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The police in Samoa are still waiting on forensic results as they continue to investigate the fatal shooting of a man in Faleatiu village near Apia more than two months ago.

Three police officers received gunshot wounds during a drug raid on a house in the village, and a man from the house died in the crossfire.

A team of New Zealand forensic scientists was brought in to investigate and determine whether the bullet which killed Togia Rapi came from a police-issued firearm or one owned by villagers.

 An intelligent, clever, quiet, loving and unique person... these are some of the words Sa’o Mata’utia used describing her eldest son, 15-year old Falefasa Mata’utia who was swept out in rough seas along the Vaitogi coast last week Thursday.

The Marine Patrol Division with the Department of Public Safety called off their search Sunday afternoon after they had reached 72 hours without finding the body of Falefasa.

The development of the world game in American Samoa is currently being given a boost by OFC technical advisor Simon Toselli, who is spending time in the small island nation this month to pass on his knowledge and expertise.

The Frenchman's visit has been made possible by the OFC Technical Department through its mentoring programme, a new intiative that aims to place expert coaches in certain member associations to assist in the development of football in those countries.

Overseas museums are being called on to return all Pacific Island artefacts to enable the cultural economies of their countries of origin to grow.

The call, from the head of the organising committee for the recently finished Festival of Pacific Arts, follows an inaugural Oceanic art sale earlier this year by the United States auction house Bonhams.

A rare, centuries old Cook Islands akatara or pole club sold for more than 146 thousand dollars, almost 50 thousand dollars above its estimated sale price.

How climate change effects U.S. indigenous coastal cultures is the focus of the First Stewards symposium starting today at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. The coastal treaty tribes of Washington state – the Hoh, Makah, Quileute tribes and the Quinault Indian Nation – are hosting the event and collaborating with NOAA and other partners.

NEW YORK (AP) -- After a confidential two-year review, the Boy Scouts of America on Tuesday emphatically reaffirmed its policy of excluding gays, angering critics who hoped that relentless protest campaigns might lead to change.

The Scouts cited support from parents as a key reason for keeping the policy and expressed hope that the prolonged debate over it might now subside. Bitter reactions from gay-rights activists suggested that result was unlikely.

LONDON (AP) -- Apart from a wrong turn by a bus driver, a snarky tweet by a U.S. athlete, a few waterlogged venues and a lack of security guards, organizers are insisting everything is fine at the London Olympics less than two weeks before its opening ceremony.

Still, they had to scramble Tuesday to put the best face on an unfolding security debacle - as well as concerns about everything from transport to the rain - afflicting the games that start July 27.

O se va’aiga lea i le tama’ita’i o SFC Penelope Vaiau - Mulitauaopele i lana tusi aualofa sa ia molita’i mai i lona aiga i Amerika Samoa, Hawaii ma US a’o i ai o ia i le tafa o taua i Kuwait i le tausaga 2004 - se toe fa’amanatuia te oe o ona alofa’aga.   

Ua i ai le fuafuaga a le Komiti Faafoe o le Vaega Tosova’a, o le a faaauau pea ona o latou faa faigaluegaina tagata mo le faatinoina o a latou galuega o lo o faapea ona faatupulaia i le taimi nei.