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Samoa's south coast 'wiped out'

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A tsunami triggered by a strong quake in the South Pacific has killed at least 65 people in Samoa and more than 20 in American Samoa, say reports. Thousands more are thought to be homeless. Georgina Newton, who runs a car hire company in American Samoa, describes the scene.

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