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- ↑ "Board of Directors | About Us | NDBP - National Development Bank of Palau". 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-08-05.
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- ↑ "NAMING OF NEW PALAU SENATE PRESIDENT QUESTIONED | Pacific Islands Report". Archived from the original on 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
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- ↑ Carreon, Bernadette (September 28, 2008). "Palau's Koshiba slams 'corrupt' election". Marianas Variety. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
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