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SUVA, Fiji ? 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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'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.

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.

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.

SUVA, Fiji (AP) - 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.

Fiji ruler says no return to pre-coup system April 29th, 2008 Fiji?s military ruler today said he would not let the South Pacific country return to a political system driven by corruption and racial discrimination. Go to news source Posted in Asia news

Fiji's military ruler said Tuesday he would not let the South Pacific country return to a political system riven by corruption and racial discrimination, casting further doubt on a timetable to restore democracy.

Fiji?s military ruler says he plans to call elections in 2010, restoring parliamentary democracy to the coup-hit country. Commodore Frank Bainimarama said he hoped to improve Fiji?s economy and put in place all the necessary measures for a free and fair election by then. Cmdr Bainimarama ousted the elected government of Laisenia Qarase last December, claiming it was corrupt. The coup - Fiji?s fourth in two decades - was condemned internationally. Cmdr Bainimarama was speaking a d