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References

  1. ↑ García, Javier (17 February 1997). "El primer ministro socialista de Portugal, contrario a ampliar el aborto" [Portugal's socialist prime minister against expanding abortion]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Neves, Céu (27 February 2019). "Inglaterra bate recordes de temperatura. Em Portugal ainda vale o de 1997". Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Autor moral do massacre na boîte Meia Culpa em Amarante continua preso após 20 anos". Observador (in Portuguese). Lusa News Agency. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1997". European Broadcasting Union. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  5. ↑ Mackay, Emily (8 May 2017). "What happened to the Eurovision contestants who scored nul points?". BBC Music. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "New Talks on East Timor Problem Open". The New York Times. 21 June 1997. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  7. ↑ "10 acontecimentos que marcaram 1997" [10 events that marked 1997]. Jornal de Negocios (in Portuguese). 23 November 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
  8. ↑ Krilic, Samir (3 November 1997). "Azores buries landslide victims while storm strikes Portugal's coast". Associated Press. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Towns in Spain, Portugal engulfed by flooding". CNN. Reuters. 6 November 1997. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "The Novels of a Nobelist". The New York Times. 9 October 1998. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  11. ↑ Comolli, Jean-Louis (2010). "Frames and Bodies — Notes on Three Films by Pedro Costa: Ossos, No Quarto da Vanda, Juventude em Marcha". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry (24): 62–70. doi:10.1086/655929 . Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "1997 - TENTAÇÃO". Instituto Camões. Archived from the original on 1 June 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
  13. ↑ Holden, Stephen (6 October 1997). "FILM FESTIVAL REVIEW; Finding Roots in the Heart of an Ancient Aunt". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Ines Murta". Billie Jean King Cup. International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Salomé AFONSO". World Athletics. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  16. ↑ Kirkurp, James (9 July 1997). "Obituary: Al Berto" . The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
  17. ↑ Firmino, Teresa (12 February 2011). "O geógrafo que gostava de fotografia, de música e de vulcões". Público. Retrieved 10 October 2011.
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