Articles Tagged: indian

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

This report originally aired on CNN-IBN on December 5, 2006. Tuesday's bloodless military coup in Fiji was the fourth such incident in the island nation in the past 19 years. Fijian military chief Frank Bainimarama has cited Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase's divisive policies as the main reason for the ouster. "This is indeed an unusual and exceptional situation, which was not envisioned by the framers of the Constitution and which requires special steps to preserve the Constitution and mainta

For years we have been hearing the trash that comes out of this drunken Talatala?s (sacked) mouth. I had this tiny bit of sympathy for him when the Methodist Church rejected his application to be reinstated as a padre during the 2004 Church Conference, but boy aint I glad now that they had the wisdom of Solomon to reject that from this ?wolf in sheep?s skin?. To aspiring leaders, entertain them at your own risk! Remember who managed to worm his way through to become Rabuka?s private secretary

In Malaysiakini today, the news article screams a call made by the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, yes that one in India, to the Indian PM to Act against 'sufferings' in Malaysia. I hope Malaysiakini won?t mind me producing its article in full here (those who don?t have subscription at Malaysiakini yet, and want good reliable news, well, what are you waiting for?) ******** Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been urged to take immediate action concerning the state of the Indians in Malaysi

By Aroonim Bhuyan, New Delhi, Aug 15 : On the sunny afternoon of Aug 23, 2006, when Anand Satyanand took over as governor-general of New Zealand, he made it a point to refer to his Indian heritage in his oath-taking address.

On the sunny afternoon of Aug 23, 2006, when Anand Satyanand took over as governor-general of New Zealand, he made it a point to refer to his Indian heritage in his oath-taking address.

New Delhi, Aug 15 (IANS) On the sunny afternoon of Aug 23, 2006, when Anand Satyanand took over as governor-general of New Zealand, he made it a point to refer to his Indian heritage in his oath-taking address.

Interim Finance Minister Mahendra Chaudhry has asked India's assistance to hold credible polls here. The HindustaniTimes reports that Chaudhry met India's Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami on Tuesday to ask for electronic voting machines for Fiji.

Fiji Indians have been leaving Fiji since the early 1960s ... the coup of 1987. Later departures have been mainly to Australia and New Zealand with smaller numbers still

Posted in Fiji Indian Diaspora ( 0 links from 0 sites)

Somali Pirates Seize Indian Ship, BBC News, April 3, 2007 April 5th, ... are completley safe. I was on a desert island in Fiji, and there was a military coup. On open sea

Posted in Durrant-South Asia(120) ( 0 links from 0 sites)