Wallis is an island of 23 square miles to the north of Fiji and west of Tonga and Samoa. |
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Tonga and Samoa have threatened to boycott the next World Cup unless they receive a better deal. |
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Samoa from the South Seas caused the biggest cheer of the day when they outgunned Emirates Trophy holders and world champions, New Zealand. |
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I was growing vegetables in Samoa at the time, and so I am really unable to express in any way an informed view on the subject, Peter. |
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According to most Western anthropological accounts, Fa'afafine are accepted and respected members of society in Samoa. |
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We'll join together to celebrate Samoa, her culture and her prayerful faith. |
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Boxing, wrestling, and American football are favorite sports in both parts of Samoa. |
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Although he represented American Samoa, he now calls New Zealand his home and Manakau his residence. |
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Other modern representatives include the crowned pigeons of New Guinea and the tooth-billed pigeon of Samoa. |
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In descending order the top five nationalities are Samoa, Tonga, China, Thailand, and Great Britain. |
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We sat on pandanus mats on the lino floor and talked about Britain and Samoa. |
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They trounced Fiji before losing heavily to South Africa and, most gallingly, being edged out by Samoa at L' Aquila. |
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It will have a roof-mounted pantograph for use between Gare Centrale and wherever the terminus in Samoa will be. |
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She was a Niuean who went to Samoa in the mid-nineteenth century and later returned with Samoan missionaries. |
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In American Samoa, an unincorporated territory only 76.1 square miles in area, the largest island is Tutuila, the administrative center. |
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It is debatable whether mamala is unique to Samoa, as the homalanthus genus occurs across the Pacific, but Samoan officials take a very practical view of it all. |
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Teams like Argentina, Canada, Samoa and even Korea are forging ahead, developing specialist sevens squads capable of winning a World Sevens Series title before too long. |
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Ulijaszek said migrant Samoans in American Samoa were more overweight than those in western Samoa, while those who had emigrated to Hawaii were even more likely to be obese. |
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Okay, they may not be quite as up on the game as the crew who were giving Samoa a good stuffing in Watford yesterday afternoon, but they're not far off. |
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American Samoans still use the terms Western Samoa and Western Samoans. |
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The Seward Johnson is a 204-foot research vessel that set out from American Samoa to Howland Island to look for the plane. |
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Later, other papalagi with less evangelical interests visited Samoa. |
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Besides Guam and the Northern Marianas, they are Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa. |
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Instead, many Western Samoans seek to immigrate to American Samoa. |
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It is, after all, the national game there, as it is in Tonga and Samoa, and I can recall the pleasure of seeing so many Fijian youngsters playing touch rugby on the beaches. |
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Nine thousand people live on these nine atolls, 95 percent of whom are Polynesians, having arrived variously from Samoa, Tonga, and Uvea over the past 2,000 years. |
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As Samoa showed earlier in the pool stages, the tournament favourites can be vulnerable to unstructured, off-the-cuff teams prepared to run the ball at them. |
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Completely against the run of play, however, Samoa struck back with a try. |
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Samoa Air's chief executive, Chris Langton, said charging by weight was the fairest method. |
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Dao Tuyet Lien broke free from forced labor in Samoa to earn two college degrees, launch her own business, and start a family. |
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She's the first American Samoan in Congress, born in Leloaloa, American Samoa. |
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While Scotland and New Zealand dismissed Western Samoa and Canada with the minimum of fuss, the other two ties were keenly fought affairs. |
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He is unique in that he has played for two Oceania nations, Western Samoa and Australia, at various levels. |
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At 14, Cahill and his brother went to visit their sick grandma in Western Samoa. |
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More than half were incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, others in Panama, the Bahamas, the Seychelles, Niue, and Samoa. |
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Ringed by coral reefs and shallow lagoons, the islands of American Samoa are about 1,800 miles northeast of New Zealand. |
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Previous to the merger, LifeUSA Insurance Company was licensed in 40 states, the District of Columbia, Guam and American Samoa. |
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Little American Samoa, ranked the worst international team in the world, won a game for the first time. |
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At least 129 people have died in Samoa, with another 31 people killed on neighbouring American Samoa and nine on Tonga. |
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The two were directors of Sutton Energy Ltd, also registered in the British Virgin Islands in 2002, then transferred to Samoa. |
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Many recently created shell companies were set up in Samoa, perhaps after Niue revised its tax laws. |
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Westoe's Lome Fa'atau in action for Samoa during the 2009 Rugby World Cup against South Africa. |
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In the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand occupied German New Guinea and Samoa respectively. |
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The Methodist Church is the third largest denomination throughout the Samoan Islands, in both Samoa and American Samoa. |
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He had a long correspondence with fellow Scot Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived in Samoa at the time, but the two never met in person. |
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Robert Louis Stevenson's former home in Vailima, Samoa is now a museum dedicated to the later years of his life. |
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Alongside Stevenson's portrait are scenes from some of his books and his house in Western Samoa. |
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Friday, December 30, 2011, was erased from calendars in Samoa and Tokelau as they crossed westward over the international date line. |
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Guam, American Samoa, the Trust Territories made eligible for disaster assistance. |
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The Church of Tuvalu, which has historic ties to the Congregational Church and other churches in Samoa, had the largest number of followers. |
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Mexico, the Panama Canal, the Galapagos Islands, the Marquesas and Tuamotus islands in French Polynesia, Bora Bora, Samoa, Tonga. |
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Temporal spawning patterns of several surgeonfishes and wrasses in American Samoa. |
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In the 2007 World Cup England played in Pool A with Samoa, Tonga, South Africa and the United States. |
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Contract Awarded for Provide O3b Networks services and ground equipment to the National Weather Service Office in Pago Pago, American Samoa. |
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At the 2008 World Cup in Australia, Ireland were in Group C along with Tonga and Samoa. |
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We need to respect the level of physicality Samoa bring and after last week's performance we've got to bring that physicality to our game. |
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With the news of the earthquake in the Samoa region, perhaps Ticketmaster can donate their handling charges to the relief effort? |
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England's 2014 end of year international against Samoa was not highlighted on BBC Three. |
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By sheer strength of will he succeeded in keeping ahead of pursuivant death until his forty-fifth year, when he had an appointment in Samoa. |
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On 5 February, King recommended that Funafuti Atoll in the Ellice Islands be made an advance base to cover Fiji and Samoa. |
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As the church grew it established and continues to support theological colleges in Samoa and Fiji. |
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The 1991 World Cup saw further frustration when Wales were upset by Manu Samoa in their opening match. |
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Examples formed from coral reefs include Maldives, Tonga, Samoa, Nauru, and Polynesia. |
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This however resulted in only one new side qualifying for the tournament, Western Samoa replacing Tonga. |
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German Samoa was a German protectorate following the Tripartite Convention. |
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Chicken DNA sequences taken were matched to those of chickens in American Samoa and Tonga, and dissimilar to European chicken. |
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In the event, there was only one change from the 1987 tournament, with Western Samoa appearing in place of Tonga. |
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In the opening game, England took on Samoa in an affair which saw the lead change several times. |
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In 2009, Samoa announced their departure from the Pacific Islands Rugby Alliance, leaving just Fiji and Tonga in the union. |
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One of the first land offensives in Oceania was the Occupation of German Samoa in August 1914 by New Zealand forces. |
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The campaign to take Samoa ended without bloodshed after over 1,000 New Zealanders landed on the German colony. |
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In the Pacific it held multiple island dependencies such as American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Midway Islands, Wake Island and others. |
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The fa'a Samoa, or traditional Samoan way, remains a strong force in Samoan life and politics. |
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Despite centuries of European influence, Samoa maintains its historical customs, social and political systems, and language. |
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Countries that have adopted rugby union as their de facto national sport include Fiji, Georgia, Madagascar, New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga and Wales. |
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Rugby union is one of the region's most prominent sports, and is the national sport of New Zealand, Samoa, Fiji and Tonga. |
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Also, either the Northern Mariana Islands or American Samoa, an unorganized, unincorporated territory, could seek statehood. |
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The Board has jurisdiction to hold elections and prosecute violations of the Act in Puerto Rico and American Samoa. |
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Recent basaltic tuffs are found in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen, Sicily, Hawaiian Islands, Samoa, etc. |
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The game is also among the predominant sports of Tonga and is played in other Pacific nations such as Samoa and Fiji. |
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They came from places like Palm Island in northern Queensland, Samoa, Tonga and Papua New Guinea. |
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The Samoa international is currently suspended pending the hearing, a sanction imposed by judicial officer Judge Jeff Blackett after Fuimaono-Sapolu failed to attend. |
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There are over 100,000 members attending over 2,000 congregations throughout the world, most of which are located in Samoa, American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia and America. |
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In pool C, Samoa gave England a fright with an adventurous approach that allowed them to take an early lead, however, England's superior fitness saw them through. |
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New teams competing included Fiji, Tonga, Samoa and South Africa. |
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Ireland and Samoa have twice made it past the qualifying pool stages. |
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Later, Germany further expanded its colonial empire to include German New Guinea, German Micronesia and German Samoa in the Pacific, and Kiautschou Bay in China. |
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During the establishment of the modern state of Samoa in 1962, power was shared between the two chiefs Malietoa Tanumafili II and Tupua Tamasese Mea'ole. |
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This meant that they would face Ireland, Samoa and New Zealand Maori, with one match being played at Glasgow, and one match being played in Edinburgh. |
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They lost to Tonga on 27 October in Parramatta, Sydney, but were victorious against Samoa, again in Parramatta, on 5 November and topped the group on points difference. |
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They have also played against international teams, New Zealand won on their visit in 1978, but Bridgend have beaten Italy, Western Samoa and Australia. |
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Allied naval forces captured many of the isolated German colonies, with Samoa, Micronesia, Qingdao, German New Guinea, Togo, and Cameroon falling in the first year of the war. |
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The four or five brightest stars of Crux appear, heraldically standardised in various ways, on the flags of Australia, Brazil, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Samoa. |
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Pots made in Fiji have been found in Samoa and even the Marquesas Islands. |
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In Samoan politics, the Prime Minister of Samoa is the head of government. |
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Cultural customs such as the Samoa 'ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. |
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The 2009 Samoa earthquake is an example of this type of event. |
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Five days later they meet Samoa and a week after that the Welwitschias will look into the faces of their friends, neighbours and most intense rivals, South Africa. |
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The Lions midfielder endured a nine-year wait before being cleared to play for Australia because he once played for Western Samoa as a 14-year-old. |
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The tsunami has killed at least 190 in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. |
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Shortly after local radio issued tsunami warnings in American and Western Samoa, waves started crashing into the American Samoan capital of AaPago Pago. |
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Prop Adam Jones, regarded as one of the finest scrummagers in world rugby, will miss games against Argentina, Samoa, New Zealand and Australia due to a knee problem. |
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Both teams scored three tries, but fly-half Ki Anufe led Samoa to victory by contributing 14 points from a conversion and four penalties in a see-sawing contest. |
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Some of the easternmost corners of earth, including Samoa, Kiribati and the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, were the first places to herald the new year. |
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Tokelau comprises three small atolls situated north of Samoa. |
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Dual code international Williams was rested for the Kiwis' nine-try whitewash of the Cook Islands, but should feature in their campaign opener against Samoa on Sunday. |
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Mason, also a Marxist and a unionist, a classicist and a man of the arts, and one who stood up for Pasifika cultures in his writings about Samoa and the Cook Islands. |
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Breeding and postnuptial molt of the Red-vented Bulbul in western Samoa. |
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