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276:"Guinea-Bissau leader and ruling party disagree over prime ministerial post", RDP Africa web site (nl.newsbank.com), March 14, 2001.
363:"Guinea-Bissau interim PM counterattacks report on his interference in post-coup elections", Xinhua (nl.newsbank.com), 5 May 2003.
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