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Aftershocks rock South Pacific near Tonga
May 4 2006 11:59PM (CT)
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AP) - A pair of aftershocks rattled the South Pacific island nation of Tonga on Friday but caused no damage or injuries, a day after a large quake exposed alarming cracks in a tsunami warning system.
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Trapped Aussie miners waiting to go home
May 4 2006 8:27PM (CT)
BEACONSFIELD, Australia (AP) - They ate yogurt for breakfast Thursday and requested chicken for dinner. They slept five hours in the cold, the most yet. To keep busy, they clean each other's scratches _ all filmed round the clock.
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Warped land system underlies Fiji tensions
May 4 2006 2:44AM (CT)
NADI, Fiji (AP) - Tears roll from Mohammad Ahmad Khan's eyes as he gazes at the trees he planted to mark the birth of each of his 10 children. Soon he will dismantle his ramshackle house, pack up his modest belongings and join thousands of Fijian farmers who are leaving their land.
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