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 What would you ask the Prime Minister? |
 WSAMOA TEAM
SAMOA ONLINE - www.wsamoa.ws
20 July 2008
Photo: Hon. Prime Minister of Samoa together with Maurice van Vliet.
What would you like to ask the Prime minister if you would meet him...
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| Sacred marks identify Samoans |
 By SUSANA TALAGI - Western Leader
EVOTIA TAMUA THOMPSON
Photo: SACRED MARKS: Naylor Owen, 27, shows the beginning of the traditional tattoo on his back. Sister Christine, 17, is next.
Naylor Ow...
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| Juicer... |
Noni juice is having a real impact for Jason Andrew and helping his Samoan homeland, writes DANIEL HOY.
A PERFORMANCE review with a manager three years ago was the catalyst for Jason Andrew to ta...
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| BOO YAA T.R.I.B.E. |
 From the streets of Compton L.A. the Samoan-American gangster rappers the Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E. return with a new album featuring Eminem and produced by Battlecat.
L.A. based Boo Yaa T.R.I.B.E. are ...
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| Tonga to Samoa on a watermelon |
 By SEAN HOSKINS, wanganuichronicle. 25.11.2005.
A WANGANUI fisherman got the pip on a voyage across the Pacific, but not when the Tongan fisheries officers boarded his boat.
Skipper Brian Smi...
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| Why are Polynesians so BIG? |
 Finding thrifty genes in Polynesia
Why are Samoan people so big and huge? Is it the food or maybe the genetic structure and where does it comes from?
In this matter the thrifty gene is standing...
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| Vegas braced for the ultimate heavyweights |
 The Independent.Published: By David Usborne
Read further the full story about Samoa's very own wrestler
It has arrived on the Strip with a thud. Sumo wrestling, the ancient body-contact sport nor...
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| Thank you! by Berthadene Faiupu Keki |
 This article is a thank you of Berthadine Faiupu Keki because while the Miss Teuila contesting was running she was unfortunately not the winner but all the visitors of WSAMOA voted for her so she beca...
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| The True Samoan |
 NZHerald
Destiny Epirosa Fepulea’i To’ala
aged: 14 years old
The True Samoan has many a face
Encompassed in loyalty, love and grace
From the day he is born, he learns night and day
To respect...
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| Lufilufi here we come! |
 WSAMOA REPORTERS - 2005
Wsamoa reporter;
Its the village of my grandfather Susuga Tusa Faaifili.
Back in the old days my grandfather and family were the owners of the populair spots Piula cave...
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| Who they were |
 Portraits of some of the troops who died this year
Cocord Monitor
(See Photo)
Sgt. Tina Time (left) reunites with her brother, Sgt. Mark Time in Iraq on June 20, 2004. Tina Time was killed Dec. ...
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| The Woman Behind The Man. |
 Adapted from an interview with Benjamin James Coonan
So now and then you can read on WSAMOA something about the Samoa Soccer World. But who is the man behind Samoa Soccer? And what is his drive to...
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| Jonathan Fa'afetai Lemalu |
 The Pacific jewel of opera!
Destined for a profession given to dramatic entrances, Jonathan displayed this tendency from the outset. Suffering a hole in the heart when born in 1976 at Queen Mary Ho...
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| Remember Robert Louis Stevenson |
 Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson (1850-1894) was born in Edinburgh. He was the only son of Thomas Stevenson, a prosperous joint-engineer to the Board of Northern Lighthouses, and Margaret Balfour, daugh...
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| The Samoan UMU! |
The 'umu,' or oven, consists of a hole dug in the ground, about two feet deep for ordinary purposes, and lined with smooth stones. In this a fire is made, which having burnt out, the cavity is swept...
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| Living and Working in Samoa by Mrs Edna Tait |
 Exclusive and only here on wsamoa!
Mrs. Edna Tait Former director, UNESCO Office, Apia
Living and Working in Samoa
I lived in Samoa from the start of October 1995 until the end of January 200...
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| Prominent Samoans: Beatrice Faumuina |
 Beatrice Faumuina; kiwi Samoa
Beatrice Faumuina has been New Zealand's top ranking track & field athlete for a number of years, a result of her mighty effort in winning the 1997 world title in Athe...
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| Greatest Samoan Sporter; Greg Louganis |
 The son of a Samoan father and a European mother.
Greg Louganis began competing in diving at age 10. By 16, he had won his first Olympic medal, a silver medal on the platform in 1976. At 24, he bec...
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| A TRADITIONAL WEDDING IN SAMOA |
 AN OLD CHIEF'S MARRIAGE TO A YOUNG MAID OF APIA
Correspondence of the San Francisco Chronicle
APIA, Samoa,-We have had a social sensation recently in the way of a great Samoan wedding. For month...
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| REFLECTIONS FROM THE GIRLS’ OCEAN |
Shannon M. Sonenstein
Study Abroad Participant, Samoa, Fall 1999
ABSTRACT
The aim of this project was to attempt to write honestly from a completely different cultural perspective — that of...
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| From sea to shining sea |
 Posted Tue Feb 8 13:46:44 PST 2005
By Tim Currie of Verde Magazine
Robin McNulty
The Kolotos are a Tongan and Samoan family, and like many other Polynesians they have found their way to the Un...
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| Spirit of Samoa |
 The Press New Zealand
In his richly textured images, Fatu Feu'u powerfully evokes the Pacific. He talks to CHRISTOPHER MOORE on the eve of his new Christchurch exhibition.
Fatu Feu'u is the nam...
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| No Taro or no bananas |
 No taro or bananas grow in Plummer, and warm sea breezes are as rare as palm trees. Still, Samoan Sefo Laumatia fits right in to North Idaho's Indian country.
"We don't stick out as much on the re...
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| Prominent Samoans: Lisa Misipeka |
 Lisa Misipeka was named NCAA Female Athlete of the Year for the State of South Carolina, where she was also named NCAA Division I All-American a school record 12 times in the Hammer;Discus and Shot Pu...
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| Help us Help the Poorest of the Poor. |
 By: Robyn Heirtzler It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day life of modern America. There’s so much to do in a single day that it’s difficult to get ahead. There’s work to be done, carpets to be ...
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| Graduated from Peninsula High School |
 Peter Siofele 'Aho (known as "Pele") graduated from Peninsula High School in San Bruno, California, U.S.A and was honored as the highest academic achiever in the school maintaining a 4.0 Grade Point A...
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