Topix: Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania [March ‘11 Diet]

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Breaking News, Latest and Most Recent News from the Countries in Oceania. Be first to get all news updates from Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Island, and Pacific Regions.

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Scott Adam on the main road in Utulei, 2006. [from their blog site] The sailing couple killed by Somali pirates earlier this week visited American Samoa on their around-the-world journey.

Source: Sailing couple shot and killed by pirates, previously visited the Samoas

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MISSING: Lee Sheppard and his wife Juliet. New Zealander Lee Sheppard died by asphyxiation in an industrial accident, jurors have found at an inquest into his disappearance in London more than eight years ago.

Source: Missing Kiwi Lee Sheppard died in work accident

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A FALLEN SOLDIER: Soldiers, friends and family of fallen soldier Private Kirifi Mila gather at Hamilton Park Cemetery to say their farewells.

Source: Soldier's farewell scaled down

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Gaddafi fronts his remaining supporters Libyan autocratic leader Muammar al-Gaddafi encourages supporters in his last remaining stronghold, the city of Tripoli.

Source: Gaddafi sons' Sydney romps

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Rescuers have begun to remove bodies from under rubble at the Christchurch Cathedral.

Source: Christchurch Earthquake: Westminster vigil for Christchurch quake

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The devastation in Christchurch is as bad as the destruction caused by an earthquake in Haiti last year, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says.

Source: Christchurch earthquake: Life 'squeezed out' of city

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Residents held open-air prayers for the dead and missing Sunday on the lawns of churches cracked and shattered in New Zealand's earthquake while teams continued their search through debris of one of the country's worst disasters.

Source: Christchurch Holds Prayers For Quake Victims

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The Fijian government has announced it will issue a land lease to a Chinese mining company.

Source: Chinese buy into Fiji bauxite

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The New Zealand government have conceded Christchurch may not be able to host Rugby World Cup matches following this week's catastrophic earthquake.

Source: Quake causes World Cup doubt

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