Tsunami Warning After Quakes In Pacific
8 October 2009 12:56
...resort islands of Fiji and New Caledonia, as well as Vanuatu. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, based in Hawaii, also issued a tsunami watch for the wider western Pacific. This incuded Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and the nations of American Samoa and...
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Tsunami Tragedy: Brit Couple's Son Named
4 October 2009 03:18
...reunited. The couple are originally from Bolton, Lancashire, but moved to New Zealand's South Island where Alfie was born. The tsunami, which was triggered by an undersea earthquake, killed at least 170 people on the island of Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga...
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Search For Survivors In Tsunami Aftermath
1 October 2009 01:56
...heavy machinery available. Radio New Zealand, quoting Samoan disaster authorities, said 32,000 people had been affected by the tsunami, with some 3,000 left homeless. A second earthquake, of 7.9 magnitude, hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra late on Wednesday,...
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Tsunami 'Deaths' After Earthquake In Pacific
29 September 2009 11:09
...tsunami has hit the Samoan islands - killing at least 14 people, according to reports. Earthquake epicentre was southwest of American Samoa It was sparked by a powerful earthquake more than 100 miles away in the Pacific Ocean. The quake, which measured 8.3...
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Indian Ocean Tsunami Drill Unfolds Across Region
14 October 2009 07:56
...including 170,000 deaths in Aceh alone. In Aceh, several hundred took part in the simulation. "I'm still traumatised from the tsunami," said Halimah, 43, who watched the drill but did not take part. "If there's another disaster, I prefer to take shelter in...
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New Quakes, Small Tsunami Panic Pacific Islanders
8 October 2009 11:49
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Tsunami Rips Across South Pacific
30 September 2009 06:34
...Pacific islands, including Fiji and Tonga, as well as New Zealand, but the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center later canceled the tsunami warnings after the waves had passed.Damage or heavy usage of phones made communications unreliable in some areas, making it...
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Tsunami Picture Gallery
13 October 2009 11:37
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Auckland rugby player Jerome Kaino greets former rugby league player Monty Betham during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. A Celebrity Tsunami Relief Rugby Game will be played on Sunday to help raise funds for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Samoa.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Auckland rugby player Jerome Kaino greets former rugby league player Monty Betham during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. A Celebrity Tsunami Relief Rugby Game will be played on Sunday to help raise funds for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Samoa.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Auckland rugby player John Afoa talks with former rugby league player Monty Betham during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. A Celebrity Tsunami Relief Rugby Game will be played on Sunday to help raise funds for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Samoa.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Former rugby league player Monty Betham looks on during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. A Celebrity Tsunami Relief Rugby Game will be played on Sunday to help raise funds for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Samoa.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Former rugby league player Monty Betham looks on during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. A Celebrity Tsunami Relief Rugby Game will be played on Sunday to help raise funds for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Samoa.
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BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 25: An Acehnese child and tsunami survivor looks out from a window of a 'tent home', one year after the tsunami hit the area, on December 25, 2005 in Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia. People in Indonesia's Aceh province prepare to commemorate last year's December 26 tsunami catastrophe on Monday.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Former rugby league player Monty Betham talks with current Auckland rugby player John Afoa during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. A Celebrity Tsunami Relief Rugby Game will be played on Sunday to help raise funds for the earthquake and tsunami victims in Samoa.
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BANDA ACEH, INDONESIA - DECEMBER 26: An Acehnese woman and child cry during a memorial service for tsunami victims at Baiturrahman Mosque December 26, 2005 in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh people marked the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami with prayers. The tsunami, which struck after an undersea earthquake, killed over 200,000 people, including at least 130,000 in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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Deustchbank employees exit their building in Jakarta on September 2, 2009 after a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island sparking panic in the capital and causing seismologists to issue a tsunami alert. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts within 100 kilometres of the epicentre but said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
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CORRECTING NAME Deustche Bank employees exit their building in Jakarta on September 2, 2009 after a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island sparking panic in the capital and causing seismologists to issue a tsunami alert. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts within 100 kilometres of the epicentre but said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
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Construction workers gather outside the Mandarin hotel in Jakarta on September 2, 2009 after a major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island sparking panic in the capital and causing seismologists to issue a tsunami alert. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts within 100 kilometres of the epicentre but said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
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Deustche Bank employees gather outside their workplace in Jakarta on September 2, 2009 after a major 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island sparking panic in the capital and causing seismologists to issue a tsunami alert. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts within 100 kilometres of the epicentre but said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
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People gather outside their workplaces in Jakarta on September 2, 2009 after a major 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia's Java island sparking panic in the capital and causing seismologists to issue a tsunami alert. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said there was the possibility of a local tsunami that could affect coasts within 100 kilometres of the epicentre but said there was no threat of a destructive widespread tsunami.
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GALLE, SRI LANKA - DECEMBER 26: Tilak Samanthe cries just after 9:30 a.m., the time the tsunami killed 14 members of his family a year ago, inside his damaged home December 26, 2005 in Galle, Sri Lanka. The Asian tsunami, which struck December 26, 2004 after an undersea earthquake, impacted 12 countries and killed more than 200,000 people, including over 31,000 in Sri Lanka.
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SEENIGAMA,, SRI LANKA - DECEMBER 26: K. Anujitha, 6, prays for victims of the tsunami with his family at the Seenigama temple December 26, 2005 in Seenigama, Sri Lanka. The Indian Ocean tsunami, which struck December 26, 2004 after an undersea earthquake, impacted 12 countries and killed more than 200,000 people, including over 31,000 in Sri Lanka.
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SEENIGAMA, SRI LANKA - DECEMBER 25: Sri Lankan women who lost familiy members pray during a memorial service December 25, 2005 in the tsunami effected village of Seenigama, Sri Lanka. People all around the Indian Ocean have been marking one year since the earthquake and deadly tsunami effected 12 countries and killed more than 200,000 people on December 26, 2004.
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SEENIGAMA, SRI LANKA - DECEMBER 25: Sri Lankan women who lost familiy members pray during a memorial service December 25, 2005 in the tsunami effected village of Seenigama, Sri Lanka. People all around the Indian Ocean have been marking one year since the earthquake and deadly tsunami effected 12 countries and killed more than 200,000 people on December 26, 2004.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: (L-R) Former All Black Joe Stanley, Blues rugby coach Pat Lam and former Auckland rugby player Martin Stanley discuss the team start list during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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KHAO LAK, THAILAND - DECEMBER 24: Thai residents walk past two destroyed buildings after attending a Mokken Sea Gypsy memorial service held on Khuk Khok beach, December 24, 2005 in Khao Lak, Thailand. Preparations continue for the December 26 tsunami memorial services as tourists begin to arrive and revist the places where loved ones and friends were killed.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 14: Former New Zealand rugby league player Tea Ropati passes former rugby league player Monty Betham during a celebrity Tsunami Relief rugby training session at Unitec on October 14, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: The Seasprite helicopter is seen on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Former All Black Michael Jones addresses members of the Royal New Zealand Navy on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy load supplies onto the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy load supplies onto the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Defence Minister Wayne Mapp arrives on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Former All Black Michael Jones, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and Maungakiekie MP Peseta Sam Lotu-iiga depart after visiting the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Defence Minister Wayne Mapp addresses members of the Royal New Zealand Navy on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Former All Black Michael Jones, Defence Minister Wayne Mapp and Maungakiekie MP Peseta Sam Lotu-iiga depart after visiting the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Commander James Gilmour talks with Defence Minister Wayne Mapp on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Commander James Gilmour greets Defence Minister Wayne Mapp on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Defence Minister Wayne Mapp arrives on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy prepare the Seasprite helicopter on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the New Zealand Defence Force are seen on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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Artist Pam Hallandal is interviewed after winning the 2009 Dobell Prize for Drawing with her entry titled 'Tsunami' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney on November 6, 2009. Hallandal won Australia's most important drawing prize with her work, an apocalyptic vision inspired by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and which shows a swirling vortex of figures composed in a circle.
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Artist Pam Hallandal (R) stands alongside her winning entry in the 2009 Dobell Prize for Drawing titled 'Tsunami' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney on November 6, 2009. Hallandal won Australia's most important drawing prize with her entry, an apocalyptic vision inspired by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and which shows a swirling vortex of figures composed in a circle.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy load supplies onto the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: New Zealand Defence vehicles are seen on board the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Former All Black Michael Jones and Defence Minister Wayne Mapp visit the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Maungakiekie MP Peseta Sam Lotu-iiga, Former All Black Michael Jones and Defence Minister Wayne Mapp listen to Commander James Gilmour while visiting the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Former All Black Michael Jones addresses members of the Royal New Zealand Navy on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy load supplies onto the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand prepare for the visit of Defence Minister Wayne Mapp on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: (L-R) Maungakiekie MP Peseta Sam Lotu-iiga, Former All Black Michael Jones and Defence Minister Wayne Mapp visit the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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Artist Pam Hallandal is interviewed after winning the 2009 Dobell Prize for Drawing with her entry titled 'Tsunami' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney on November 6, 2009. Hallandal won Australia's most important drawing prize with her work, an apocalyptic vision inspired by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and which shows a swirling vortex of figures composed in a circle.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Cargo is loaded onto the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Members of the Royal New Zealand Navy load supplies onto the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Commander James Gilmour shows Defence Minister Wayne Mapp around the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 10: Defence Minister Wayne Mapp listens to Commander James Gilmour on the HMNZS Canterbury as it prepares to embark on a tsunami relief mission at the Devonport Naval Base on October 10, 2009 in Auckland, New Zealand. Relief supplies include goods donated from the Samoan and Tongan communities in New Zealand and are expected to reach the tsunami affected region within the next few days.
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A woman inspects one of the entries in the the 2009 Dobell Prize for Drawing by artist Floria Tosca in charcoal and titled 'I was only defending Ben' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney on November 6, 2009. Pam Hallandal won Australia's most important drawing prize with her work titled 'Tsunami', an apocalyptic vision inspired by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and which shows a swirling vortex of figures composed in a circle.
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A woman inspects one of the entries in the the 2009 Dobell Prize for Drawing by artist Floria Tosca in charcoal and titled 'I was only defending Ben' at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney on November 6, 2009. Pam Hallandal won Australia's most important drawing prize with her work titled 'Tsunami', an apocalyptic vision inspired by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and which shows a swirling vortex of figures composed in a circle.
