Residents of the southern Vanuatu island of Tanna said they were running out of food and basic supplies after a huge cyclone tore across the South Pacific nation wreaking widespread devastation but not the heavy death toll initially feared.

Vanuatu’s president was rushing back to his country in the wake of what he dubbed a “monster” cyclone whose damage was still unknown beyond the devastation in the south Pacific archipelago’s capital city.

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A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands has generated a tsunami that damaged dozens of homes and reportedly killed several people in the South Pacific island chain.

THE Australian government has said it plans to establish the world’s biggest marine protection zone to safeguard a huge swathe of the Coral Sea.

MASONRY and glass rained down near post-Christmas shoppers as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake rocked Christchurch on New Zealand’s South Island yesterday.

An earthquake has shaken the New Zealand city of Christchurch, damaging some buildings but causing no injuries.

Panicked residents of Vanuatu raced for higher ground after a powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific island nation and generated a small tsunami today.

A magnitude 6.8 quake has struck off the Pacific Ocean island of Vanuatu.

TELECOM entrepreneur and tax exile Denis O’Brien could increase his personal wealth by as much as €509 million by merging two of his mobile phone companies.

Thousands of panicking South Pacific islanders ran from coastlines after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the region creating a small tsunami today, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga.

The US Geological Survey reported that a powerful magnitude 7.8 earthquake rocked the South Pacific near the Vanuatu archipelago, triggering a regional tsunami alert.

Australia’s government today announced a new conservation zone off the country’s northeast coast but rejected environmentalists’ demands for a fishing ban in the Coral Sea.

A GERMAN beer company’s name was used as a front for the extraordinary handling of millions of euro belonging to AIB shareholders which was routed through tax havens in South Pacific and Caribbean islands, it was claimed yesterday.

An undersea volcano erupted off the coast of Tonga, shooting clouds of smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific, officials said today.

THE shocks and surprises of the previous two days continued on the final day of the National Coursing Meeting in Clonmel yesterday where Kingsmill Dynamo, bred by Sean Bleeks, trained by Aidan Roche in Gorey and owned by the Roche-Fitzpatrick Syndicate from Arklow, Co. Wicklow captured the Boylesport.com Derby.

French scientists say they have hatched a new gecko species from an egg plucked from its nest in a South Pacific island and carried 12,000 miles to Paris in a box lined with Kleenex.

A powerful, deadly earthquake struck Japan early today, killing a 52-year-old woman and injuring 80 others as it shook buildings and triggered a small tsunami that hit the coast.

Australian convicted conman Peter Foster has gone missing in Fiji and may have fled the country to neighbouring Vanuatu on a yacht to escape fraud charges, officials said today.

A powerful earthquake rumbled deep below the earth’s surface off the Pacific island of Vanuatu today. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

PHARMACY regulators are setting up a task force to combat the menace of medicines available over the internet following an Irish Examiner investigation.

A powerful 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific islands nation of Vanuatu, but caused no injuries or damage.

THE tiny Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has topped a new index that measures quality of life against environmental impact, with industrial countries, perhaps unsurprisingly, faring badly.

A SERIES of aftershocks measuring up to magnitude 6.0 rocked the South Pacific island nation of Tonga into Friday morning, a day after an even more powerful quake triggered a tsunami warning.

Patients turning to the internet to get cheap drugs can get almost anything they want, with no questions asked. Paul Kelly finds out just how easy it is to get round the law.

A magnitude-6.2 earthquake has struck near the Pacific Island of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey said.

The number of fatal and nonfatal shark attacks worldwide dropped in 2005, continuing a five-year trend, the director of the International Shark Attack File said today.

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck near the Pacific Island of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey said today. There were no immediate reports of damages.

The eruption of a Vanuatu volcano eased slightly today, but the plight of thousands of villagers who fled to temporary evacuation centres did not, as they returned to their deserted gardens to forage for food.

Authorities in Vanuatu are evacuating thousands of villagers from homes near a volcano spewing ash and steam on the island of Ambae amid fears of a major eruption, officials said today.

OVER the next decade, two million children will die, 40 million people will be without safe drinking water, and five million children will be forced out of school if current trends continue in 14 countries across Asia and the Pacific that are among the world’s least developed, a UN report said yesterday.

Over the next decade, two million children will die, 40 million people will be without safe drinking water, and five million children will be forced out of school if current trends continue in 14 countries across Asia and the Pacific that are among the world’s least developed, a UN report said today.

A NUMBER of years ago, I was part of an Irish delegation to the United Nations. It was my first time in the Assembly Hall, and a fascinating place it was. To my surprise, all of the delegations were arranged alphabetically.

At least one person died when Cyclone Ivy tore through Vanuatu last week, causing ”moderate to severe damage” in the South Pacific Island chain, senior Australian and New Zealand officials said today.

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Australian World Cup striker Mark Viduka has been named the 2000 Oceania Footballer of the Year.