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Posted: Friday, April 28th, 2006 5:10 AM HST

Hawaii to launch Pacific tsunami warning drill

By Associated Press

PARIS (AP) _ Up to 28 countries will help test a new tsunami warning system in the Pacific next month. A mock tsunami warning call in Hawaii will launch the drill on May 16th. The information will be sent to national emergency authorities in each cooperating country across the vast region. The drill is being organized by the Paris-based U-N Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The organization says that it will be the first such exercise of its kind. Countries coordinating the Pacific Wave 2006 exercise include Australia, Chile, Fiji, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Russia, Samoa and the United States. (Copyright 2006 Associated Press. All rights reserved.)