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Devastating tsunami hits Samoa islands

13:28 02/10/2009

A powerful tsunami, caused by an 8,3-magnitude earthquake in the southern Pacific Ocean, hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa on Wednesday, claiming at least 144 lives.

A powerful tsunami, caused by an 8,3-magnitude earthquake in the southern Pacific Ocean, hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa on Wednesday, claiming at least 144 lives.

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