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More than 200,000 people have flooded through the gates at Auckland's Western Springs for the Pasifika Festival

The fight to return free speech to Fiji has suffered another setback after the government banned several critics from addressing an international youth congress in the troubled nation.   The military regime has blocked speakers at the Pacific Youth Festival on the eve of a speech by self-appointed Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama on the future on the country.   Bainimarama’s announcement is expected to shed light on his plans for a new constitution to replace the charter abrogated amid polit

Fiji’s military backed government has some banned speakers and facilitators from participating in next month’s Pacific Youth Festival. Organisers say they are in the process of informing a number of delegations they will not be allowed attend the event, following a decision by the interim government that all speeches at the festival must be vetted by Fiji’s Ministry of Information. “The Department of Youth and Sport was informed by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Information that the

Fiji's military-backed government has banned some of the speakers who were taking part in next month's Pacific Youth Festival.

Le temps de la nouvelle année génère comme d?habitude ces prédictions fascinantes de ce qui arrivera dans les 12 mois qui viennent. Je m?étais penché l?année dernière sur la question en mettant en évidence le biais des prédictions, et aussi celles qui étaient faciles et moins faciles à mettre sur la table. Comme chaque année, les prévisionnistes prêchent pour un peu pour leur paroisse ou leur domaine d?expertise. Et si les prédictions sont souvent valables sur le fond, elles le sont rarement su