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- ↑ Results of 2007 presidential election Archived 16 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine , East Timor Election Commission website.
- ↑ "National Provisional Results from the 30 June 2007 Parliamentary Elections", Comissão Nacional de Eleições Timor-Leste, 9 July 2007.
- ↑ "Xanana Gusmão tomou posse em Timor-Leste" Archived 17 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine , LUSA (rtp.pt), 8 August 2007.
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