NZ sevens team knocked out by Samoa - Stuff
Earlier, New Zealand breezed through pool play by posting big wins over Scotland, Tonga and Argentina, scoring 104 points and conceding seven. Samoa 24 (Mikaele Pesamino, Loto Lui, Simaika Mikaele, Timoteo Iosua tries; Lui 2 con) New Zealand 19 (Save ...
Radio Tonga helps with Tomas alerts - Fiji Live
Communication with the Lau group is out of action and Radio Tonga is broadcasting messages from disaster management officials in Suva to the islands in the group as Hurricane Tomas approaches. Disaster management official Pajiliai Dobui told FijiLive ...
Years of conflict etched on a Congo village chief's ... - The Guardian
After the Pareco attack, Makuza gradually made his way to the Tonga mountain. But the worst was to come. Close to Kabizo, Pareco militiamen raided again in 2007, killing his wife and children. The peace he has known for the past three years has come ...
Samoa, Australia through to semis - Fiji Times
In the Bowl quarter finals France produced a superb display to see off Tonga. England were too strong for PNG. Innocent Simiyu and Collins Injera hit form to help Kenya through against Niue and Scotland produced their best Sevens yet to beat Japan in ...
Source: Patriots work out Manase Tonga - YAHOO!
The New England Patriots conducted a private workout today with Brigham Young fullback Manase Tonga, according to a league source. The Patriots also worked out BYU tight end Dennis Pitta. Tonga is a 5-foot-11, 245-pounder with 4.7 speed in the 40 ...
Tonga seeks help from China - Australia Network News
Tonga will formally request medical help from China in specialties such as maternal health care. The Chinese Embassy in Tonga has offered to provide seven doctors, and talks between the embassy and Tongan health officials are expected to take place ...
NZ Sevens brush aside Tonga - ONE News
The New Zealand Sevens side has brushed aside Tonga 26-0 to all but secure a Cup quarter-final in the Adelaide Sevens in Australia New Zealand had to contend with a contentious first-half sin binning of Zar Lawrence but still managed to jump out to ...
Farr-Jones: "Sevens a passport to the world" - IRB
Fellow World Cup-winners Daniel Herbert and David Campese are also in Adelaide, Herbert in the commentary box providing expert analysis and Campese as co-coach for Tonga. Another former Wallaby Jim Williams is here alongside Robbie Deans and David ...
Written by Golu Timothy, Abuja, Ibrahim Mista Ali, Yola ... - leadershipnigeria
Acting President Goodluck Jonathan has described the late Lamidon Adamawa, Alhaji Aliyu Musdafa, as one of the true leaders of Nigeria, who, in spite of his great influence, chose to lead a quiet life. The acting president stated this yesterday in a ...
Footy gets global focus - Australian Football League
... had increasingly identified young athletes who had the potential to play AFL football at the elite level, with most prospects coming from Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, South Africa, Ireland, Japan, Fiji, Tonga, Nauru and Samoa. Other talented ...
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Volcano erupts in southern Iceland
Iceland's civil protection agency says a volcano has erupted in the southern part of country.
Married at 9, divorced at 10: Girl's memoir
In a harrowing memoir she has yet to read herself, Nujood Ali tells how at age 9 she was forced to marry a man three times her age, raped and beaten, then made Yemeni history by getting a divorce.
Thousands rally in Russia against Putin
 Thousands rally across Russia to denounce government economic policy and demand more freedom in a new challenge to the Kremlin reflecting increasing disillusionment.
Obama appeals to Iranians in online video
In a fresh appeal to the Iranian people, President Obama says in an online video that the U.S. wants more cultural exchanges for their students and better access to the Internet to give them a more hopeful future.
Afghan women confront deadly task: Childbirth
Mexico drug war's toll on Americans grows
 The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to 79 in 2009 from 35 in 2007, according to the U.S. State Department.
Pope fails to calm anger over Irish abuses
 Pope Benedict XVI's unprecedented letter to Ireland apologizing for chronic child abuse within the Catholic Church fails to calm the anger of many victims.
Moderate earthquake, aftershock shake eastern Cuba
A moderate earthquake and smaller aftershock rattled houses and nerves in eastern Cuba on Saturday near the U.S. holding facility at Guantanamo Bay. No damages or injuries were reported.
Spain says video shows firefighters on holiday
A Spanish firefighting force says a video released by French officials investigating an alleged ETA shooting does not show the suspected gunmen, but rather a group of Catalan firefighters on holiday.
Thousands of BA flights canceled as crew on strike
Retiree Richard Moore arrived at Heathrow with a suitcase of summer clothes for a Miami cruise only to be sent to Denver. Susan Danby wondered if plans for a joint 50th birthday celebration in Las Vegas would be a losing bet.
Sandstorm turns Beijing sky orange
 China's capital woke up to orange-tinted skies Saturday as the strongest sandstorm so far this year hit the country’s north, making breathing the air “very bad for health.”
U.N. chief: Israel must stop settlements
 Visiting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon says that Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal, while a Palestinian teenager is killed in clashes with Israeli troops elsewhere in the West Bank.
Thai protesters' caravan wends through capital
A crimson tide of protesters snaked its way through the Thai capital Saturday, with thousands of cars, trucks and motorbikes tangling up traffic as demonstrators sought to drum up support for ousting a government they call illegitimate.
Snowmobiler killed in Canada avalanche
Rescue crews end their search in British Columbia's mountainous backcountry after accounting for everyone in an area where an avalanche cascaded down a mountain, killing one snowmobiler.
Bombs still greet Marines in Afghan town
 Explosions rumble through Marjah daily — an ominous sign that Taliban insurgents have not given up despite losing control of the town to U.S. and Afghan forces about two weeks ago.
Nepal leader who helped end king's rule dies at 86
Girija Prasad Koirala, Nepal's former prime minister who led mass protests that ended the king's authoritarian rule and helped deliver a peace deal to end 10 years of communist revolt, died Saturday. He was 86.
Pakistan tribal council: Army must destroy Taliban
Hundreds of tribesmen from Pakistan's semiautonomous regions near the Afghan border ended a rare tribal council meeting Saturday with a declaration calling for the army to crush the Taliban.
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