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Mom in tsunami: I saw my daughter floating away

Taitasi Fitiao was holding her six-year-old daughter's hand when a tsunami wave crashed onto their coastal village in American Samoa.

Samoa plans mass burial for tsunami victims

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.

Strong quake shakes Tonga

A strong earthquake Friday rattled Tonga -- and more than a few nerves.

Scores dead, villages flattened in devastating Samoan tsunami

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.

86 missing in Tonga ferry sinking

Searchers rescued at least 53 people, but 86 were still missing on Saturday, two days after their ferry capsized in the Pacific Ocean near Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, a search and rescue officer said.

33 missing as ferry sinks near Tonga

Searchers rescued at least 53 people and about 33 are missing after a ferry capsized in the Pacific Ocean overnight near Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, a search and rescue officer said early Friday.

Major quake strikes off Tonga

A tsunami warning was issued and then canceled Friday shortly after a major earthquake struck early Friday off the coast of Tonga.

Hosts NZ draw France at 2011 World Cup

Hosts New Zealand face France in a repeat of their dramatic quarterfinal defeat a year ago, in the group stage of the 2011 rugby union World Cup finals following Monday's draw in London.

Magnitude 7.1 quake strikes Tonga

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck the South Pacific islands of Tonga Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

Tongan king to give up absolute rule

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.

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