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	Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean.
		Its name is pronounced /kiribas/ and is a Micronesian transliteration of the former English name for the main group of islands, the Gilbert Islands.
		Kiribati consists of three archipelagos; the Gilbert Islands (16 islands), some 1500 km north of Fiji, the Phoenix Islands[?] (8 islands), some 1800 km southeast of the Gilberts and the Line Islands (9 islands), about 3300 km east of the Gilberts.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ki/Kiribati.html (415 words)

	Kiribati - Facts, Information, and Encyclopedia Reference article
		Kiribati was inhabited by a single Micronesian ethnic group that spoke the same Oceanic language for 2,000 years before coming into contact with Europeans.
		In 1943, the Battle of Tarawa was fought at Kiribati's capital Bairiki on Tarawa atoll.
		Based on a 1995 realignment of the International Date Line, Kiribati is now the easternmost country in the world, and was the first country to enter into the year 2000 at Caroline Island, which, not coincidentally, has been renamed Millennium Island.
	www.startsurfing.com /encyclopedia/k/i/r/Kiribati.html (884 words)

	Kiribati Politics
		The Republic of Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, lies astride the equator in the central Pacific and consists of 33 islands divided into three main groups: the Gilbert Group, the Phoenix Group and the Line Group.
		The Phoenix and Line islands, which were never permanently inhabited, became part of Kiribati during the period of colonial rule.
		During the period of colonial rule, the main source of foreign income for Kiribati was the export of phosphate.
	www.janesoceania.com /kiribati_politics/index.htm (632 words)

	Kiribati (09/06)
		Kiribati (pronounced "keer-ih-bahs") consists of 32 low-lying atolls and one raised island scattered over an expanse of ocean equivalent in size to the continental United States.
		Kiribati's per capita GDP of less than U.S. $700 is one of the lowest in the world.
		Kiribati has prudently managed the reserve fund, which is vital for the long-term welfare of the country.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1836.htm (2517 words)

	Kiribati History \| iExplore.com
		In 1892, Kiribati became part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and was administered by the West Pacific High Commission in Fiji.
		Kiribati has a unicameral chamber legislature, Maneaba ni Maungatabu, with 41 members: 39 of these are directly elected for four years; the Attorney-General is an ex-officio member; there is also a representative of the Banaban community (inhabitants of Ocean island).
		Kiribati is also one of the 14 signatories to the Pacific Islands Countries Trade Agreement, agreed in 2001, which plans measures to boost regional trade.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Kiribati/History (661 words)

	Kiribati (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Parliament of Kiribati, called the Maneaba ni Maungatabu, is elected every four years, and consists of 40 elected representatives, together with the Attorney-General and a representative of the Banaban community from Rabi island in Fiji.
		The rest of the land in Kiribati consists of the sand and reef rock islets of atolls or coral islands that rise but a few meters (at most 6.5 feet) above sea level.
		While English is the constitution's and law's language, Kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/k/ki/kiribati.html (1011 words)

	Pacific Island Books : Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
		Their personal statements about the future of Kiribati which now stands at the crossroads are compelling and will no doubt provoke controversy both within Kiribati and in other small Pacific nations facing similar questions of cultural identity.
		Kiribati became an independent sovereign nation on 12 July, 1979 incorporating within its boundaries the former Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands.
		After independence in 1979, the Kiribati government continued the exploration and development of marine resources as an integral part of its overall economic program, and is being assisted in the process by foreign aid, principally by Britain and Japan.
	www.pacificislandbooks.com /kiribati.htm (1092 words)

	MapZones.com : Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kiribati, Republic of, formerly the Gilbert Islands, independent state in the west-central Pacific Ocean, part of Micronesia.
		The islands of Kiribati include Banaba (Ocean Island); the 16 Gilbert Islands, including Tarawa, on which the capital, Bairiki, is located; Rawaki; the 8 Phoenix Islands and 8 of the 11 Line Islands, including Kiritimati Island (or Christmas Island), the nation's largest.
		Kiribati has a tropical climate with a rainy season that lasts from October to March; typhoons are common.
	www.mapzones.com /world/pacific/kiribati/index.php (153 words)

	Kiribati: Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He was perhaps the earliest proponent of Kiribati independence and was for long thought likely to become the first president.
		Naboua was never really able to wrest political power from the hands of the late-colonial civil service and was regarded somewhat as a 'tool of the establishment'.
		A former Cooperatives Officer (the Cooperative Office dealt with regulation and inspection of the registered cooperative societies which dominated trade in Kiribati from the post-war years until the 1980's), he was elected Member of the House of Assembly for Abaiang in the 1970's.
	www.wysiwyg.co.nz /kiribati/politics.html (666 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography - I
		The Kiribati Protestant Church and the New Religious Movements, 1860-1985.
		Series on politics in the Pacific Islands 3, 68pp, [4] leaves of plates, ill, maps; 21 cm, index.
		Kiribati Extension Centre, Tarawa, and Institute of Pacific Studies of University of the South Pacific.
	www.trussel.com /kir/gilbibi.htm (528 words)

	Kiribati: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
		Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, consists of three widely separated main groups of southwest Pacific islands: the Gilberts on the equator, the Phoenix Islands to the east, and the Line Islands farther east.
		Kiribati's 1995 act of moving the international date line far to the east, so that it encompassed Kiribati's Line Islands group, courted controversy.
		The move, which fulfilled one of President Tito's campaign promises, was intended to enable Kiribati to become the first country to see the dawn on Jan. 1, 2000, and welcome the new millennium—an event of significance for tourism.
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	Kiribati
		The Flag of Kiribati: the upper half is red with a gold frigatebird (Fregata minor, in Gilbertese: te eitei) flying over a gold rising sun (otintaai), and the lower half is blue with three horizontal wavy white stripes to represent the ocean and the 3 groups (Gilbert, Phoenix and Line Islands).
		Kiribati briefly suspended its relations with France in 1995 over that country's decision to renew nuclear testing in the South Pacific.
		The Kiribati Scout Association was founded in 1993, and the island nation joined the World Organization of the Scout Movement in the same year.
	www.shortopedia.com /K/I/Kiribati (978 words)

	Wikinfo \| Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Because Banaba was devastated by phosphate mining, the vast majority of Banabans moved to the island of Rabi in the Fiji Islands in the 1940s.
		The Kiribati Government has responded by including several special provisions in the Constitution, such as the designation of a Banaban seat in the legislature and the return of land previously acquired by the government for phosphate mining.
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	Politics of Kiribati (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The FBI was hunting for Bohringer and his missing yacht, and the isolated Kiribati islands were âgrappling with being catapulted into the world of terrorism...
		Political parties and leaders: Boutokaan Te Koaua Party or BTK [Taberannang TIMEON]; Maneaban Te Mauri Party or MTM [Teburoro TITO]; National Progressive Party or NPP [Dr. Harry TONG] (has joined the MTM in 2003).
		Diplomatic representation in the US: Kiribati does not have an embassy in the US but one High Commission at Suva (Fiji); there is an honorary consulate in Honolulu, in Sydney, in Hamburg.
	publicliterature.org.cob-web.org:8888 /en/wikipedia/p/po/politics_of_kiribati.html (812 words)

	PBS - The Voyage of the Odyssey - Track the Voyage - PNG
		When we left Kiribati a week ago, there were a about thirty large crates on the dock, addressed to Kiribati Fisheries from "Japan Aid"-obviously a gift to Kiribati from Japan to help them develop their fisheries.
		A Kiribati Fisheries officer who was present at the meeting in Japan, (JARPN II) implied that he is concerned that Kiribati's potentially profitable squid fishery may be threatened by the presence of sperm whales.
		During our time in Kiribati, both Government Officials and Fisheries employees made reference to whales competing with humans for fish, as well as to the potential Japanese interest in whaling in their territorial waters.
	www.pbs.org /odyssey/odyssey/20010217_log_transcript.html (1147 words)

	Kiribati - Gurupedia
		Its name is pronounced /kiribas/ and is a Micronesian transliteration of "Gilberts", the English name for the main group of islands: the former Gilbert Islands.
		With independence, the United States relinquished all claims to the sparsely inhabited Phoenix and all but 3 of the Line islands, which became part of Kiribati territory.
		English is the constitution's and laws' language, kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.gurupedia.com /k/ki/kiribati.htm (688 words)

	Kiribati
		Kiribati is a constitutional republic with a popularly elected president and a legislative assembly, 40 members of which are elected by universal adult suffrage, and 2 of whom are members by virtue of their office.
		There were no reports of political or other extrajudicial killings.
		Over 90 percent of the work force is occupied in fishing or subsistence farming, but the small wage sector has a relatively strong and effective trade union movement.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eap/index.cfm?docid=718 (1679 words)

	Kiribati Bibliography: Semantic Index
		A, 96-2, treaty of friendship with the Republic of Kiribati, Ex.
		Malcomson, Scott L. Tuturani: A Political Journey in the Pacific Islands.
		Essays cover topics such as the impact of women on politics, of electronic media and of sovereignity movements".
	www.trussel.com /kir/s_pol.htm (723 words)

	News and Politics Magazines
		Political and literary magazine featuring the best in cultural debate, fiction, poetry, and reviews.
		In-depth coverage of political and economic events throughout the world.
		London based journal covering politics, economics, and culture of a contemporary non-conformism.
	www.world-newspapers.com /news-magazine.html (352 words)

	Politics of Kiribati Information
		Politics of Kiribati takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the President of Kiribati is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		The constitution promulgated at independence on 12 July 1979, establishes the Republic of Kiribati as a sovereign democratic republic and guarantees the fundamental rights of its citizens.
		The government's attempts to placate the Banabans include several special provisions in the constitution, such as the designation of a Banaban seat in the legislature and the return of land previously acquired by the government for phosphate mining.
	www.bookrags.com /Politics_of_Kiribati (502 words)

	Politics of Kiribati: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The constitution promulgated at independence on July 12, 1979, establishes Kiribati as a sovereign democratic republic and guarantees the fundamental rights of its citizens.
		The unicameral House of Assembly (Maneaba) has 41 members: 39 elected representatives; one appointed member from Banaba, and the Attorney General on an ex officio basis.
		Political parties exist but are more similar to informal coalitions in behavior.
	www.encyclopedian.com /po/Politics-of-Kiribati.html (800 words)

	CNN.com - China pulls Kiribati space center - Nov. 25, 2003
		Chinese officials have told the Kiribati government they are taking the tracking station back to China for "upgrading," Kiribati's Secretary for Foreign Affairs Taam Biribo told The Associated Press in a telephone interview.
		Biribo said the Chinese embassy at Tarawa had told the Kiribati government, following Kiribati's recognition of Taiwan earlier this month, that because of the One China policy "they cannot continue to fly their flag where the Taiwan flag is flying.
		The Kiribati government is expected to ask Taipei to help complete work on a US$9 million sports center China began two months ago as an aid project.
	cnn.com /2003/TECH/space/11/25/china.kiribati.ap/index.html (509 words)

	Kiribati — FactMonster.com
		In 1995, Kiribati moved the international date line to the eastern border of the sprawling island nation so that it would no longer be divided by the date line.
		Tito was reelected in 1998 and 2003, but in Mar., 2003, he was removed from office by a no-confidence vote, and replaced by a Council of State.
		Kiribati: History, Geography, Government, and Culture - Information on Kiribati — geography, history, politics, government, economy, population statistics, culture, religion, languages, largest cities, as well as a map and the national flag.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0827764.html (359 words)

	Millenium: Date Line Politics - How did the Republic of Kiribati become first?
		Bill Paupe, Kiribati's honorary consul, says, "Everybody is making a case that they are first, and, of course, they've been able to sell that to a number of people."
		Kiribati's island chain spreads over 2,000 miles of ocean — the span of Western Europe — but its 33 atolls cover less area than London.
		"We [Kiribati's consul] are adhering to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, which is the designated world authority on the time zones, and it has said that Millennium Island would be the first to experience the dawn of the new millennium," Paupe said.
	www.trussel.com /kir/dateline.htm (708 words)

	Kiribati : Essential Information, explanation, recent texts, monographs, and relevant links.
		In 1978, the Ellice Islands became the independent nation of Tuvalu, followed by Kiribati independence in 1979.
		Politics Main article: Politics of Kiribati The parliament of Kiribati, called Maneaba ni Maungatabu is elected every four years, and consists of 36 representatives.
		Demographics Main article: Demographics of Kiribati While English is the official language, I-Kiribati, the native Micronesian language, is widely spoken.
	www.real-estate-properties.com /primary/politics/Kiribati.html (722 words)

	Costa Rica - Politics
		Politics has long been dominated by the PUSC and PLN, both of which have close ties to major banana- and coffee-growing families.
		Historically the US has exercised a very powerful influence on politics.
		The PLN in 1994 promised reforms to its previous austerity policies, but soon came under pressure from international financial organizations to reduce the budget deficit.
	dev.prenhall.com /divisions/hss/worldreference/CR/politics.html (133 words)

	New Page 4
		This Web site has been developed by an I-Kiribati (Kiribati person) for the people of Kiribati, friends of Kiribati and as an aid to visitors who are always most welcome.
		The anthology runs for 90 minutes in which the traditional chants are introduced with many from Kiribati, including Banaba and Rabi, followed by the beautiful songs of Micronesia.
		It is also hoped that this message is one which will allow the people of the Republic of Kiribati, including Banaba, as well as the rest of the world, to live in peace, prosperity and harmony.
	www.janeresture.com /kirihome/new_page_4.htm (1157 words)

	Elections in Kiribati - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kiribati elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature.
		The House of Assembly (Maneaba ni Maungatabu) has 42 members, 40 elected for a four year term in single-seat and multi-seat constituencies, 1 delegate from Banaba Island and 1 ex offico member.
		Kiribati has a two-party system, which means that there are two dominant political parties, with extreme difficulty for anybody to achieve electoral success under the banner of any other party.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elections_in_Kiribati (199 words)

	History of Kiribati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Subsequent invasions by Fijians and Tongans introduced Micronesian and Polynesian elements to the Micronesian culture, but extensive intermarriage has produced a population reasonably homogeneous in appearance and traditions.
		Teburoro Tito's tenure as president, 1994-2003, also was curtailed by the three-term limit, though in his case his third term lasted only a matter of months before he lost a no confidence motion in Parliament.
		(Note: See the next section for an explanation of Kiribati's unique presidential system.) In July 20003, Anote Tong defeated his elder brother, Harry Tong, who was backed by former-President Tito and his allies.
	www.historyofnations.net /oceania/kiribati.html (448 words)

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