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- ↑ Reuters. "Kiribati Elections: Record 5 Women Elected to 45-seat Parliament". Fiji Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ↑ "In brief: news from around the Pacific". RNZ . 24 November 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
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