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
Promotional campaign raises interest in Australia, FVB says THE
Fiji Visitors Bureau's promotional campaign has piqued the interest of the Australian tourist market to the point where it is slowly recovering from post-
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Dear Mr Nasir Ali, It seems to me that this junta which is purportedly spearheading the so-called "clean-up campaign" to rid
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