COOK ISLANDS: Former PM Sir Tom Davis dies aged 90
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The former prime minister of Cook Islands, Sir Tom Davis, has died at the age of 90 in a hospital in the capital, Rarotonga. Sir Tom served as prime minister of the Cook Islands for most of the years between 1978 and 1987. He came to office after following a medical career in the United States, where he took part in research into the biological effects of the US space program. Sir Tom returned to the Cook Islands in 1971, and set up the Democratic Party, becoming opposition leader a year later.
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