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  Encyclopedia: Politics of American Samoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
American Samoa General info: Large flag of American Samoa Dimensions: 604x302 pixels Source: Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook License: originally public domain, modifications under GFDL Most of the flags have had their colours improved and many have been resized to the proper ratios.
Togiola Talalelei A. Tulafono (born 1947) is the Governor of American Samoa.
American Samoa is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Politics-of-American-Samoa   (1297 words)

  
 American Samoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
American Samoa (Samoan: Amerika Samoa) is an unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean southeast of the sovereign state of Samoa.
American Samoa is part of the Samoan Islands chain, located west of the Cook Islands, north of Tonga, and some 500 km south of Tokelau.
American Samoa is the location of Rose Atoll, the southernmost point in the United States (if insular areas and territories are included); see extreme points for more information).
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 Politics of American Samoa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of American Samoa takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the Governor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
American Samoa is a unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, administered by the Office of Insular Affairs, US Department of the Interior.
An overview on elections and election results is included in Elections in American Samoa.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_American_Samoa   (296 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: List of American Samoa Governors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This is a list of governors etc. of the part of the Samoa islands (now comprising American Samoa) under United States administration since 1900.
American Samoa February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
Togiola Tulafono Togiola Talalelei A. Tulifono (born 1947) is the governor of American Samoa.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-American-Samoa-Governors   (4223 words)

  
 Wikinfo | American Samoa
American Samoa is a United States territory in the South Pacific Ocean.
Settled as early as 1000 BC, Samoa was "discovered" by European explorers in the 18th century.
American Samoa was organized as a territory of the United States on February 20, 1929.
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 American Samoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
American Samoa is a unorganized unincorporated territory of the United States in the South Pacific Ocean.
Although technically considered "unorganized" in that U.S. Congress has not passed an Organic Act for the territory American Samoa is under a constitution that became effective on July 1 1967.
Persons born in American Samoa are States nationals but not United States citizens.
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 Elections in Samoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Samoa (Samoan/English: Samoa) is a country in the Pacific.
Samoa has a population of around 180,000 on 2,934 km².
Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 2 and on civil rights with a 2, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free).
www.electionworld.org /samoa.htm   (191 words)

  
 American Samoa - Gurupedia
American Samoa is a unorganized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the South
Originally inhabited as early as 1000 BC, Samoa was reached by European explorers in the 18th century.
The American Samoa has Steps Point, the southernmost point in the United States (if you include Insular areas.
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 Report on the Working Conditions of Vietnamese Workers in American Samoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
We urge Congress to examine labor policies concerning importing workers in American Samoa and to provide clear guidance on the use of “export” workers in US territories and to direct the Department of Labor to provide protection as well as safeguards against further recurrence of labor law violations similar to the American Samoa situation.
Due to the immigration status of these workers which restrict their freedom and movement in American Samoa and combined with the fact that none of the workers is fluent in English, Daewoosa can always rely on the local police to enforce some of its intimidation tactics.
Tulafono is the wife of the Lieutenant Governor of American Samoa.
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 American Samoa asks again to be removed from U.N. colonies list - Wikinews
American Samoa's government delivered another message to United Nations representatives asking to be removed from the U.N.'s list of world colonies.
American Samoa is asking to be removed from that list, on the grounds that it wishes to remain a freely associated territory of the United States.
"The position of the people of American Samoa, and its duly elected legislative representatives and government officials is that the current status of the Territory and the United States government is the desired relationship we wish to have," said Governor Togiola T. Tulafono last year.
en.wikinews.org /wiki/American_Samoa_asks_again_to_be_removed_from_U.N._colonies_list   (525 words)

  
 American Idle | Ask Your Doctor If American Idle Is Right For You
On September 17, Bill Maher, host of ABC’s Politically Incorrect, took issue with Bush's characterization of the hijackers as "cowards," saying that the label could more plausibly be applied to the U.S. military’s long-range cruise missile attacks than to the hijackers' suicide missions.
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern; some of them in our country and under our own eyes.
But she is such a polarizing figure it's going to be very hard for people in the middle of the political spectrum to support her.
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 American Samoa Historic Preservation Office -- Publications
That is the purpose of historic preservation in American Samoa--to sustain the uniqueness and importance of these islands by preserving, rehabilitating, and promoting the essence and evidence of their human history.
Samoa, this place at the very edge of their world and at the center of ours, had taken on a new and foreign significance.
In 1941 the Government of American Samoa's total revenues from all sources was $87,330; four years later at the end of World War II those revenues were over $1 million.
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 ScienceDaily: Politics of american samoa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 American Samoa reservist killed in Iraq - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
An Army reservist from American Samoa killed in Iraq when a homemade bomb exploded under his vehicle Saturday was slated to go home this week to visit his family, the military said yesterday.
Tiai was the first reservist and fifth soldier from American Samoa to be killed in Iraq, said Faalepo Faalepo, director of American Samoa's Governor's Office in Hawai'i.
Netane, 30, said she last saw her brother at Christmas when he expressed a desire to continue to live and work in American Samoa so that he could help care for his eldest brother, Tiai Tiai, who needs constant attention after being injured in an accident years ago.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jul/19/ln/507190336.html   (637 words)

  
 Politics of American Samoa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Politics of American Samoa - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The Senate has 18 members, elected for a four year term by and from the chiefs of the islands.
Politics of American Samoa, Executive branch, Legislative branch, Political parties and elections, Judicial branch, International organization participation and Politics of American Samoa.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Politics_of_American_Samoa   (336 words)

  
 The Flag of the World
It is not "politically incorrect" to call Jindal Arab American, so much as it is "factually incorrect." Just as incorrect as saying he was the President of the University of Arizona, or that he's running for governor of Texas.
The population of American Samoa is 70,260, about two thirds the number of people in my hometown of Everett, Washington.
TODAY: Some of the biggest news to hit American Samoa recently includes the coming of the islands' first Pizza Hut, local crime, the financial struggles of the of the hospital in Pago Pago and corruption in various levels of the very large public sector (40% of the population is apparently on the government payroll).
theflagoftheworld.blogspot.com /2003_10_01_theflagoftheworld_archive.html   (7396 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On American Samoa
Adoptions American Samoa is in negotiations to legalise international adoptions in an attempt to stop the proliferation of child trafficking.
The principal of American Samoa's Marist St Francis Elementary School in Lepua, Sesilia Sala, said there was a sombre mood on campus as thoughts centred on the ailing pontiff.
With emerging migration of women to American Samoa for employment, attempts were also made to identify the extent of the problem of people trafficking in Samoa.
politics.surfwax.com /files/American_Samoa_Election.html   (1791 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - From tiny Pacific islands comes outsized sacrifice   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Nine islanders from the U.S. territories of American Samoa and Saipan and the former territories of Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia have been killed in the war.
The realities of war have slowed recruiting in American Samoa, home to five of the nine servicemembers killed in the war.
Average annual incomes in Palau, Micronesia, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands, which includes Saipan, are less than $10,000 a year.
www.usatoday.com /news/world/2005-05-26-samoa_x.htm   (618 words)

  
 American Samoa: factory owner jailed for 40 years over "human trafficking"
Whether the sweatshop conditions happen to be in American Samoa, Vietnam, China, Mexico or the US itself, no one holds to account the major US corporations that are the principal beneficiaries.
Lee’s company was set up in American Samoa in 1998 with the support of the US territory’s lieutenant governor.
A court on American Samoa has ruled that Lee, who is now claiming bankruptcy, owes them some $3.5 million.
www.wsws.org /articles/2005/jul2005/samo-j16.shtml   (1358 words)

  
 Seek and you shall find solitude in American Samoa - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
The land in the territory of American Samoa belongs to the people in perpetuity, handed down from family to family.
APIA, Samoa — This country used to be called the Independent State of Western Samoa, then simply independent Samoa, but now, residents insist, this is the Samoa — two large islands and two small ones about 60 miles west of American Samoa, a U.S. territory.
Samoa Air, which had offered service between the islands of American Samoa, is no longer in business.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jun/27/il/il01a.html   (2838 words)

  
 American Samoa Historic Preservation Office -- Bibliography
An Early Settlement in the Polynesian Homeland: Excavations at 'Aoa Valley, Tutuila Island, American Samoa.
An archaeological reconnaissance of the Manu'a Islands, American Samoa.
Samoa: Pre-Missionary European Contact and the Influence of this Contact Upon the Samoans and Upon the Subsequent Establishment of the Missionaries; the Influence of the Missionaries Upon the Samoans and Upon the Later Activities of Europeans and Americans.
www.ashpo.org /bibliography.htm   (1134 words)

  
 A hand picked selection of more than 100 sites about Samoa, American Samoa and the South Pacific
Its information on Samoa is a little thin on the ground, but because these academics have lots of time and plenty of bandwidth I imagine it will grow fairly quickly.
Paradise Cove is one of several institutions in Samoa for the rehabilitation of troublesome teenagers.
Reminicenses of a Mormon Missionary in American Samoa.
www.samoa.co.uk /lucys-links.html   (3922 words)

  
 American Samoa 2004 General Election
American Samoa 2004 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions: Democrats Republicans Third Parties
Political parties are not officially utilized in elections in American Samoa.
Should no candidate receive 50% of the vote in the 2 November General Election, the two top vote-getters will participate in a Runoff to be held on Tuesday 16 November 2004.
www.thegreenpapers.com /G04/AS.phtml   (394 words)

  
 American Samoa Community College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Education project of American Samoa, Dept. of Education, Govt.
Politics and grammar: agency in Samoan political discourse.
From grammar to politics: Linguistic anthropology in a Western Samoa village.
www.ascc.as /slcresourcesbibliography.htm   (2480 words)

  
 American Samoa soldier killed in Iraq - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
An Army reservist from American Samoa who was killed in Iraq over the weekend has been identified as Staff Sgt. Frank F. Tia'i of Pago Pago.
His family was notified by Army Reserve officials in American Samoa early yesterday morning.
Before he was killed, Tia'i was hoping to return home to Samoa sometime this week on rest and recuperation leave, Army officials said.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jul/18/br/br05p.html   (216 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Cyclone hits American Samoa
Residents of the Manu'a Islands in American Samoa took shelter in schools and churches as Cyclone Olaf approached.
A US coastguard aircraft has already located a fishing vessel missing east of American Samoa, and a New Zealand plane found some people in the sea near Samoa.
But weather forecasters have said that for the most part Samoa and American Samoa have had "a very lucky" escape, our correspondent says.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4273383.stm   (298 words)

  
 Manu'a's Off-Island Connection - American Samoa, and the South Pacific
American Samoa's leaders are desperate to keep tuna processors from bolting for Thailand, which has emerged as a low-wage haven for big tuna companies.
While the bill applies to American Samoa, the section of the bill relating to state verification of documentation before a license is issued did not specifically provide for U.S. nationals and, as written, would not allow American Samoa’s licensing authority to issue licenses or ID’s to the people of American Samoa,” the Congressman said.
The young American Samoan, an Army Reserves soldier with the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry is recovering from his wounds sustained when his Humvee hit a land mine in Balad, Iraq.Amata said Tuiolosega is the only 100th-442nd soldier to be medevac'd home, although the famed battlion has received 22 Purple Hearts.
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 SAMOA ONLINE
RNZI Posted at 04:34 on 10 February, 2006 UTC American Samoa senators are today expected to pass a bill which would require every lease of government land and property of a year or longer to be ap...
By Fili Sagapolutele, Pacific Magazine 9 Feb, 2006 Motorists in American Samoa have been urged by the government to be cautious at all times when on the road, because of possible land/mud slides...
Samoa Press Release 9 Feb. 2006 Cabinet has approved a request by the National Beautification Committee for the allocation of Saturday 11th February 2006 as a ‘National Clean Up Day in Apia’.
www.wsamoa.ws   (858 words)

  
 The Political Graveyard: American Samoa
The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries.
It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 138,150 politicians, living and dead.
The coverage of the site includes certain federal officials, state officeholders and candidates in all 50 states, state and national political party officials, federal and state judges, and mayors (including candidates at election for mayor) of qualifying cities.
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