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- ↑ Court grants Kalinde an injunction:Updated | Nyasa Times Malawi breaking news in Malawi Archived January 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 MPs Anita Kalinde and Aaron Sangala in Parliament bust-up | www.malawitoday.com Archived November 30, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Censure Kalinde, says Vuwa after fight at parliament | Malawi News
- ↑ Malawi inflation soars to 34.6 percent [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Tussle in Malawi Parliament – MP Anita Kalinde and Minister of Defense Aaron Sangala – YouTube
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