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SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ Vowing not to repeat ``mistakes'' of the past, Fiji's military ruler says his South Pacific nation won't bow to international pressure and hold democratic elections just to appease its critics.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ Fiji could hold elections to return to democracy within months if there was the political will to do so. That's what New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters said after meeting with Fiji's coup leader and election officials.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ Fiji says it will ask China for a substantial loan for infrastructure projects. International donors have threatened to slash aid to Fiji following a bloodless coup in the impoverished South Pacific nation.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) _ Fiji is expelling New Zealand's top diplomat in the island nation following tensions over Fiji's military coup in December.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ The European Union says Fiji's military-led government will hold democratic elections by March of 2009. The announcement came after intensive talks in Brussels with a delegation from the troubled South Pacific nation.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ Fiji's military regime has suspended all further meetings of the South Pacific nation's powerful council of indigenous chiefs. The regime is calling the panel a security threat after it rejected the government's candidate for vice president.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) _ The United States has stepped up pressure on Fiji's military government. The U-S is calling for a rapid return to democracy in return for an easing of restrictions on military links.