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Tarawa
Tarawa , atoll (1990 pop. 28,802), capital of Kiribati , central Pacific, previously capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The administrative center of the atoll is Bairiki island. Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry through whi... Read more

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Kiribati
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the World ...offices located on south Tarawa at Betio, Bairiki, and Bikenibeu. Tarawa lies among the...replaced ferry service between the town of Bairiki and Betio (an islet) on Tarawa. A series...Peoples of the South Pacific, located at Bairiki, provides technical assistance for agriculture...
Tarawa
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...previously capital of the former British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands. The administrative center of the atoll is Bairiki island. Betio island, the chief commercial center of country, is a port of entry through which copra and pearl shell exported...

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Kiribati
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...sea levels rise, which is an expected result of global warming. In 1999 the country suffered a severe drought. Capital: Bairiki (on Tarawa Atoll) Area: 811 sq km (313 sq miles) Population: 84,000 (1998 est) Currency: 1 Australian dollar = 100...

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Kiribati concerned about presence of Chinese officials in defunct embassy.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 5/11/2006; 412 words ; ...s foreign ministry would submit a report on the fate of three Chinese officials occupying the former embassy premises in Bairiki, Radio New Zealand International reports. China closed the embassy in 2003 after Kiribati set up diplomatic ties with Taiwan...
ADB PROCUREMENT - KIRIBATI, SANITATION PROJECT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/22/2001; 700+ words ; ...bid. Contact: SAPHE Project Management Office Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Government of Kiribati PO Box 67. Bairiki, Tarawa, Kiribati Tel: (686) 22059 Fax: (686) 22060, 22100 E-mail: mfep.saphetskl.net.ki, vkteabo.saphetskl...
KIRIBATI TO ISSUE REPORT ON CHINESE OFFICIALS ACCUSED OF SPYING.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 5/11/2006; 518 words ; ...Kiribati's foreign ministry will submit a report on the fate of three Chinese officials occupying the former embassy premises in Bairiki, Radio New Zealand International reports. China closed the embassy in 2003 after Kiribati set up diplomatic ties with Taiwan...
ADB TECHNICAL - KIRIBATI, URBAN DEVELOPMENT.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 2/21/2000; 435 words ; ...Planning Executing Agency: Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning Ministry of Finance & Economic Planning P.O. Box 67 Bairiki, Kiribati CONTACT: Mr. Bureti Williams, Permanent Secretary Fax. No.: (688) 21-307 Tel. No.: (688) 21-082...
Bus operators in Kiribati to pull out services on Wednesday.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 2/2/2004; 344 words ; ...their licenses. Buses will only service areas outside the urban centre - from Bonriki International airport to the town of Bairiki. Radio Kiribati said the township of Betio will not be serviced by buses. The bus owners have sent a petition to government...
Taiwan to provide medical doctors to Kiribati.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 4/14/2004; 379 words ; ...station on the main island of Tarawa was dismantled and shipped back to China. A new national sports complex still lies idle in Bairiki. PACNEWS was told that Taiwan has agreed to pursue the construction of the sports complex soon... (THROUGH ASIA PULSE...
Kiribati police investigate assault attempt on Dr Tong.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 10/7/2004; 399 words ; ...of a prominent opposition member of parliament and brother of the president. A senior officer at the police headquarters in Bairiki told PACNEWS that police were called to Dr Harry Tong's residence last night after a complaint was lodged that a man had...
Want to travel this summer? Open a book and let imagination fly.
Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter; 5/23/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...national poet of Kiribati. All he asked in return was a hut on the beach. To Wilson's surprise, the president responded from Bairiki on Tarawa, biggest of 33 islands, once a British territory known as the Gilbert Islands. President Tabai promised to build...
Chinese official unaware of moves to be ousted from Kiribati.
News Wire article from: PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 2/2/2006; 440 words ; ...Foreign Ministry has been tasked to implement the motion aimed at deporting the Chinese nationals occupying the former embassy in Bairiki. In December, a government MP, Reete Bokai, tabled a motion in parliament, requesting that the government consider deporting...