Pacific Tsunamis Leave Dozens Dead; NATO Assures Obama Over Afghanistan

Pacific Tsunamis Leave Dozens Dead; NATO Assures Obama Over Afghanistan

(Al Jazeera English: September 30, 2009) Pacific tsunamis created by a powerful earthquake in American Samoa have left dozens dead in their wake. Also in this report, Typhoon Ketsana moves through South East Asia, causing more casualties in Vietnam and Cambodia, while authorities in the Philippines struggle to deal with the damage left behind. Guinean authorities have promised to investigate why troops from the presidential guard opened fire on opposition protesters on Monday. A human rights group says more than 150 were killed. The head of NATO has assured Barack Obama that NATO troops will stay in Afghanistan. A Palestinian group in Britain has failed in its attempts to have Israel's defense minister arrested in London.

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