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Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Vowing not to repeat "mistakes" of the past, Fiji's military ruler said Friday that his South Pacific nation will not bow to international pressure and hold democratic elections just to appease its critics.
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Former Fiji coup leader in frame to manage Islanders (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - Former Fijian coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka is in the running to be appointed manager of the Pacific Islands rugby team for its tour of Europe in November, the Fiji Times reported on Wednesday.
Defiant Fiji ruler says no elections for now (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji's defiant military ruler warned there will be no return to democracy in the volatile nation until after electoral reforms are implemented, regardless of outside pressure.
Coup leader in line to manage Pacific Islanders (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Sitiveni Rabuka, an army commander who became Fiji's prime minister after leading a coup in 1987, could be the manager of the Pacific Islanders rugby team on its tour to Europe in November.
Fiji slams Pacific bloc expulsion threats (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
The Fiji government slammed the Pacific Islands Forum on Friday for its threats to expel the military-run nation over its slow pace in returning to democracy, saying such a move would undermine regional cooperation.
Fiji faces suspension from Pacific nation group (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji faces suspension from a 16-nation regional forum by year's end unless its military government can show progress toward holding democratic elections, Pacific leaders warned Thursday.
South Pacific leaders to hold Fiji to account (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
South Pacific leaders denounced Fiji's military ruler Wednesday for snubbing their annual summit and said measures would be discussed to pressure the coup leader to return the island nation to democracy.
Fiji pulls out of South Pacific summit (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji's military coup chief pulled out of the Pacific Islands Forum summit Monday, snubbing regional leaders and avoiding tough questions over postponing democratic elections he had pledged to hold by March 2009.
Fiji government says it wants to end coup culture (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji's interim government released a draft charter Wednesday that recommends changes to the South Pacific nation's voting system and military in order to end the country's coup culture.
New Zealand slams Fiji coup leader for breaking promise to hold elections (AP via Yahoo! Philippines
New Zealand's prime minister slammed Fiji's coup leader on Monday for breaking a promise to hold democratic elections by the end of next March.
Fiji coup leader rules out elections to return to democracy by March 2009 (AP via Yahoo! Philippines
Fiji's military ruler Commodore Frank Bainimarama says there will be no election in the South Pacific nation next March after earlier citing the date to South Pacific and European Union officials.
South Pacific ministers head to Fiji for key talks on return to democracy (AP via Yahoo! Philippines
A group of South Pacific foreign ministers will try this week to salvage a plan aimed at returning Fiji to democracy amid signs the country's military leader will break a promise to hold elections by next March.
Pacific states seek to reopen dialogue after Fiji walks away from talks (AP via Yahoo! Philippines N
South Pacific states moved Thursday to reopen a dialogue with Fiji about returning to democracy _ days after the coup-prone nation withdrew from a regional bloc that is pressing for elections early next year.
Fiji coup leader warns no election without binding charter (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji's military leader warned that he would not hold elections to return to democracy next year as planned if political parties refuse to back a national charter being drafted by the armed forces.
Fiji government threatens media crackdown after expelling publisher (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji's military ruler has threatened to close down media outlets in the South Pacific country after deporting a publisher for allegedly threatening national security, a newspaper editor said Tuesday.
Fiji military government expels a second foreign media chief (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
An Australian newspaper publisher expelled from Fiji for "breaching national security" accused the South Pacific country's military leader Saturday of trying to intimidate the press.
Fiji defies court order, deports second newspaper publisher (AP via Yahoo! Philippines News)
Fiji's military government defied a High Court order and deported the Australian publisher of the South Pacific country's leading newspaper Friday, in the second such expulsion in three months.
Fiji moves to deport News Corp newspaper publisher (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
SUVA, May 1 - Fiji's military government ordered the Australian publisher of Rupert Murdoch's Fiji Times newspaper, Evan Hannah, to be deported on Thursday, saying he was a threat to national security.
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