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We are all looking forward to elections next year as the way back to a normal life in Fiji. At the Forum in Tonga Frank gave a clear undertaking in front of all Pacific Island leaders that elections would be held in March 2009. Some of us found this hard to believe, but he did say it. However, the words had hardly left his mouth when he started talking about the Charter as a step to be taken before the elections. In particular, he caused all sorts of confusion when he started throwing

Ousted Fiji prime minister Laisenia Qarase has accused the military of following him since his return to the capital Suva, amid reports soldiers also roughed up his driver.

You know how Forest Gump manages to leave a path of destruction in his wake, destroying the lives of others, yet he, himself, ... . In Fiji, 2006 we left just before a (peaceful) military coup took place. So I really shouldn't

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Australia has raised concerns about Fiji's treatment of lawyers and judges with the United Nations Human Rights Council. Fiji's military rulers, who seized power in a coup last December, have come under fire for their treatment of the country's legal officials.