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- ↑ "Vanuatu selects Kalkot Mataskelekele as President". RNZI . 18 August 2004. Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ↑ "VANUATU: President Removed by Supreme Court". RNZI . Pacific Magazine. 11 May 2004. Archived from the original on 14 June 2007. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
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