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candidate, garnered the favour of
Catholic voters, who formed much of the opposition to Tabai's government. Both Tabai and Tito limited their campaigning to the islands where they were most popular—Tabai in the south and Tito in the north—forgoing any attempt to garner votes from the other
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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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Kiribati. Fulfilling a campaign promise, Tito declared that the Date Line would run along his country's eastern border effective 1 January 1995. This made the
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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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Before Tito became president, Lodge was his family lawyer. He represented them when Tito's sister died during childbirth after being improperly sedated.
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asked Tito to release details about China's 15-year lease, Tito refused. He also asked Tito about
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Freedom in the World 2004: The Annual Survey of
Political Rights and Civil Liberties
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Plotting the Globe: Stories of Meridians, Parallels, and the International Date Line
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Ma Shuxue acknowledging that the Chinese government had donated $ 2,850 to a
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820:"In Pacific, Growing Fear of Paradise Engulfed"
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1197:East, Roger; Thomas, Richard J. (2003).
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1447:20th-century I-Kiribati politicians
1083:"Why Kiribati's Switching Alliance"
1036:Fickling, David (1 December 2003).
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329:Christian Democratic Party
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441:In February 2003, Tito
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381:International Date Line
364:with 51% of the votes.
1417:Presidents of Kiribati
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1095:on September 27, 2007.
920:Aimee, Harris (1999).
622:East & Thomas 2003
270:Early political career
248:government scholarship
958:. 4 May 1999. SC/6669
509:. In 2018, President
495:vote of no confidence
459:Chinese space program
354:constitutional crisis
276:Ministry of Education
256:students' association
228:president of Kiribati
85:President of Kiribati
1236:. pp. 308–310.
1038:"Diplomacy for sale"
1008:(24 December 1999).
875:Kristof, Nicholas D.
816:Kristof, Nicholas D.
763:Freedom in the World
594:. 13 September 2017.
393:daylight saving time
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794:National Geographic
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260:Bachelor of Science
230:from 1994 to 2003.
198:Protect the Maneaba
35:Tito in August 2019
1149:The New York Times
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886:The New York Times
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530:The Metals Company
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