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candidate, garnered the favour of
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candidate's strongholds. Tito lost to Tabai, but received the highest vote share for any opponent of Tabai's government since independence with 42.7%. It was speculated that
Teannaki, an ally of Tabai, split the Catholic vote in a way that made him a
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isn't the ants' behavior of how to convince the elephants to be more gentle." Still, Tito is sceptical of scientists and politicians who say that rising sea levels will inevitably submerge
Kiribati, citing
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to secure mining access to
Pacific Ocean sectors governed by the Seabed Authority, which would be thwarted if conservation-minded Carvalho was successful. Carvalho refused.
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Freedom in the World 2004: The Annual Survey of
Political Rights and Civil Liberties
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831:"In Pacific, Growing Fear of Paradise Engulfed"
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452:In February 2003, Tito
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520:. In 2018, President
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365:constitutional crisis
287:Ministry of Education
267:students' association
239:president of Kiribati
96:President of Kiribati
1247:. pp. 308–310.
1049:"Diplomacy for sale"
1019:(24 December 1999).
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827:Kristof, Nicholas D.
774:Freedom in the World
605:. 13 September 2017.
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209:Protect the Maneaba
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