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Sharapova beats Jankovic to win Pan Pacific Open (AFP)
03.10.2009 9:37   71 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Cross, Sharapova, Russia, Pacific, Open, Maria


Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the champion plate during the award ceremony after the women's singles final against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Sharapova captured her first title since her injury lay-off by beating Jankovic after Serbian retired with an arm injury at 5-2.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Crowd favourite Maria Sharapova captured her first title since her injury lay-off by beating Jelena Jankovic to win the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Saturday.


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Samoa plans mass burial, at least 180 feared dead (AFP)
03.10.2009 9:01   37 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Pacific, Samoa


Rescue workers are seen recovering a body from the debris of tsunami devastated Lalomanu in Samoa. Local families who have already buried their dead in their own villages would have the choice of leaving them to rest in the family plot or transferring them to the mass grave at Tafaigata Cemetery.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Samoa is planning a mass burial for victims of the tsunami that devastated the Pacific island earlier this week, the government said, as the death toll from the disaster crept towards 200.


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Sharapova beats Jankovic to win Pan Pacific Open (AFP)
03.10.2009 8:20   57 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: Cross, Sharapova, Russia, Pacific, Open, Maria


Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the champion plate during the award ceremony after the women's singles final against Jelena Jankovic of Serbia in the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament in Tokyo. Sharapova captured her first title since her injury lay-off by beating Jankovic after Serbian retired with an arm injury at 5-2.(AFP/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP - Crowd favourite Maria Sharapova captured her first title since her injury lay-off by beating Jelena Jankovic to win the Pan Pacific Open tennis tournament on Saturday.


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American Samoa relief efforts continue
03.10.2009 6:33   40 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: American, South, Arts, Rich, National, Pacific, Posted, Guard, Samoa, American Samoa, South Pacific


Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | |   By Rick Rycroft, AP A child plays in a debris filled drain near the beach at Vailoa village, Samoa on Friday, three days after a deadly tsunami rolled through several South Pacific island nations. By Derrick DePledge, The Honolulu Advertiser Leone, American Samoa — Capt. Aaron Blanchard led a Army National Guard team yesterday afternoon into a grove thickly layered with mud, muck and debris. Hawaii soldiers here are moving from search and rescue to recovery, but this team, with their picks and shovels, were looking for a young boy from this western village still missing from Tuesday's earthquake and tsunami. Two of his...

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Tsunamis uproot centuries-old Samoan cultures (AP)
03.10.2009 5:47   30 wyświetleń  0 komentarzy
Tags: American, South, Rich, Pacific, Samoa, Samoan, South Pacific


Two women scavenge wooden boards from the beach at Vailoa village, Samoa, to reuse in temporary shelter Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, 3 days after a deadly tsunami rolled through several South Pacific island nations. An earthquake centered about 120 miles (193 kilometers) south of the islands of Samoa and American Samoa, triggered the tsunami early Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)AP - The village of Leone is a picturesque enclave that has been a mainstay of the Samoas for centuries, a place where residents gather under beach meeting houses for rituals that are sacred to the local culture.


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