The dead included 22 in American Samoa, 82 in Samoa and seven in Tonga.
His increasingly eccentric household finally settled on the island of Upolu, in Samoa.
In Samoa work has begun on planning for teacher professional development in science.
Until independence, an older tradition held sway in Samoa, one that meant politics were dominated by the islands' four paramount leaders.
Over 100 people were thought to have died in Samoa and American Samoa, which together have a population of some 250, 000.
They include 22 people killed in American Samoa, 139 in Samoa and seven in Tonga, according to officials on the islands.
"They can do half a dozen investigations in Wyoming or California for the amount just one investigation would cost in Samoa, " a source told CNN.
As the Samoa Air news broke, researchers in Samoa had just begun their second Steps survey, following up their first effort, in 2002, which studied nearly 3, 000 adults.
Both Samoa's obesity ranking, and the finding that it may be overstated, have been made possible by a series of new health surveys in Samoa and its island-nation neighbors.
The mean BMI for women 20 and older in Samoa in 2009 was 33.8, and for men, 30.5, after standardizing for the country's age distribution each ranking fourth-highest in the world.
Since 2007 it has been promoted in schools by the Association for the Teaching of Samoa in Aotearoa, FAGASA Inc , Faalapotopotonga mo le Aoaoina o le Gagana Samoa i Aotearoa.
In Wellington Samoa were missing a couple of key players, but they're back this weekend.
Inside centre De Villiers suffered a tournament-ending biceps injury in the Samoa victory and was replaced by Steyn on 43 minutes.
The British Foreign Office said one of the dead in American Samoa was a British national, but no other details were provided.
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Toulouse's Census Johnston comes in at tight-head prop for Samoa in place of Anthony Perenise.
He has nine caps for New Zealand in league and has also appeared for Samoa in both codes.
England coach Brian Ashton was blunt in his assessment of his side's game with Samoa in Nantes.
Noon's Newcastle colleague Toby Flood will be the favourite to replace him in the 30-man squad as England head into a critical Pool A clash with Samoa in Nantes on Saturday.
But it will be the first in the world to cross over into 2012, according to its government, now that it has joined Samoa in shifting to the other side of the international dateline.
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Hendre Fourie, who impressed in Moody's absence against Samoa, remains in the 22 and is likely to revert to the bench.
Over the past three years, three major tsunamis have struck: Samoa in 2009, Chile in 2010, and Japan in 2011.
The 27-year-old Fa'asavalu played for Samoa in the 2003 rugby union World Cup but pledged his allegiance to Britain after qualifying through residency.
England reached the last four courtesy of a 24-0 win over Samoa in the quarter-finals, while Wales lost 33-7 to Fiji at the same stage.
The UNESCO Office for the Pacific is located in Apia, Samoa.
We have been pooled with the reigning Rugby World Cup holders, Fiji, and Samoa in Dubai and then the IRB Series champions New Zealand and Argentina in George.
Samoan Language Week kicks off at Wellington East Girls College on Tuesday 31 May with students from around the Wellington region celebrating the language of Samoa in song, oratory and performance.
Scotland host New Zealand, South Africa and Samoa in November.
Five "Samoan Language Champions" are being honoured at the weekend - people who have made an outstanding contribution to the preservation and promotion of gagana Samoa in New Zealand.
Hayman made his Test debut as a replacement for Greg Somerville against Samoa in 2001, becoming the 1, 000th player to represent the All Blacks and has gone on to win 35 caps.
Samoa Air, which launched in June, flies regularly between Samoa and American Samoa, along with a handful of domestic flights.
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