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Died. Tupua Tamasese Mea A Ole, 55, joint head of state (with Malietoa Tanumafili II) of Western Samoa. Polynesia's first, and so far only, independent nation, a shrewd and urbane politician, who negotiated his South Pacific island country's peaceful 1961 breakaway from New Zealand; of cancer; in Western Samoa...
...five-day freedom celebrations poured crowds of Samoans and scores of foreign dignitaries. A special commemoration service was held for Western Samoa's revered, onetime resident, Robert Louis Stevenson, who lived out his last consumptive years in the islands. Also on hand were Tupua Tamasese and Malietoa Tanuma-ili II, two of Western Samoa's paramount chiefs, who will jointly serve as head of state until they die. After their deaths, the 45-man legislature will elect a single head of state for a five-year term...
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