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Article: NSW: Earthquake not God's work, says Australian nun in Samoa
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- AAP General News (Australia)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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AAP General News (Australia)
10-02-2009
NSW: Earthquake not God's work, says Australian nun in Samoa
By Belinda Cranston
SYDNEY, Oct 2 AAP - An Australian nun who helped shepherd more than 300 school children
to higher ground when their village in Samoa was struck by an earthquake says she doesn't
believe the freak event was a work of God.
The death toll from the 8.1 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami that hit Samoa three
days ago stands at 110 dead and 147 injured, although authorities say numbers could climb.
Four Australians and a two-year-old permanent resident from New Zealand have been included
in the toll.
Queensland-born nun Sister Doris Barbero was having breakfast at ...
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