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The Government is trying to defuse the latest row with Fiji and appears to have at least delayed the expulsion of New Zealand's acting high commissioner in Suva.

The Pacific Islands Forum?s Ministerial Contact Group was back in Suva this week to assess Fiji?s progress towards returning to democracy by March 2009. Unsurprisingly, interim Government leader Commodore Bainimarama told the group (foreign ministers from Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu) that Fiji 'cannot and will not proceed to convene an election under the current rules.' The Ministers expressed disappointment. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith wa

Guest blogger: Sanjay Ramesh, who teaches at the University of Technology, Sydney, is Senior Political Editor at the Sydney Fiji Times and Adjunct Fellow at the University of Fiji. Jon Fraenkel raises some important issues about Fiji. Most important, perhaps, is his message that there could never be any justification for overthrowing an elected government. However, the latest coup in Fiji was different from the previous coups, in that it was based on ?good governance? and multi-ethnic coll

Phew!! What a series of ridiculous stunts we?ve had to endure yet again ... the façade of ?moving Fiji forward?. Just when you want to post a blog about an issue, they go and pull ... is that it is forcing more coup supporters out of the woodwork to ?show? that the coup has the backing

Fiji police are yet to complete investigations into the death of Tailevu villager Nimilote Verebasaga, the first civilian alleged to have died in the hands of soldiers following the December 5 coup last year.

.. Page Header -- Aust, NZ judges quit Fiji's Appeal Court Posted Tue Sep 4, 2007 6: ... . Fiji's military-backed government seized power in a bloodless coup on December 5 2006, from the elected ... 21pm AEST Six judges from Australia and New Zealand have resigned from Fiji's Court of Appeal

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The row between the interim government and tourism stakeholders on who is right regarding Fiji's first quarter visitor arrival figures is continuing.

An election official said a result was expected on Wednesday. Fiji?s week-long election, which ended on Saturday, has been conducted in a racially-charged climate, with indigenous Fijian Qarase saying the South Pacific island nation was not ready for an ethnic Indian-led government.