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“We were friends from the first moment. Sincere attachments usually begin at the beginning.”

And that’s just the way it is on this most beautiful Saturday in Hooterville.

FA’AFETAI KASIANO ENTERS GUILTY PLEA

A man who was accused of attempting to break in to a store in Kokoland, has entered into a plea agreement with the government. The government initially charged Fa’afetai Kasiano with attempted burglary in the first degree, property damage in the second degree and public peace disturbance, however in a plea deal with the government, the defendant pleaded guilty to property damage and public peace disturbance, while the more serious charge of attempted burglary, was dismissed.

The US Coast Guard, last week in Honolulu, presented the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council with an overview of the new federal safety examination requirements for commercial fishing vessels. USCG Fisheries Enforcement Specialist Charlie Medlicott said the Coast Guard recognizes that these safety requirements may be inappropriate for small vessels fishing in Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).

A law giving Solomon Islands' men the right to rape their wives has been struck down by the High Court in the Pacific archipelago, the Solomons Star reports.

The law said men had an implied and irrevocable consent to sexual intercourse through the contract of marriage and were allowed to obtain sex by force.

In a ruling out this week, the High Court says the law cannot stand and declared that the notion that wives were subservient to the husband "must be confined to the graves".

he Oceania Football Confederation says the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be screened across all territories of Oceania, excluding New Zealand.

The OFC has confirmed its partner MP & Silva, a leading international media rights company, has secured a deal with SBS Australia to televise the world cup.

The package offers all 64 matches from Brazil live and daily highlights of 45 minutes, as well as all FIFA tournaments between 2012 and 2014, including the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil, 2013 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Tahiti and 2012 FIFA Futsal World Cup in Thailand.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- By switching from studying business management to training as a nurse, 19-year-old Anita Taraky has placed a bet on the future of the southern Afghan city of Kandahar - that once foreign troops are gone, private-sector jobs will be fewer but nursing will always be in demand.

Besides, if the Taliban militants recapture the southern Afghan city that was their movement's birthplace and from which they were expelled by U.S.-led forces 11 years ago, nursing will likely be one of the few professions left open to women.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stock up on munchies and make sure the batteries in your TV remote are fresh. With this year's presidential election razor-close to the finish, Tuesday could be a long night.

Even if the presidency isn't decided until after midnight EST, there will be plenty of clues early in the evening on how things are going for President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney. Obama has more options for piecing together the 270 electoral votes needed for victory, so any early setbacks for Romney could be important portents of how the night will end.

The coming together of traditional Samoan “tufuga” and contemporary Samoan tattoo artists this past weekend at Tisa’s 8th Annual Tattoo Festival, brought out strong feelings concerning the traditional Samoan tattoos — tatau and malu vs. the contemporary Samoan tattoos.

Samoa News spoke with tufuga tatatau (master tattoo artist), Su’a Vaofusi Pogisa Su’a, who is carrying on the Su’a family tradition of ‘tatatau’ or tattooing, who traveled from Samoa to attend the tattoo festival.

O lea foi ua toe feagai le pulega a le Manu Samoa mo lana malaga taamilo i le atu Europa, ma isi foi faafitauli ao lumana’i ai ana taaloga faitaulia e tolu ma Kanata, Wales ma Farani i le masina nei, ina ua lavevea ni isi o tama sa faamoemoe i ai le au mo ana taaloga.

O le uluai faafitauli na feagai ma le pulega a le Manu Samoa ina ua faalauiloa lana malaga taamilo, o le mumusu lea o kalapu o lo o taaalo ai tama o le au e faamatuu mai tama mo le uluai tuufaatasiga o le au i le faaiuga o le masina na te’a nei.

Na mataina taleni ta piano a fanauiti i le faaaliga a le Dancing Fingers lea na faia i le vaiaso nei, e faamanatu ai le 8 tausaga talu ona faavaeina mai lenei faamoemoe, ma taualoa ai le tautua a le afioga i le kovana sili ia Togiola Tulafono ma le faletua ia Mary Ann.

O le malumalu o le Calvary Chapel i Lepuapua a le AOG na faataunuuina ai lenei faamoemoe, ma sa toatele uo ma aiga na o latou molimauina.

O le meaalofa faapitoa na tauaao atu i le kovana sili ma lana masiofo, lea foi sa laua talia ma le agaga faafetai.