Fiji's coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama Wednesday pledged to hold elections in early 2009 as Pacific countries welcomed the move and vowed to continue pressing for progress at a regional summit.
Fiji's military ruler promised South Pacific leaders on Wednesday he would hold elections by the end of March 2009 _ his strongest commitment yet to restoring democracy in his coup-plagued country.
South Pacific leaders said that Fiji's coup-installed prime minister gave them an undertaking on Wednesday that democratic elections will be held in the volatile nation by March 2009.
By New Zealand correspondent Peter Lewis The political atmosphere in
Fiji has taken a strange turn with deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase now pledging to assist the military-led interim Government restore democracy. The
coup leader ... by a military
coup last December. On arrival back in the capital, Suva, he told reporters he plans
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President Bush told New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark on Wednesday that the United States would help address Pacific affairs.
SUVA, Fiji Fiji's military ruler says soldiers can no longer investigate crimes.
SUVA, Fiji ? Soldiers in Fiji can no longer investigate crimes, and all human rights abuse allegations made against government troops will be independently investigated, the country's military ruler said today.
Fiji's military ruler says he will call elections in 2010 to restore parliamentary rule in the coup-prone South Pacific country.