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Moving slowly forward over Coconut Palm forest on atoll
Moving slowly forward over Coconut Palm forest on atoll
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Moving over Coconut Palm trees with white birds flying about
Moving over Coconut Palm trees with white birds flying about
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High above Coconut Palm forest on Manra Atoll
High above Coconut Palm forest on Manra Atoll
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KIRIBATI ISLANDS: MILLENNIUM PREPARATIONS (2)
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Thanks to its proximity to the international dateline, the tiny island nation of Kiribati will be the first nation on Earth to enter the new millennium.
Just short of the dateline Kiribati's Millennium Island will be the...
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KIRIBATI: E8. MILLENNIUM CELEBRATIONS: DAWN (5)
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Kiribati was the first country to witness the sunrise of the New Millennium - 22 minutes ahead of the Chatham Islands in New Zealand.
The Dawn celebration was marked by dancers and singers symbolically embracing the new...
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ROVING REPORT RR9933/C KIRIBATI: MILLENNIUM
(Duration: 9 mins 35 secs, sot 1 min 52 secs)
Thanks to a geographical quirk, the tiny island of Kiribati in the South Pacific will go into the record books as the first nation on earth to enter the third millennium. But of far more...
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CLEAN : Its about our survival insists Kiribati President
CLEAN : Its about our survival insists Kiribati President
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CLEAN : China praises Kiribati for cutting ties with Taiwan
China praises the Pacific island of Kiribati for cutting ties with Taiwan saying it highly appreciates the decision (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Taiwan president visits, speaks on China-Taiwanese relations
1. Wide shot of Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian's presser in Kiribati
2. Cutaway to Taiwanese government officials, Presidential Deputy Secretary-General Huang Chi-feng (left), Foreign Minister Mark Chen (right)
3. SOUNDBITE:...
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Taiwan breaks ties with Kiribati over China
The Pacific island nation of Kiribati has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan, the second country to do so this week.
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China commends Kiribati decision on Taiwan
China's foreign ministry on Friday applauded the decision by the Pacific island of Kiribati to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan.
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Xi welcomes Kiribati's Maamau after Taiwan switch
Chinese President Xi Jinping said the resumption of diplomatic ties between China and Kiribati "serves the common interests of the people of the two countries" during his first meeting with the Pacific island nation's leader since it...