Word: kiribati
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Truman Show," it's practically a given. In fact, I am surprised that that simply charming couple from San Diego hadn't already lined up a production team. What San Diego couple, you ask? Why, the very one that had originally intended to visit the island nation of Kiribati, conveniently located near the international date line, so the wife could receive a Caesarian section once the clock struck midnight, of course. Yeah, aren't you a sucker you didn't think of that one first...
...Sydney and Tokyo, while demonstrators in Manila burned a French flag. Japan's Finance Minister Masayoshi Takemura called the French action "crazy." Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating branded it "an act of stupidity." Chile and New Zealand recalled their ambassadors. The tiny Pacific island nations of Tuvalu, Nauru and Kiribati broke off relations with Paris. Washington showed more restraint, expressing "regrets," while Bonn and London refrained from outright criticism...