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Gilbert and Ellice Islands

Gilbert and Ellice Islands, former British colony in the central and S Pacific; see Kiribati and Tuvalu.

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One and a Half Pacific Islands/Teuana ao Teiterana n aba n Te Betebeke: Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves/I-Banaba Aika a Karakin oin Rongorongola.(Book review) (The Contemporary Pacific)

New meaning to the term down under. (the tiny islands of Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru are pressuring Australia to reduce greenhouse gas emissions)(Brief Article) (The Economist (US))

"Leave without pay" the story of the AWA telegraphists in the Second World War. (Sabretache)

Kiribati. (Country Profile). (New Internationalist)

There is a better world: the places that people call Eden and paradise can really become so, if only the Pacific islanders will heave themselves to their feet. (The Economist (US))

Tokelau: A Historical Ethnography. (The Contemporary Pacific)

The book that changed my life (New Statesman)

TUVALU.(Polynesian atoll and nation)(Statistical Data Included) (New Internationalist)

The last game left (The Spectator)

Come in, number 13. (country names) (Editorial) (The Economist (US))

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