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Fiji rewards spurned colonel - The Australian
 Radio New Zealand International | Fiji rewards spurned colonel The Australian ... the regime of coup leader Frank Bainimarama had publicly announced Colonel Pita Driti would lead Fiji's 200-strong Iraq peacekeeping contingent. ... Fiji still part of UN peacekeeping operations UN cites human rights record for rejecting Fiji's Iraq nominee Fiji colonel rejected from Iraq role for 'human rights violations' |
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Can't be worrying about conflict of interest when you're taking over Australia - The Australian
Can't be worrying about conflict of interest when you're taking over Australia The Australian It would appear to make more sense to chase Nic Naitanui, the 19-year-old Fijian West Coast player, who so thrilled AFL fans across the nation on the ... |
Pressure for PM at CHOGM (The Australian)
VULNERABLE Pacific and Indian Ocean states are expected to pressure Kevin Rudd to commit to tough greenhouse gas emissions targets at the forthcoming CHOGM meeting.
Fiji expels Australian envoys (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Fiji coup leader and self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama has ordered Australia and New Zealand recall their envoys within 24 hours, accusing them of interfering in its internal affairs.
Australian aid officials worried about China - Radio Australia
Australian aid officials worried about China Radio Australia, Australia MOTTRAM: Fiji's 2006 coup has posed the question for many countries of how they can to continue to give aid to support the people of Fiji without inadvertently propping up the unelected, military-led regime. But at an Australian Parliamentary committee ... |
Fiji's chief justice reappointed to office (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Fiji's president has reappointed the country's chief justice and named three judges, just weeks after scrapping the constitution and sacking the judiciary.
Democracy postponed: Fiji and Australian policy choices (Australian Policy Online)
This report examines the political situation in Fiji following a Presidential announcement last Friday which abolished the constitution, assumed all governing power and revoked all judicial appointments. International
$1 million of Australian aid for flooded Fiji - The Australian
 Telegraph.co.uk | $1 million of Australian aid for flooded Fiji The Australian, Australia - But the Fijian leader, who displaced the former government in a coup two years ago, will have to travel to the summit by island-hopping, since the most ... Fears held for 24 missing in Fiji floods Kiwis stranded in Fiji floods urged to stay put as death toll climbs Fiji hit by fresh storms |
Fiji calls for Australian publisher to be jailed (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Fiji's military government has recommended the High Court sentence a newspaper editor and an Australian publisher to jail.
Fiji death threat for Australian - The Australian
Fiji death threat for Australian The Australian, Australia - Fiji has been ruled by military commander Frank Bainimarama since a bloodless coup in December 2006. Australia has sanctions against Fiji and has been a ... |
Fiji rulers expel Australian publisher - The West Australian
Fiji rulers expel Australian publisher The West Australian, Australia - Since the December 2006 coup, Fiji's fourth in 20 years, Bainimarama has been accused of waging a campaign of intimidation against media outlets critical of ... |
Fiji deports Australian newsman (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Authorities in Fiji have succeeded in deporting the Fiji Times's Australian publisher Evan Hannah.
Aussie's post 'in breach of Fiji law' - The Australian
Aussie's post 'in breach of Fiji law' The Australian, Australia - "What had happened is after the events of December 5, 2006 (when Commodore Frank Bainimarama seized power in a bloodless coup), these appointments were not ... Scutt criticised for accepting Court of Appeal post in Fiji |
Judge criticised over Fiji posting (The Australian)
A FORMER Australian anti-discrimination commissioner and barrister has been criticised for accepting an appointment by Fiji's military regime to the country's Court of Appeal.
Bainimarama acts as Fiji army spokesman (The West Australian)
Fiji's self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama has tightened his grip on information in his country, deciding he alone should be the army's media spokesman.
Australian publisher thrown out of Fiji - The West Australian
Australian publisher thrown out of Fiji The West Australian, Australia - Fiji's interim government, headed by coup leader and self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama, said Hunter was deported because he was a security ... |
Former Fiji PM pleads not guilty - The West Australian
Former Fiji PM pleads not guilty The West Australian, Australia - Qarase, who led Fiji for six years until he was ousted in a bloodless coup in 2006, pleaded not guilty to three counts of abuse of office and one count of ... |
Fiji 'may withdraw from Commonwealth' - The Australian
Fiji 'may withdraw from Commonwealth' The Australian FIJI'S military leader says his country may quit the Commonwealth altogether due to pressure from the international organisation to call elections, ... |
UN blocks senior Fijian army officer Colonel Pita Driti from peacekeeping role ... - The Australian
Radio New Zealand International | UN blocks senior Fijian army officer Colonel Pita Driti from peacekeeping role ... The Australian Colonel Driti, Fiji's land forces commander, played a prominent role in events leading up to and after the December 2006 military coup led by Commodore ... UN cites human rights record for rejecting Fiji's Iraq nominee Fiji still part of UN peacekeeping operations Fiji colonel rejected from Iraq role for 'human rights violations' |
NZ, Fiji to reopen their embassies (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Fiji and New Zealand say they have cleared the way for diplomats to return to their embassies in Wellington and Suva, following a second round of talks in three weeks.