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Update: 5:10PM FIJIS fear of being dominated by Indians should be a thing of the past, said head of the Technical and Secretariat Support team John Samy. He said some leaders behaved as if Indians would dominate Fiji when the truth was that indigenous Fijians were part of the majority make up. People have often accepted governments that have been nothing but a national embarrassment in the way they have discharged their sacred responsibilities, he said. Mr Samy said one way of arresting the

from w Dr. Brij Lal was one of the editors of a book launched this week, looking back 21 years to that momentous first coup in Fiji. He spoke of knowing your history, and that children in Fiji these days do not have extensive studies in local history. The title of the article is a bit misleading though. Current situation saddening says Academic Thursday, May 15, 2008 Academic Dr Brij Lal says it?s saddening to see that people nowadays have very little knowledge about the history and at the sam

Today is the anniversary of the first time Indo-Fijians set foot in Fiji, back on May 14, 1879. Not without coincidence, it is also the date that marks the first South Pacific coup against a democratically-elected majority Indian government back in 1987. I was too young to remember the horrors inflicted on the Indian population at the time, but with that one act, this day was forever tarnished in our imaginations as a ?new beginning? for us. Instead of calling Fiji a ?coup culture? and ?banana

0337 - Constantine, Emperor of Rome, died at the age of 47. 0625 - Battle of Uhud takes place between Muslims and Pagans in Arabia 0752 - Stephan II becomes Pope but on the third day after his election, he died before his consecration1103 - Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy dies (b. 1058). 1153 - Treaty of Konstanz between Frederik I "Barbarossa" and Pope Eugene III.1169 - Shirkuh dies. Kurd General, vizier of Cairo, Saladin's uncle. 1174 - Jocelin, abbot of Melrose, is elected bishop of Glasgow 1237 -

?Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the Government from deceiving the people? Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in Government.? ~Hugo Black, Supreme Court Justice (take note FBCL specifically, & Fiji Media more generally! Look what happened to the journos at Rishikul after journos failed to stand up for the rights of Ballu Khan and the other ?assassination plot? frame-up victims earlier!) ?The great ene

Luvequ's Happy New Year to us all. May last year pale into insignificance as we get older but may we all learn from history. There are already worrying trends emerging early in 2008. Voreqe is already dictating who can and cannot contest elections. Voreqe also saying the military that would decide the presidency and all the other functions of Government. What a sham we are living in. What a life living in a big fat lie. The self-styled Military Council sitting in on illegal Cabinet Meetings. Wh

On the anniversary of Fiji's latest coup, Michael Field takes a personal look at the year since Voreqe Bainimarama seized power. See slideshow

Today in History Submitted by Whaleoil on Fri, 2007-11-02 07:33 ... case 1964 - King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half

On this day in History - Jul 14 September 1, 2007 at 1:42 am · Filed under movie archive, make blog, how to grow, nursery flowers, blogludeces, male entrepreneurs, auditing, texas bonghorns, tip harris, pessoal 0664 - Deusdedit of Canterbury dies. Archbishop of Canterbury0937 - Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria dies.1093 - Death of St. Ulric of Zell

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FijiFreedom says that understanding what went wrong will enable us to get back on the path ... in their expressions of opinions. Fiji Bills Create Divisions Sanjay Ramesh, Sydney, Australia, September 27, 2006 Fiji's problems just got bigger as the government started battle on three

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By: TODD SAROUHAN History of Fiji Though relatively small, Fiji has quite a history ... that it is now, the first inhabitants of Fiji arrived from South East Asia. Pottery excavated from Fijian towns showed that Fiji was settled before or around 1000 BC by Pacific immigrants. In 1643, The Dutch explorer

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100 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar was born (either July 13 or July 12) (d. 44 BC). Roman soldier and politician.0040 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola was born (d. 0093). Roman Governor of Britain.0574 - Pope John III dies. 0939 - Pope Leo VII dies. 0982 - Otto II is defeated in Calabria by the Saracens,

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Why We Fight!-- People forget too easily. People also don't seem to recognize how long this has been going on and how pervasive it has been. 5 August1973-- Greece, Black September suicide squad attacks passenger terminals at Athens airport, Greece, killing three civilians and injuring fifty five

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On this day in History - Jul 14 No Comments 0664 - Deusdedit of Canterbury dies. Archbishop of Canterbury0937 - Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria dies.1093 - Death of St. Ulric of Zell. 1223 - King Philip II of France dies (b. 1165)1223 - In France, Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France

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Why We Fight!-- People forget too easily. People also don't seem to recognize how long this has been going on and how pervasive it has been. 22 July1946-- Jerusalem, Ninety people killed and forty five wounded after Jewish terrorists blow up the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Palestine, which was home to British government and military offices

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0664 - Deusdedit of Canterbury dies. Archbishop of Canterbury0937 - Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria dies.1093 - Death of St. Ulric of Zell. 1223 - King Philip II of France dies (b. 1165)1223 - In France, Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father, Philip II of France

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100 BC - Gaius Julius Caesar was born (either July 13 or July 12) (d. 44 BC). Roman soldier and politician.0040 - Gnaeus Julius Agricola was born (d. 0093). Roman Governor of Britain.0574 - Pope John III dies. 0939 - Pope Leo VII dies. 0982 - Otto II is defeated in Calabria by the Saracens,

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Fiji is now at the turning point of its history, says academic and one of the architects of Fiji's Constitution Dr Brij Lal.