The days are getting shorter, the nights colder, but that doesn't mean that your electricity bill needs to go through the roof. In a unique experiment, the residents of Britain's Scilly Isles are hoping to show that reducing your electricity consumption doesn't have to be difficult.
Military officials hurried relief supplies to the tsunami-battered areas of the Samoa islands on Thursday as the death toll continued to rise and authorities prepared to hold a mass burial.
Another earthquake struck Wednesday near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage which killed more than 130 people.
Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the inrushing sea swallow up coastal towns and villages leaving devastation in its wake.
Residents of close-knit American Samoa are pulling together to help Pago Pago recover from Tuesday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, one of them told CNN on Wednesday.
Samoa will switch its driving from the right side to the left side of the road on Monday in a move opponents have called ill-conceived and said will lead to dozens of wrecks and fatalities.
The days are getting shorter, the nights colder, but that doesn't mean that your electricity bill needs to go through the roof. In a unique experiment, the residents of Britain's Scilly Isles are hoping to show that reducing your electricity consumption doesn't have to be difficult.
Military officials hurried relief supplies to the tsunami-battered areas of the Samoa islands on Thursday as the death toll continued to rise and authorities prepared to hold a mass burial.
Another earthquake struck Wednesday near the Samoan islands, an area already devastated by earthquake and tsunami damage which killed more than 130 people.
Survivors of a deadly earthquake-triggered tsunami which hit the Samoan islands Tuesday have described how they watched the inrushing sea swallow up coastal towns and villages leaving devastation in its wake.
Residents of close-knit American Samoa are pulling together to help Pago Pago recover from Tuesday's devastating earthquake and tsunami, one of them told CNN on Wednesday.
Samoa will switch its driving from the right side to the left side of the road on Monday in a move opponents have called ill-conceived and said will lead to dozens of wrecks and fatalities.
New Zealand warmed up for their Tri-Nations decider against Australia with a 101-14 rout of Samoa in a one-off rugby union Test on Wednesday in New Plymouth, running in 15 tries.
Tonga's king is giving up most of the near-absolute power that his family has held for centuries in the South Pacific nation, the country's news agency reported Monday.
England coach Brian Ashton has decided against recalling captain Phil Vickery to his starting line-up for Friday's must-win Rugby World Cup clash with Tonga at Parc des Princes.
South Africa survived a late Tongan fightback in Pool A in Lens to claim a scrappy 30-25 victory and secure a place in the rugby World Cup quarterfinals.
Jonny Wilkinson will make his first appearance in the rugby union World Cup as reigning champions England bid to get their title defense back on track with a crucial Pool A game against Samoa in Nantes on Saturday.
France went some way to erasing the memory of their disastrous defeat by Argentina when they ran up their record score in international rugby by overpowering Namibia 87-10 in Toulouse.
England's rugby World Cup title defense suffered another blow on Sunday when centre Jamie Noon was ruled out of the rest of the tournament with knee ligament damage.
The United States will be without the services of Paul Emerick for the rest of the World Cup after the player failed in his appeal against a five-match suspension.
South Africa's star flanker Schalk Burger has had his four-match suspension halved to two games after a Rugby World Cup appeal hearing in Paris on Thursday.
Veteran South Africa fullback Percy Montgomery inspired his side to a 59-7 victory over Samoa in their rugby World Cup Pool A clash at the Parc des Princes -- scoring 29 points.
Los Angeles International airport is becoming ever more important as the new gateway into the United States for travelers from Asia. But even frequent flyers who cross the Pacific Ocean often have to ask themselves, "what day is it?" as passing over the international dateline adds to the confusion felt by jet-lagged travelers.
Samoa international Apoua Stewart has been banned for two years after testing positive for the banned stimulant ephedrine, the English RFU said on Thursday.
To a generation that has grown up with environmentalism as part of its conscience, it must seem that saving the whale was a battle that had already been won, or at least wasn't in danger of losing.
The humble coconut, a staple of the economy in the small island nations of the South Pacific, is being viewed potentially as part of the region's solution to rising oil prices.
Lewis Moody failed to capitalize on a chance to impress ahead of the start of the Six Nations next week when he was yellow-carded during Leicester's dramatic 27-27 draw against Premiership leaders Sale at Welford Road on Saturday.
Reserve prop Nic Henderson will join the Australia squad ahead of next week's Test against Ireland as cover for Matt Dunning, who injured his neck in Saturday's 26-16 defeat to England.
New Zealand-born full-back Mark Van Gisbergen has been named in a 30-man England squad for the November internationals against Australia, New Zealand and Samoa.
Australian discount carrier Virgin Blue said Thursday it has agreed with the government of Samoa to take over some of the jet services now operated by state-owned Polynesian Airlines.
A southern hemisphere select team comprehensively outplayed their northern hemisphere counterparts to win the tsunami appeal charity match at Twickenham by 54-19 on Saturday.
Rescuers from New Zealand and the United States are scouring rough seas in the South Pacific near Samoa in search of two people and a fishing boat missing in the wake of so-called "super cyclone" Olaf.
New Zealand and U.S. planes scouring the South Pacific near Samoa have found three people floating in the sea after "super cyclone" Olaf battered the area, rescue services say.
The residents of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific are bracing for their third major storm in two weeks as "super cyclone" Olaf heads southeast towards the sparsely populated nation.
A state of emergency has been declared in the Pacific island nations of Samoa and American Samoa as super-cyclone Olaf makes landfall, bringing sustained winds of 250 km/h (155 mph) and 15 meter (50 foot) waves.
Residents of seven South Pacific Island regions are bracing for the onslaught of two tropical cyclones which weather officials are warning could create a "critically dangerous" situation.
Stirling Mortlock and Brendan Cannon have been cleared to play in Australia's inaugural test against the Pacific Islanders on Saturday but Wendell Sailor remains doubtful with a hamstring injury.
A combined Pacific Islands team has been awarded test status by the International Rugby Board and will make its international debut against Australia in July.
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