Samoa Samoa is an independent island nation in the South Pacific Ocean located about 2,900 kilometers (1,800 miles) northeast of New Zealand and halfway from Hawaii. Samoa consists of nine islands with a total land area of 2,934 square kilometers...

Independent State of Samoa Malo Sa'oloto Tuto'atasi o Samoa i Sisifo CAPITAL: Apia FLAG: The upper left quarter of the flag is blue and bears five white, five-rayed stars representing the Southern Cross; the remainder of the flag is red....

Samoa POPULATION 178,631 CONGREGATIONALIST 34.7 percent ROMAN CATHOLIC 19.7 percent METHODIST 15.0 percent MORMON 12.7 percent OTHER 17.9 percent Country Overview Introduction The Independent State of Samoa is part of the Samoa Islands, which lie on an...

Tuilaepa Sailele MalielegoaiPrime Minister (pronounced "too-ee-lah-EH-pah sye-LAY-lay mah-lee-eh-lane-GO-eye") "We put in place our fiscal and monetary policies which focused on ensuring that we have discipline in our own...

Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa, is a country governing the western part of the Samoan Islands archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. Previous names were Samoa from 1900 to 1919, and Western Samoa from 1914 to 1997. It was admitted to...

Events and issues that stirred the Samoan community in the period under review include the petition by Samoans to the New Zealand Parliament to repeal the Citizenship (Western Samoa) Act 1982; rumors surrounding the Sinalei Tourist Resort; the controversy over the Oceania University...

Glenda Berg, of Annandale, was sure she had Cookiegate by the tail. She began with a few questions, as any good sleuth should. Did Levey know and like Girl Scout cookies? Yup, I said, with my customary eloquence. Had Levey bought...

The lieutenant governor and a territorial senator of American Samoa were charged with fraud, bribery and obstruction in a federal indictment unsealed Monday in Washington.The arrests of Lt. Gov. Ipulasi Sunia, 64, and Sen. Tini Lam Yuen, 56, were announced in a Justice Department release...

James E. SlossonLOS ANGELES (AP) _ James E. Slosson, who helped create the California commission that advises lawmakers on reducing earthquake dangers, died April 28. He was 84.Slosson, who lived in Sherman Oaks, died of congestive heart failure at a hospital, said his daughter-in-law, Lynn...