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A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram.

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Australia rugby coach Robbie Deans has been labeled as arrogant after his under-strength Wallabies team lost 32-23 to a Samoan side still appealing for public donations to fund its trip to this year's Rugby World Cup.

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Thousands of panicked South Pacific islanders raced away from coastlines after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the region and generated a small tsunami Thursday, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga.

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LEONE (AP) - Taitasi Suapaia Fitiao is preparing for every parent's nightmare - burying her young child.

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First came the shaking, so violent that whole houses rocked back and forth. Then, after five or 10 minutes, came the massive waves of water that smashed villages, tossed cars, boats and trees, and carried away people who screamed amid the roaring torrents.

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Disaster officials rushed food, medicine and a temporary morgue to the Samoas on yeterday after a powerful earthquake unleashed a tsunami that flattened villages and swept cars and people out to sea. At least 99 people were killed.

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                    [Title] => Samoa airline introduces pay-by-weight pricing
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A tiny Samoa airline is giving passengers a big reason to lose weight: tickets sold not by the seat, but by the kilogram.

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Australia rugby coach Robbie Deans has been labeled as arrogant after his under-strength Wallabies team lost 32-23 to a Samoan side still appealing for public donations to fund its trip to this year's Rugby World Cup.

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Thousands of panicked South Pacific islanders raced away from coastlines after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the region and generated a small tsunami Thursday, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga.

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LEONE (AP) - Taitasi Suapaia Fitiao is preparing for every parent's nightmare - burying her young child.

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Disaster officials rushed food, medicine and a temporary morgue to the Samoas on yeterday after a powerful earthquake unleashed a tsunami that flattened villages and swept cars and people out to sea. At least 99 people were killed.

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