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- ↑ "Tuvalu Election Result", Tuvalu News, 16 September 2010
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- ↑ "New Tuvalu PM Maatia Toafa names cabinet", ABC Radio Australia, 29 September 2010
- ↑ "Willie Telavi the new prime minister in Tuvalu". Radio New Zealand International . 24 December 2010. Retrieved 30 September 2011.
- ↑ "Enele Sopoaga Sworn-in Today as Tuvalu's New PM". Islands Business. 5 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 5 August 2013.
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