Apia

Canadian judoka earns 1st World Cup medal

CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

Guillaume Perrault of Longueuil, Que., won the gold medal in the men's 81-kilogram event at a World Cup judo event Sunday in Apia, Samoa.

Eight die in Samoa bus crash; driver flees

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Wellington - Eight people, including a 6-month-old baby, died when a bus crashed in the Pacific island state of Samoa and police were looking for the driver who fled the scene, according to reports Wednesday from the capital Apia. More than 20 others...

Samoa: Tsunami-affected children head back to school

Unicef (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009

APIA, Samoa, 12 October 2009 – UNICEF is working closely with the Samoan Government's Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture to ensure that tsunami-affected children are able to resume their education as soon as possible.

Kiwi tsunami relief sails for Samoa

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009

The first shipment of tsunami relief materials left Auckland for Apia on a Royal New Zealand Navy ship yesterday.Twelve container loads were donated to the Samoa Tsunami 2009 Appeal established by Samoa's consul-general in Auckland,...

Samoa holds national memorial service for tsunami dead

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009

Wellington - More than 5,000 people on Friday attended a national memorial service in the Pacific island state of Samoa for victims of last week's devastating tsunami, Radio New Zealand reported from the capital Apia. A total of 143 people were confi...

Tsunami: Survivors churned in washing machine - doctor

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/02/2009

APIA - Lucky survivors of Samoa's deadly tsunami looked like they'd been "churned up in a mass of dirty washing machines" says an Australian surgeon helping on the ground.Dr Rob Atkinson, from Adelaide, arrived with Australian...

• Survivors 'churned up' - The Age

Death toll in Samoas tsunami reaches 150

Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

APIA, Samoa -- Samoans searched flattened homes and debris-filled swamps, while dazed survivors told of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific.

Sombre trip home for grieving families

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

APIA - Flights to Samoa are normally happy, full of people heading for well-earned holidays in the sun.But yesterday's Air New Zealand flight from Auckland was sombre, as grieving family members returned to Samoa to look for bodies...

NZ couple's horrifying anniversary celebration

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

APIA - Andy and Angie Belcher didn't even have time to unpack their bags before the tsunami hit.Exhausted after arriving on a late flight to Samoa, the Bay of Plenty couple went straight to bed after checking in at the Sea Breeze...

Death toll in Samoas tsunami reaches 150

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

APIA, Samoa -- Samoans searched flattened homes and debris-filled swamps, while dazed survivors told of being trapped underwater or flung inland by a tsunami that ravaged towns and killed at least 150 people in the South Pacific.

Aid flows to Samoa as death toll grows

kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

APIA, Samoa | Police in green reflective vests 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 the earthquake and tsunami that killed 119 in the South Pacific. Military transports flew medical personnel, food, water and medicine to the islands of Samoa and American Samoa, which were devastated...

Aussie relief plane arrives in Apia

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 10/01/2009

BRISBANE - A chartered plane carrying Australian medical experts and equipment has landed in Samoa.The aircraft left Brisbane for the Pacific island at 2am (AEST) with 26 personnel, including doctors and nurses from Queensland,...

• UN sends emergency team to Samoa - Sydney Morning Herald

Tsunami survivors tell of destruction and chaos

New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

Family and friends of people who were in Samoa yesterday gathered at Auckland International Airport this morning to meet passengers arriving on a flight from Apia.Tui Eaves was on a surfing trip in Samoa and described a "surging...

Tsunami in South Pacific Islands Kills Nearly 100

Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

APIA, Samoa -- A massive tsunami hurled by a powerful earthquake flattened Samoan villages and swept cars and people out to sea, killing at least 99 and leaving dozens missing Wednesday. The toll was expected to rise.

Scores dead in tsunami in Pacific islands

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009

APIA, Samoa -- A powerful Pacific Ocean earthquake spawned towering tsunami waves that swept ashore on Samoa and American Samoa, flooding and flattening villages, killing at least 82 people and leaving dozens missing.