1, Kiribati folk music is generally based around chanting or other forms of vocalizing, accompanied by body percussion.

2, Two uninhabited Kiribati islands, Tebua Tarawa and Abanuea, disappeared underwater in 1999.

3, Formerly the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1979.

4, Language: English is the official language, I - Kiribati ( Gilbertese ) and English are widely spoken.

5, Three countries, Kiribati, Marshall Islands and Tajikistan, had sites added for the first time.

6, The Republic of Kiribati is an island nation located in the central tropical Pacific Ocean.

7, It also dampened recent speculation that Tabai was seeking lucrative jobs outside Kiribati.

8, In return for a commercial fishing license, a foreign company paid about 5 percent of the wholesale value of anything they took out of Kiribati waters.

9, There is also a place for newcomers East Timor and Kiribati.

10, He smiled and said,[http:///kiribati.html] "This could be good for Kiribati"—as long as his nation could keep receiving income from the "reverse fishing license.

11, Group of western Pacific islands. A subdivision of Oceania, it comprises Kiribati, Guam, Nauru, the Northern Marianas, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

12, The Pacific territories involved in the project are the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu.

13, The United States is exploring with friends and partners new initiatives to address this challenge including the launch of a new regional project to remove UXO from Tarawa, Kiribati.

14, Its path across China will take in cities including Shanghai and pass across southern Japanese islands, with a last brief view from Nikumaroro Island in the South Pacific nation of Kiribati.

15, Vitamin A deficiency is also a significant public health risk in Kiribati, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia and Papua New Guinea.

16, Similar trends were observed in the neighbouring Republic of Kiribati.

17, It will be many years yet before Kosovo takes its seat at the UN between Kiribati and Kuwait (or Kurdistan, if it gets there first).

18, Ten years ago, I'd flown to Tarawa, capital of the Micronesian country of Kiribati, which includes the Phoenix Islands, to meet with government officials.