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Moves against Fiji's minorities 'unwise' (The New Zealand Herald)
Some Fijians want to penalise the Indo-Fijian community for its perceived support of the present regime, says a former vice-president of the island nation.
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Moves against Fiji's minorities 'unwise' (The New Zealand Herald)
Some Fijians want to penalise the Indo-Fijian community for its perceived support of the present regime, says a former vice-president of the island nation.
Outrage, warnings over Fiji boycott (Sydney Morning Herald)
FIJI'S decision not to attend today's Pacific Islands Forum signalled a continuous threat to democracy in the country, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, said yesterday as he and the New Zealand Prime Minister, Helen Clark, rounded on the boycott.
Fiji pulls out of Pacific Forum meeting - Sydney Morning Herald
Fiji pulls out of Pacific Forum meeting Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - A statement from Fiji's self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup in December 2006, on Monday said his country ... |
Fiji Labour Party pulls out of military government - International Herald Tribune
Fiji Labour Party pulls out of military government International Herald Tribune, France - Chaudhry says the decision "effectively ends" Labour's participation in the government, set up shortly after a December 2006 military coup in which ... |
Fiji may boycott Pacific leaders meeting: report - New Zealand Herald
Fiji may boycott Pacific leaders meeting: report New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - A Fiji news website, Fijilive, today reported the coup government's foreign minister Ratu Epeli Nailatikau as saying he was disappointed that Fiji was not ... |
Fiji may boycott Pacific leaders meeting: report (The New Zealand Herald)
Fiji may pull out of the Pacific Forum leaders meeting in Niue next week after being excluded from subsequent meetings in New Zealand.
Visa for Fiji leader not soft, says Govt - New Zealand Herald
Visa for Fiji leader not soft, says Govt New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - She said it was not a softening of New Zealand's travel ban on the Fijian administration which has been in place since the coup in December 2006, ... |
Coup leader cleared to travel via Auckland - New Zealand Herald
Coup leader cleared to travel via Auckland New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - New Zealand placed a ban on travel for members of Fiji's interim government and their relatives after Mr Bainimarama led the coup which deposed Fiji's ... |
Rugby: Mooloos desperate to lift their game - New Zealand Herald
Rugby: Mooloos desperate to lift their game New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Enter Henry Speight, the 20-year-old nephew of unsuccessful 2000 Fiji coup leader George, who tonight makes his debut on the wing for the province. ... |
Fiji police locking up charter opponents, politician claims (The New Zealand Herald)
Police in Fiji are finding excuses to arrest people campaigning against a plan to change the country's voting system, a political leader says. Former Fiji opposition leader Mick Beddoes said police were locking up those opposed to the draft People's Charter for Change, Peace and Progress.
Visa for Fiji leader not soft, says Govt (The New Zealand Herald)
The Government says an exception to a travel ban to allow Fiji's interim Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, to pass through Auckland is not a softening of its stance on the coup leader.
Coup leader cleared to travel via Auckland (The New Zealand Herald)
Fiji's military leader Frank Bainimarama and two of his senior ministers will be allowed to travel through Auckland to Niue next week, despite a travel ban on Fiji's interim government.
Fiji police arrest journalist - Sydney Morning Herald
Fiji police arrest journalist Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Fiji is ruled by a military regime headed by Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a bloodless coup and appointed himself prime minister. ... |
Charter will end ethnic dominance - Sydney Morning Herald
Charter will end ethnic dominance Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - It also seeks to tackle the country's so-called coup culture, which has seen Fiji governments overthrown four times since 1987. "A strategy of 12 principles ... |
Fiji charter floats electoral reforms (The New Zealand Herald)
Fiji's ethnically based communal voting system will be replaced and steps taken to tackle the country's "coup culture", under a long-awaited strategy released yesterday.
Charter will end ethnic dominance (Sydney Morning Herald)
FIJI'S military regime has published its blueprint for a new electoral system that sweeps away the previous reservation of seats for racial groups, designed to ensure dominance by indigenous Fijians.
Bainimarama on move - New Zealand Herald
Bainimarama on move New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Fiji's coup-installed leader is coming under scrutiny for his jet-setting lifestyle since taking power. Commodore Frank Bainimarama, who seized power in a ... |
Fiji's post-coup economy shrinks more than expected - New Zealand Herald
Fiji's post-coup economy shrinks more than expected New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - New figures show Fiji's economy contracted by 6.6 per cent the year after a military coup in the country, a result that's more than two per cent worse than ... |
Fiji's post-coup economy shrinks more than expected (The New Zealand Herald)
New figures show Fiji's economy contracted by 6.6 per cent the year after a military coup in the country, a result that's more than two per cent worse than expected.