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Man and boat missing off Betio in Kiribati

Posted at 03:35 on 23 November, 2011 UTC

The United States Coast Guard is searching for a man and an aluminium skiff that went missing near Betio in Kiribati two days ago.

The Pacific News Centre reports that the 24-year-old remained aboard the two-metre boat while two companions went diving about 180 metres from land.

When they surfaced the boat and its passenger were gone, but the divers were able to swim to shore.

A Hercules aircrew stationed in…

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Added by Stacey King on November 23, 2011 at 4:14pm — No Comments

Aquaponics addresses regional Pacific food security sustainably

October 7, 2011 |

Author PT&I

The severe freshwater crisis in Tuvalu, Tokelau and American Samoa once again highlights the remote Pacific territories’ precarious food and water situation.

In places where there is little freshwater availability…

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Added by Stacey King on October 7, 2011 at 2:37pm — No Comments

21 Fattest Countries on Earth Named by WHO

A new list compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) names the 21 fattest places on earth, reports CBS News. While about 67 percent of Americans are overweight, the U.S. certainly isn't the only country with a weight problem. The top five overweight nations and their percentages overweight include Panama (67.4), Saudi Arabia (73), French Polynesia (74), Kiribati (82) and American Samoa (94). Other countries on WHO's fat list include Canada, Chile, the Indian Ocean nation… Continue

Added by Stacey King on December 9, 2010 at 1:49pm — No Comments

American Samoa crowned fattest nation

Sydney Morning Herald TAMARA MCLEAN December 3, 2009 - 9:44AM AAP

Two South Pacific nations, American Samoa and Kiribati, have been crowned the fattest countries in the world.

The latest obesity report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) found that 93.5 per cent - more than nine in ten - of American Samoans are overweight or obese.

Kiribati came second on the dubious honours list, with 81.5 per cent of inhabitants tipping the scales.

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Added by Stacey King on December 3, 2009 at 9:26am — 1 Comment

Behold: the world's 10 fattest countries - We're talking to you, American Samoa, Kiribati, too.

By Laurie Cunningham — Special to GlobalPost

Published: November 25, 2009 14:27 ET

CHICAGO — If you tend to pack on a few pounds over the holidays, blame it on globalization. As the world has grown smaller, we’ve all grown larger — alarmingly so. In countries around the world, waistlines are expanding so rapidly that health experts recently coined a term for the epidemic: globesity.

The common fat-o-meter among nations is body… Continue

Added by Stacey King on November 26, 2009 at 10:30am — No Comments

Death toll from South Pacific tsunami expected to rise

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Last Updated: 1 hour 7 minutes ago

A boat that was washed inside a building in Pago Pago, American Samoa, after a tsunami struck the region on September 30, 2009. [AFP]

Water floods a street in American Samoa in the wake of an 8.3 earthquake off the coast of the island.… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:57pm — 1 Comment

Waves wash across Pago Pago airport

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated Wed Sep 30, 2009 8:55am AEST

Dave Fiumaono, an airport supervisor at Pago Pago airport in American Samoa, experienced the earthquake while at home, and has arrived at work to find waves have swept across the runways at the airport.

Presenter: Geraldine Coutts

Speaker: Dave Fiumaono, airport supervisor at Pago Pago airport in American… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:47pm — No Comments

Samoans in New Zealand worry about loved ones

ABC RADIO AUSTRALIA Updated 5 hours 18 minutes ago

When disasters like the earthquake and tsunami strike the Pacific, family members around the world immediately get on the phone to find out what's happened to their loved ones. More Samoans live overseas than in Samoa and American Samoa combined, so news of today's tsunami disaster has caused concern in the large Samoan communities in… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 11:39pm — No Comments

Waves "as high as coconut trees"

News Talk ZB Auckland 30/09/2009 12:40:02

The death toll from the Samoan earthquake and tsunami is growing fast with the devastation at its worse on the southeast coast of the Western Samoan island Upolu.

A New Zealand man who has had been in touch with his family in Lalomanu has learned 40 people there have been killed by waves of up to six metres which struck the coast. In American… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 6:28pm — 1 Comment

Powerful earthquake, tsunami in Pacific: Samoa, American Samoa hit

Brisbane Courier Mail By staff writers and wires

September 30, 2009 06:44am

The No.1 on a map on the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre website shows the tsunami threat. / News Limited picture A POWERFUL 8.3 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Pacific, with reports of deaths after a tsunami hit Samoa and American Samoa.

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Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 9:25am — No Comments

Pacific Islands hit by a 4 meter Tsunami

Thaindian News

September 30th, 2009 - 2:42 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt -

Pago Pago, Sep 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS)

A massive earthquake struck the South Pacific on Wednesday morning, according to officials, generating a possibly destructive tsunami. Tsunami warnings are in effect, but there was no immediate word on… Continue

Added by Stacey King on September 30, 2009 at 9:15am — No Comments