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Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure (KPUA AM 670 Hilo)
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.
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Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia 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.
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.
Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - Fiji has had four coups since 1987, all of them initiated or backed by its powerful armed forces. Bainimarama said Fiji needs to end its «coup culture» if ... |
Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure (KHNL News 8 Honolulu)
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.
Fiji military ruler defiant amid election pressure (AP via Yahoo! Singapore 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.
Pacific forum to up pressure on Fiji (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Pacific leaders meeting in Niue are expected to announce new measures to pressure Fiji's military government to keep its promise to hold elections next year.
Fiji faces pressure at Pacific summit (The Australian)
FIJI'S coup leader faces a confrontation with fellow Pacific leaders at a summit on the tiny Pacific island state of Niue this week.
Fiji faces pressure at Pacific summit - The Australian
Fiji faces pressure at Pacific summit The Australian, Australia - FIJI'S coup leader Voreqe Bainimarama faces an awkward confrontation with fellow Pacific leaders at a summit on the tiny Pacific island state of Niue this ... |
Rice backs Pacific pressure for Fiji elections - Reuters
 TVNZ | Rice backs Pacific pressure for Fiji elections Reuters - "We know and believe that Fiji's only future lies in a democratic outcome," Peters said. Bainimarama staged a bloodless coup in late 2006, claiming the then ... Nuclear dispute dogs US ties with New Zealand |
Rice backs Pacific pressure for Fiji elections (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Saturday she would back Pacific foreign ministers in pushing Fiji hard to hold promised elections by March 2009.
Pressure on Fiji to keep election pledge (The New Zealand Herald)
Fiji's military government has came under pressure from six Pacific nations, including Australia and New Zealand, to keep a promise to hold free elections next year amid signs of wavering.
Fiji under pressure for 09 elections (TVNZ)
Fiji's military government has come under pressure from six Pacific nations, including Australian and New Zealand, to keep a promise of free elections next year amid signs of wavering.
Fiji under Pacific pressure to hold 2009 elections - Reuters India
Fiji under Pacific pressure to hold 2009 elections Reuters India, India - ... of Laisenia Qarase was corrupt and soft on those behind an earlier 2000 coup. Fiji has been hit by four coups and a military mutiny since 1987. ... |
Fiji under Pacific pressure to hold 2009 elections (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Rob Taylor CANBERRA, July 14 (Reuters) - Fiji's military government came under pressure on Monday from six Pacific nations, including regional heavyweights Australian and New Zealand, to keep a ...
Australia leads pressure on Fiji: Smith (The West Australian)
Australia is leading Pacific nations in pressuring Fiji to return to democratic rule, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.
Pacific nations pressure Fiji to hold elections by next March (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Foreign ministers from South Pacific nations put new pressure on Fiji's military regime Wednesday to return the coup-prone country to democracy by early 2009.
Australia leads pressure on Fiji: Smith (Nyngan Observer)
Australia is leading Pacific nations in pressuring Fiji to return to democratic rule, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says.
Pacific nations pressure Fiji to hold elections by next March (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Foreign ministers from South Pacific nations put new pressure on Fiji's military regime Wednesday to return the coup-prone country to democracy by early 2009.
MEDIA-FIJI: Hold Firm Against Gov't Pressure - Journalists Urged - Inter Press Service (subscrip
MEDIA-FIJI: Hold Firm Against Gov't Pressure - Journalists Urged Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - Explaining the expulsion, Fiji?s interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama, who seized power in a military coup in December 2006, said that some media ... |