RESIGNS FROM CABINET
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan deputy prime minister has quit Cabinet and the country's Human Rights Protection Party, in a defection over controversial proposals to amend the constitution.
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, who is also natural resources minister, quit on Friday after meeting with constituents over the...

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