From: johnl@iecc.com   
      
   >I'd already given the American Somoa versus Somoa example, a day apart.   
   >It's interesting, but one would suspect that American Somoa may have   
   >similar ties to Australia and New Zealand and perhaps the International   
   >Date Line should be further east. I don't really know.   
      
   American Samoa is part of the US.  People from AS are US nationals   
   rather than citizens, but it's a pretty minor difference.  They get US   
   passports and can live and work in the US.  Its largest employer other   
   than the government is the Starkist tuna cannery.   
      
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