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Tonga given no tsunami warning after quake
May 3 2006 10:33PM (CT)
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - A powerful earthquake struck near the South Pacific nation of Tonga early Thursday, triggering tsunami warnings for as far away as Fiji and New Zealand. But word of the imminent danger never reached the tiny country closest to the epicenter.
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Opposition leader elected Solomon PM
May 3 2006 8:25PM (CT)
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (AP) - Lawmakers elected opposition leader Manasseh Sogavare as the new prime minister of the Solomon Islands on Thursday, officials said, 16 days after his predecessor's election sparked riots.
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Trapped Australian miners get iPods
May 3 2006 12:10AM (CT)
BEACONSFIELD, Australia (AP) - Two Australian miners trapped for more than a week in a tiny cage more than a half mile underground were given iPods Wednesday to help them while away the hours as rescuers prepared to start drilling them an escape tunnel.
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