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It was the hand plough that got to me most.  There on the main road between two of Fiji's main cities, just minutes from a major town in an area locals proudly call 'Fiji's Salad Bowl,' a man was scratching a living -- or trying to -- on a small handkerchief of land, putting his body through exertions for which it was never intended simply to keep himself and his family somewhat fed, partially clothed and trying to pay the rent on this field and the tiny shack that occupied one corner. It was l

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

So here I go again, back to the South Pacific. Welcome old friends, new friends, family, girlfriend ... or government agents investigating my background. I get asked a lot just what I am doing in Fiji ... took over the democratically elected government, one of many coups in the past decade. Fiji

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If anyone is in a position to claim Fiji has had its last coup, then it is Dr Tupeni Baba who has endured all four in the past 20 years.