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2 hrs ago | Stuff

Kiwi Kevin Percy claims Harry Potter castle

DREAMS OF DUKEDOM: Kevin Percy believes there's a good chance he's been cheated of his rightful inheritance, including 700-year-old Alnwick Castle in Northumberland.

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News, Tsunami, Life, Hobbies, Genealogy

Sun Nov 22, 2009

Scoop

a I Love The Islands' Benefit Concerts Raise $344k

Monday, 23 November 2009, 11:38 am Press Release: Samoa Relief Concert The 'I Love the Islands' Benefit Concert NZ tour has raised $344,180.00* to aid Samoa after the recent Tsunami disaster.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Oceania, New Zealand, World News

The Edge

Oprah quits, how much of Taylor Lautner's flesh do you see in New Moon?

If you want to know who won Australian Idol , text IDOL to 3343. Oprah has announced on ' The Oprah Winfrey Show ' that she is quitting! Her last show will be as its 25th season draws to a close on September 9, 2011.

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Related Topix: New Moon, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Drama Movies, Adventure, Musical Movies, Tsunami, The Oprah Winfrey Show, Entertainment, Television, Black Entertainment, Oprah Winfrey, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Crime Movies, Twilight

Samoa News

Friday Nov 20

GAR vows need will determine who gets donated funds; Common Cause wants on-line accountability The American Samoa Disaster Relief and Recovery Program is collecting data on affected families and their needs before it starts the distribution of more than $200,000 the territory received in tsunami disaster contributors from both local and off-island ...

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Related Topix: US News, US House of Representatives, Eni Faleomavaega, Democrat, Oceania, American Samoa, Tsunami, Boat Disaster

Sat Nov 21, 2009

United Nations

NEWSMAKER: UN disaster expert knows first-hand what Copenhagen failure could entail

Among those keeping a close eye on the outcome of next month's climate summit in Copenhagen is the head of the United Nations body dealing with disaster risk reduction, who has seen first-hand the devastation wrought by increasingly frequent and severe natural disasters aggravated by climate change.

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Related Topix: Weather, Natural Disasters, Drought, Tsunami, Global Warming

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Samoa News

Wellington Samoans give aid and cash for tsunami relief

Members of Wellington-based Samoa Advisory Council gather donations. [courtesy photo] A contingent from the Wellington-based Samoa Advisory Council this week presented five containers of tsunami aid assistance as well as NZ$ 66,850 to the government.

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Related Topix: Samoa, Oceania, World News, New Zealand Travel, Travel, Wellington, New Zealand Travel, Tsunami, New Zealand,

Western morning News

Andy and Lydia kiss after tying the knot in Thailand

A WESTCOUNTRY couple who found love amid the horrors of the Boxing Day tsunami have returned to the scene of the disaster five years on - to get married.

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Related Topix: Travel, Southeast Asia, World News, Thailand, Thailand Travel, Tsunami, Natural Disasters

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Samoa News

FEMA Update: ASPA power, fraud hotline, overtime

Gov. Togiola Tulafono announced during last Friday's press conference that a vessel was arriving on Saturday , to bring in 27 individual generators, with one megawatt each to assist with power generation in the territory.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Tsunami

Yeovil Express

Volunteers needed by Piers Simon Appeal

THE Piers Simon Appeal is looking for volunteers to help with its collection in the Quedam Centre later this month during the switching-on of the festive lights in Yeovil.

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Related Topix: Tsunami

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Samoa News

FEMA working on blueprint for new homes, locals hope for input

The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working on a blue print plan for the types of new homes to be built for local families, whose houses were destroyed by the Sept.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Tsunami

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Telegraph.co.uk

Gunmen attack British EU envoy's house in Indonesia

Gunmen have opened fire on the home of John Penny, a Briton who serves as the EU's envoy in the staunchly Islamic Indonesian province of Aceh.

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Related Topix: World News, Indonesia, Tsunami

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Samoa News

Sunday Nov 15

Afuafu Tuilaepa is the senior lady and matriarch of Chief Tuilaepa Fua'ava's family clan at Manono Island.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Samoa, Oceania, World News, Natural Disasters, Travel, American Samoa Travel, American Samoa, Delta State University

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Samoa News

Saturday Nov 14

The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency is ready to help American Samoa assess and fund an island-wide siren alert system, which has to be initiated by the local government, says a top FEMA official.

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Related Topix: Samoa, Oceania, World News, American Samoa, FEMA, US News, Tsunami, Archaeology, Anthropology, Science, Non-Profit

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Samoa News

FEMA can help with siren alert system, but ASG must initiate it

FEMA Regional IX Administrator Nancy Ward and Gov. Togiola Tulafono during yesterdaya s press conference in Tafuna, where Ward was introduced.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Samoa, Oceania, World News, American Samoa, Tsunami, Natural Disasters

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Samoa News

Thursday Nov 12

The U.S. Government Accountability Office made no specific recommendation in its report "Poverty Determination in U.S. Insular Areas," but says that "owing to high levels of poverty," the U.S. territories "rely heavily on need-based federal programs to provide basic services." [+] The following the the text of the GAO report submitted to ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Oceania, American Samoa, World News, US Military, US Marine Corps, US News, Tsunami

Bloomberg Business News

Rajaratnam Arrest Jolts Sri Lanka From Stock Exchange to Tsunami Survivors

About 60 Muslim fishermen and their families congregated in a community hall on Sri Lankaa s east coast to pray for Raj Rajaratnam after he was arrested for alleged insider trading at his New York hedge fund.

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Related Topix: Sri Lanka, World News, Asia, Tsunami

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Christian Science Monitor

Why Hillary Clinton babies Indonesia and bullies Pakistan

When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton visited Indonesia earlier this year, she said: "If you want to know whether Islam, democracy, modernity, and women's rights can coexist, go to Indonesia." When she visited Pakistan recently, she was polite but much more critical in her words, basically accusing some government officials of sheltering ...

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Indonesia, Pakistan, Asia, Hillary Clinton, US Politics, US News, Tsunami, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Scoop

$19,000 raised for tsunami relief fund

Thursday, 12 November 2009, 4:29 pm Press Release: Manukau City Council Media release 12 November 2009 $19,000 raised for tsunami relief fund Almost $19,000 has been raised by the community to help out with the tsunami relief work in the Pacific nations of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga.

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Related Topix: Tsunami, Natural Disasters

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Samoa News

FEMA cautions residents to spend grant money wisely

While there has been talk about relocating tsunami affected families away from the shoreline in the rebuilding efforts, the Federal Emergency Management Agency says there are no specific details yet.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News, Tsunami

Tue Nov 10, 2009

Samoa News

Monday Nov 9

Retired Postmaster and Red Cross chairman Smitty McMoore died yesterday afternoon at the LBJ Medical Center in Fagaalu after a drowning incident that occurred while he and three other members of the American Samoa Red Cross Relief Foundation were SCUBA diving off the shores of Gataivai.

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Related Topix: Samoa, Oceania, World News, American Samoa, UC Berkeley, California, Tsunami

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