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Samoa health official fear of outbreak of infectious diseases

October 5, 2009
Samoa health official fear of outbreak of infectious diseases

The head of Samoa’s Ministry of Health, Palanitina Toelupe, said on Sunday that the sick people were not coming forward despite infectious diseases threatening the tsunami-stricken nation. Samoans pray for the tsunami victimsToelupe said that all of the country’s 10,000 homeless face the risk of disease. Besides diarrhoea and gastroenteritis, she was worried about the [...]

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More than 100 believed dead in Pacific tsunami

September 30, 2009
More than 100 believed dead in Pacific tsunami

More than 100 people were believed to have been killed after an earthquake triggered a tsunami in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, officials said. A tsunami travel time map and table generated by the United States National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and National Weather Service West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center shows projected [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...