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Firefighters from the Sequoia National Forest Cobra 4 hand crew mop up a spot fire

Meet the firefighters from American Samoa who sing to stay motivated on the job

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It’s part of fa’asamoa — the Samoan way of life.

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How a Dutch coach and a transgender defender turned things around for American Samoa’s soccer team

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Welsh Band Pays Tribute to Samoa for Jumping the International Dateline

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American Samoa Wins First Soccer Game

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Today’s answer is the Pacific island nation of Samoa. The government of Samoa wants the nation to switch from driving on the right ? American-style ? to driving on the left. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from local filmmaker, Steven Percival.

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