Articles Tagged: asiapacific
Fiji coup leader sworn in as interim PM - World news - Asia-Pacific ...
Fiji's military chief was sworn in as interim prime minister Friday, one month after seizing control of the South Pacific nation in an armed coup, dissolving Parliament and ...
Fiji coup leader sworn in as interim PM - World news - Asia-Pacific ...
Fiji's military chief was sworn in as interim prime minister Friday, one month after seizing control of the South Pacific nation in an armed coup, dissolving Parliament and ...
Coup fears in Fiji as troops deploy - World news - Asia-Pacific ...
Fears of an imminent coup in Fiji grew on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned their citizens to avoid travel to the island nation and South Pacific neighbors called a ...
Fiji military commander seizes power - World news - Asia-Pacific ...
Tuesday’s coup is the nation’s fourth in 19 years for Fiji, which, with about 900,000 people, is among the richest and most developed nations in the South Pacific, attracting ...
Fiji military stages show of force - World news - Asia-Pacific ...
It would be Fiji’s fourth coup in 19 years. The military leader has also been an outspoken opponent of two pieces of government legislation: one offering amnesty to the plotters ...
BC-Today In History - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
1987 - Leader of military coup in Fiji calls for new constitution to block Indian-dominated government. 1989 - Hundreds of thousands arrive in Beijing to support college students ...
Thai coup leaders initiate graft probe - Asia-Pacific ...
The coup leader and army commander, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, who already received a ... Fiji cyclone damage overwhelming, leader says
Fiji military stages show of force - Asia-Pacific ...
It would be Fiji’s fourth coup in 19 years. The military leader has also been an outspoken opponent of two pieces of government legislation: one offering amnesty to the plotters ...
Fiji coup leader sworn in as interim PM - Asia-Pacific ...
Fiji's military chief was sworn in as interim prime minister Friday, one month after seizing control of the South Pacific nation in an armed coup, dissolving Parliament and ...
Thai PM rejects call for new elections - Asia-Pacific ...
... in 2001 and whose party easily won two elections, was ousted by a 2006 military coup for ... Fiji braces as major tropical cyclone bears down
Coup fears in Fiji as troops deploy - Asia-Pacific ...
Fears of an imminent coup in Fiji grew on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned their citizens to avoid travel to the island nation and South Pacific neighbors called a ...
Fiji military commander seizes power - Asia-Pacific ...
Tuesday’s coup is the nation’s fourth in 19 years for Fiji, which, with about 900,000 people, is among the richest and most developed nations in the South Pacific, attracting ...
Deposed PM allies set to win Thai poll - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
After the coup, Thaksin, a 58-year-old billionaire, was barred from office for five years ... 3 dead after cyclone hits Fiji
Thai coup leaders initiate graft probe - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
The coup leader and army commander, Gen. Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, who already received a ... 3 dead after cyclone hits Fiji
ASIA-PACIFIC: Authoritarianism (Scoop.co.nz)
Political power grabs dealt press freedom a great disservice again this year. A military coup caused Fiji (152nd) to fall 73 places. Soldiers moved into Fijian news rooms for several weeks and censored articles before they were published, while foreign ...
News Asia-Pacific (Aljazeera)
Fiji is to have a new constitution in place by 2013 ahead of elections scheduled for 2014, the island nation's military ruler has said. In a national address on Wednesday, Commodore Frank Bainimarama said the plans were part of what he called a "road map" for returning Fiji to democratic rule.
Thai opposition leader becomes PM - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
... of exiled Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who has loomed over Thai politics since he was ousted by a military coup in 2006 ... After Fiji floods, thousands at risk of disease
Thousands occupy Thai PM's offices in protest - Asia-Pacific - msnbc ...
... he is a proxy for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a 2006 coup ... After Fiji floods, thousands at risk of disease
Head of Philippine marines removed - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
... on Sunday to protest the removal of the marines commander in the wake of a failed coup ... After Fiji floods, thousands at risk of disease
Thai politics heats up as Thaksin returns - Asia-Pacific - msnbc.com
The former Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted in a coup, center, stands ... Fiji sees second major flooding in week