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- ↑ "Liberia names first female foreign minister" [ permanent dead link ], African Press Agency, August 23, 2007.
- 1 2 "Liberian leader reshuffles cabinet" Archived 2006-12-13 at the Wayback Machine , AFP (IOL), August 24, 2007.
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