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Dozens killed in Samoa tsunami

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08:35 30/09/2009

Dozens of people have been killed by an 8.3-magnitude tsunami that hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa, officials said on Wednesday.

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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.
Samoa tsunami death toll rises to 99
18:32 30/09/2009
The death toll from a tsunami that hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa on Wednesday has risen to at least 99, with dozens of people missing, Taiwan News reported.
Tsunamis hit Samoas
11:26 30/09/2009
A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 39 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities. Cars and people were swept out to sea by the fast-churning water as survivors fled to high ground, where they remained
No threat to Kurils in wake of Samoa tremor — Russian official
06:41 30/09/2009
There is no threat of a tsunami hitting Russia's Kurils Islands in the Pacific in the wake of a powerful earthquake near the Samoa archipelago.
14 dead in Samoa tsunami — media
02:57 30/09/2009
At least 14 people were killed and 50 injured in Samoa by a devastating tsunami following a powerful earthquake in the South Pacific on Tuesday.

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Tsunamis hit Samoas
11:26 30/09/2009
A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa early Tuesday, flattening villages, killing at least 39 people and leaving dozens of workers missing at devastated National Park Service facilities. Cars and people were swept out to sea by the fast-churning water as survivors fled to high ground, where they remained

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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.

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Powerful quake causes tsunami in the Pacific

Dozens of people have been killed by an 8.3-magnitude tsunami that hit the remote Pacific islands of American and Western Samoa.

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