice…
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Forty-eight of the fatalities were children under 4 years old. The number of immunizations plummeted last year after improperly prepared vaccines led to the deaths of two infants.
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Authorities said Monday that a measles epidemic sweeping through Samoa continues to worsen with the death toll rising to 25, all…
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The government declared a state of emergency Friday. At least six people have died. Officials say most of them were children under two.
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Scientists in Australia have dated a set of ancient tattoo chisels to the dawn of Polynesian culture, 2,700 years ago. The tools were found in Tonga Tapu,…
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A confrontation between church and state looms in Samoa, where the largest church in the country says its ministers will not obey a new law that requires…
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The Pacific Climate Change Conference got underway in Wellington this week, as the remnants of Cyclone Gita arrived to lash the west coast of New Zealand.…
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The outspoken Prime Minister of Samoa said on television this week, that media organizations should rely on “official” information, and that it would be…