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	Encyclopedia: Ionatana Ionatana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In his early 60s Ionatana had been prime minister for the last two years and his biggest achievement was to secure the tiny country’s financial future through use of its Internet suffix, Dot TV.
		Ionatana -- the name is Tuvaluan’s for Jonathan -- was born on the capital atoll of Funafuti, a descendant of a celebrated freebooting Irish trader known as O’Brien.
		Ionatana was married three times and has left a large number of children.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Ionatana-Ionatana (527 words)

	Students killed in Tuvalu fire
		The building was made of wood and there was no firefighting equipment on the island.
		International attention was focused on the island nation last month amid concerns that global warming and sea-level rises could swamp the islands - one of the lowest-lying nations in the world.
		Mr Ionatana has asked New Zealand to allow more Tuvaluans to migrate.
	www.fire.org.uk /BBC_News/news/bbc100300a.htm (196 words)

	Tuvalu. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		They became fully independent in 1978 and in 1979 signed a treaty of friendship with the United States, which recognized Tuvalu’s possession of four small islands formerly claimed by the United States.
		Ionatana Ionatana, prime minister since Mar., 1999, died in Dec., 2000; the following February, Faimalaga Luka was elected to succeed him.
		In 2001 the government requested help from Australia and New Zealand in resettling its citizens if global warming leads to a significant rise in ocean waters; the highest point in the country is about 16 ft (5 m) above sea level.
	www.bartleby.com /65/tu/Tuvalu.html (392 words)

	Ionatana Ionatana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ionatana served in the country's parliament from Tuvalu's independence in 1978 up to his death.
		He held many portfolios during his political career, including government secretary, Minister of Education and Minister of Works and Communications.
		Ionatana succeeded Bikenibeu Paeniu as Prime Minister and in his term oversaw Tuvalu's entry into the United Nations on September 5, 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ionatana_Ionatana (117 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Tuvalu unlocks dormitories after fire
		The Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Ionatana Ionatana, says orders have been given for girls' school dormitories to remain unlocked at night, after a fire left 18 pupils and a matron dead.
		Mr Ionatana said the fire had been started by a candle, but 14 of the dead girls, who were found in a pile by one of the doors, appeared to have been electrocuted.
		He said one of the survivors had re-entered the dormitory in a failed attempt to rescue her friend, who was dying from the electric current.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/676890.stm (418 words)

	Tuvalu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In the colony Ionatana joined the police force and eventually rose to become second in command.
		Earlier this year Ionatana sealed a deal to sell the Dot TV suffix to a California company, Idealab, for 50 million US dollars over 12 years.
		Following the Fiji coup Ionatana came out strongly saying indigenous Fijians and not ethnic Indians were the rightful rulers of Fiji.
	www.michaelfield.org /tuvalu5.htm (552 words)

	Vaitupu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It was later discovered that the fire was caused by a student using a candle to read during the night.
		The late Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana declared a national tragedy and quickly traveled to the island to witness the aftermath.
		Today, Vaitupu can be accessed by either private boat or the government-operated MV Nivaga II at irregular intervals from Funafuti.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Vaitupu (215 words)

	Ionatana Ionatana - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Ionatana Ionatana - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Ionatana Ionatana contains research on
		Ionatana Ionatana, Tuvalu, 1938 births and 2000 deaths.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Ionatana_Ionatana (127 words)

	Girls locked in fatal dormitory to protect them from roaming boys says PM
		Ionatana confirmed 18 girls aged between 14 and 17 as well as an adult matron died in the fire Thursday night at Motufoua High School at Vaitapu, north of the main atoll of Funifuti.
		Ionatana said it was a very rapid fire.
		Tuvalu Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana Friday announced the girls were killed at Motufoua High School on Vaitapu Island.
	www.michaelfield.org /tuvalu2.htm (1449 words)

	PM - Global warming concern for South Pacific Islands
		And today the Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Ionatana Ionatana, said he'll be raising the matter with John Howard.
		Ionatana Ionatana: So I ask the question this morning what Australia's position is on the issue and other.
		Ionatana Ionatana: Well definitely, you know, the leaders might.
	www.abc.net.au /pm/stories/s204928.htm (833 words)

	Newly rich but still angry Tuvalu looking at becoming republic
		Ionatana revealed they had now banked the 20 million dollars.
		Ionatana, like other leaders of Tuvalu, believes Britain has subsequently been “punishing” Tuvalu for going its own way and believes it is cutting it off from any help.
		Ionatana said as a result of a motion in the 12 member Parliament a constitutional review was underway, headed by Paeniu.
	www.michaelfield.org /tuvalu4.htm (741 words)

	Lagitupu Tuilimu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		He was acting prime minister of Tuvalu from the death of Ionatana Ionatana on December 8, 2000, until the election of Faimalaga Luka by parliament on February 24, 2001.
		He had been the deputy prime minister of Tuvalu when he became acting Prime Minister.
		He became deputy Prime Minister and finance minister in April 1999, when Ionatana's government took office.
	pedia.newsfilter.co.uk /wikipedia/l/la/lagitupu_tuilimu.html (81 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		"I express my sincere condolences to Mrs Ionatana, to the Ionatana family, and to all of the people of Tuvalu at this time of sadness at the loss of one of Tuvalu's most able sons.
		Helen Clark said she had seen Mr Ionatana at the Pacific Islands Forum in Kiribati only a few weeks ago.
		The funeral for Prime Minister Ionatana will be held in Funafuti, the capital of Tuvalu, on Tuesday.
	www.executive.govt.nz /speech.cfm?speechralph=33311&SR=0 (453 words)

	11/17/01 -- Fleeing a Paradise Lost to Global Warming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		But in July, Philip Ruddock, the Australian immigration minister, said the population of Tuvalu was not under threat and would have to apply to emigrate to Australia through the usual channels.
		New Zealand has confirmed it was still considering a request that had been made last year by the late Ionatana Ionatana, a former prime minister of the island nation.
		Mr Ionatana had asked the country to take 1,500 people from Tuvalu during the next ten years.
	www.climateark.org /articles/2001/4th/flapara.htm (625 words)

	Government
		Long-time Tuvaluan parliamentarian Ionatana Ionatana was was elected.
		Bikenibeu Paeniu, the former Prime Minister, was forced out of office on April 13 by a vote of no confidence, but did continue to head the caretaker government and the election took place.
		In December, 2000, Ionatana died of heart failure while in office, and Faimalaga Luka was subsequently elected as Prime Minister by the parliament members.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /gov_info.htm (539 words)

	Dot TV: Buys Tuvalu's way into U.N. \| Tech News on ZDNet
		But the Honorable Ionatana Ionatana, prime minister of the sovereign nation of Tuvalu, sat quietly in the Indonesian lounge at the United Nations and had just one thing on his mind: his nation's formal admission to the grand body.
		To accomplish that required making a deal with Ionatana and his country, for they were the ones who were lucky enough to be assigned ".tv" when domain names were assigned to countries in 1991.
		Kerner said the minutes of the board of directors are sent to Tuvalu and are read on national radio for all to hear.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-9595_22-523658.html?legacy=zdnn (850 words)

	1999 Ionatana new PM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		IONATANA IONATANA ELECTED PM Vancouver, B.C. (26 April 1999)---According to reliable resources out of Funafuti, long-time Tuvaluan parliamentarian Ionatana Ionatana has just been elected Prime Minister of the Pacific island nation.
		At this moment it is still unclear how the twelve members of parliament voted, but more information will be forthcoming to Tuvalu Online.
		Ionatana has represented Funafuti for several continuous terms since Independence in 1978 and has held various posts in the government including Secretary to the Government, Minister of Works and Communications, and Minister of Education, his most recent post.
	www.tuvaluislands.com /news/archived/1999/1999-04-26.htm (210 words)

	shilohbucher.com: THAT SINKING FEELING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Radio Australia)---Tuvalu Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana admits he is confused by conflicting reports about sea levels surrounding Tuvalu.
		Tuvalu is a low-lying island nation which has been experiencing abnormally high spring tides in recent years, which Tuvaluans believe will eventually force them to evacuate to another country.
		But Prime Minister Ionatana said scientists who have been monitoring sea levels since 1980 say Tuvalu's sea levels have been falling and not rising.
	www.shilohbucher.com /blog/archives/000538.html (407 words)

	Air Force Reserve Command - Home
		Staff Sgt. Shawna Warren, a Reserve loadmaster with the 433rd Airlift Wing, gives a thumbs up to Senio Master Sgt. Gary Hochenberger as he drives a backhoe onto an Alamo Wing C-5A.
		Senior Airman Ionatana Cipili and Sergeant Warren loaded eigh various construction vehicles into the cargo hold of the C-5.
		The equipment, stored in Hawaii, is being transfered to the Washoe Tribe in Nevada as part of a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office program.
	www.afrc.af.mil (596 words)

	The Daily Texan
		Plus, the country was able to spend $7 million to improve roads for its 35 or so cars.
		"We are very poor in terms of natural resources," said Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana.
		Proceeds from the sale of.cc rights have financed a $23,000-a-month satellite connection, and residents of the Cocos Island get access for a $5 annual fee.
	tspweb02.tsp.utexas.edu /webarchive/11-14-00/2000111413_s02_Internet.html (509 words)

	Commonwealth Business Council - Country Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		In April 1999, the government of Bikenibeu Paeniu fell to a no-confidence motion and Ionatana Ionatana replaced him.
		In December 2000, Faimalanga Luka took over as Prime Minister following Ionatana’s unexpected death.
		Luka was himself ousted by a vote of no confidence nine months later and replaced as Prime Minister by Koloa Talake, himself replaced after elections in July 2002.
	www.cbcglobelink.org /cbcglobelink/country/Tuvalu/cr.htm (790 words)

	Tuvalu has a new governor general (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Faimalaga Luka, who was recently also Speaker of Parliament, was sworn into office at a ceremony in the capital, Funafuti yesterday.
		Mr Luka was Prime Minister for a few months in 2000 after he replaced the late Ionatana Ionatana.
		Koloa Talake later replaced him when he was on a medical check up trip to New Zealand.
	www.hellopacific.com /news/general/news/2003/09/09/09regf.html (183 words)

	Vaitupu Memorial Fund - Tuvalu
		June I phoned Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana, whom I have known since 1979.
		I asked Prime Minister Ionatana how the Memorial Fund was to be used.
		He said that the first thing was to provide a headstone in the cemetery on Vaitupu for each of the victims.
	www.janeresture.com /appeal (1435 words)

	Colonial's Regional Business - Colonial Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Colonial is now estalished in Tuvalu, Tonga and Samoa and expects to move to other countries with potential in the future.
		On the 17th May 2000, the late Prime Minister of Tuvalu Ionatana Ionatana launched Colonial's first-ever regional country representation in Funafuti.
		Tuvalu has a population of more than 11,000 people with 30% of it's population under the employment of the Tuvaluan Government and foreign ships.
	www.colonial.com.fj /regional (317 words)

	Tuvalu
		The Prime Minister may be removed from office by a parliamentary vote of no confidence.
		On February 24, Faimalaga Luka was elected Prime Minister following the death of his predecessor, Ionatana Ionatana.
		Luka was defeated in a vote of no confidence on December 7; Kaloa Talake was elected Prime Minister on December 13.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8381.htm (1951 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It is interesting to note that whilst we are doing this, a couple of months ago the people of the island of Tuvalu approached the Australian Government and asked if it would take their population, or part thereof, because their island was going under the ocean.
		It seems bizarre to me that, when Tuvalu’s Prime Minister, Ionatana Ionatana, told the New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clarke, at a meeting in February that many of Tuvalu’s 10 500 residents would need relocation within two to three years, our Prime Minister would not even consider taking any of the Tuvalu people as refugees.
		In the meantime, New Zealand has already taken 5 000 refugees from that island and anticipates taking the remainder.
	www.parliament.wa.gov.au /hansard/hans35.nsf/451a59fb51257dd248256c85002bc738/50b42c20841147b548256b0a0024d8ce?OpenDocument (256 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Tiny Tuvalu joins UN
		The UN, Mr Annan said, was "a forum where all nations are heard, regardless of their size", adding that he was "confident that the voice of Tuvalu will prove to be an eloquent one in our family".
		Speaking at the ceremony Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana said he felt it was time for the country to "join the brother nations".
		He added that he expected Tuvalu, which last week also became a full member of the Commonwealth, would benefit from the UN's education and development programmes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/913240.stm (499 words)

	Salon.com Sex \| Sex operators
		The country's leaders took the spiritual road, and shut down all the porn phone lines.
		Last year, Tuvalu took in about $3 million (about $1.6 million U.S.) from leasing out its area codes, but the revenue has dropped drastically in recent months.
		These people are selling the service to millions of people around the world and we know for sure they are getting millions of dollars, and yet they refuse to show their accounts to us."
	archive.salon.com /sex/world/2000/10/11/tuvalu/print.html (488 words)

	CorpWatch : Pacific Islands: Report Says Pacific Reefs, Economies Threatened
		Low-lying Pacific Island countries have long been warning of the environmental and global consequences they face from global warming (Reuters/PlanetArk, 30 Oct).
		As Greenpeace released its report, Tuvalu Prime Minister Ionatana Ionatana criticized developed nations for failing to keep the spirit of the Kyoto Protocol by not taking sufficient action on global warming (Radio New Zealand International/BBC Worldwide Monitoring, 27 Oct).
		This site contains copyrighted material the use of which has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner.
	www.corpwatch.org /article.php?id=350 (557 words)

	Air Force Reserve Command - Photos
		Staff Sgt. Shawna Warren, a Reserve loadmaster with the 433rd Airlift Wing, gives a thumbs up to Senior Master Sgt. Gary Hochenberger as he drives a backhoe onto an Alamo Wing C-5A.
		Senior Airman Ionatana Cipili and Sergeant Warren loaded eight various construction vehicles into the cargo hold of the C-5.
		The equipment, stored in Hawaii, is being transferred to the Washoe Tribe in Nevada as part of a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office program to provide much needed equipment to organizations like the Washoe Tribe.
	www.afrc.af.mil /photos (1154 words)

	Footy Times
		Tana Umaga Could of been a Newcastle Knight....
		Ionatana Falefasa "Tana" Umaga, (born May 27, 1973) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer and former captain of the national team, the All Blacks.
		He was capped 74 times for his country.
	www.footytimes.com (1335 words)

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