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- ↑ "Lietuvos Respublikos Aukðèiausiosios Tarybos AKTO Dël Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybës atstatymo signataras Rolandas Paulauskas" (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania . Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ↑ "Rolandas PAULAUSKAS" (in Lithuanian). Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania. Archived from the original on 2008-06-10. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
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