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- ↑ "Ethnic Rioting in Suriname", Geo Currents, 30 December 2009.
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- ↑ "Conflito no Suriname levou a pelo menos 7 mortes, diz missionário" (in Portuguese). G1 Globo.com. December 26, 2009. Retrieved December 27, 2009.
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