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- ↑ The Special Commission on Orthodox Participation in the WCC is preparing its final report - World Council of Churches - Press Feature referring to consensus decision making with a report by Wood on his experience Archived 1 November 2005 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "RSCM: Honorary Diplomas and Awards: 2003: Presentation". Archived from the original on 13 March 2005. Retrieved 30 January 2006.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Fox, Liam (4 July 2015). "Tonga crowns King Tupou VI in lavish public coronation, parties". Nuku'alofa: ABC News. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
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