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• Military help arrives for devastated Samoas

  October 2, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 APIA, Samoa – Convoys of military vehicles brought food, water and medicine to the tsunami-stricken Samoas on Thursday as victims wandered through what was left of their villages with tales …

• Counselor heading to disaster site

  October 2, 2009 in City on Page A4 A mental health counselor from Spokane will join the Red Cross disaster response team in American Samoa as it assesses the damage from Wednesday’s tsunami. As mental health manager, Lyle …

• Aid on the way to Samoa islands; at least 120 dead

    October 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 APIA, Samoa – Police searched a ghastly landscape of mud-strewn streets, pulverized homes and bodies scattered in a swamp Wednesday as dazed survivors emerged from the muck and mire of …

• Tsunami hits Samoa

  September 30, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing dozens of people …