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Fiji calls on NZ, Australia to lift sanctions (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military regime called on Australia and New Zealand Thursday to lift their sanctions against it, or face a two-year wait to post senior diplomats back to the South Pacific nation.
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NZ, Fiji officials may hold informal discussions (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Senior officials from New Zealand and Fiji may hold informal talks next month _ the first such meeting since Fiji's military chief seized power in a gun-barrel coup three years ago.
N.Zealand, Fiji OK improving relations: minister (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
New Zealand and Fiji have agreed to improve relations which soured after a military coup in Fiji three years ago, New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said on Tuesday.
Fiji to appeal Commonwealth Games ban (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fiji will lodge an appeal against their exclusion from the 2010 Commonwealth Games with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Fiji orders Australian, NZ diplomats out (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military ruler on Tuesday gave the top diplomats from Australia and New Zealand 24 hours to leave the country, deepening a rift between the island nation and its biggest South Pacific neighbors.
Fiji expels New Zealand, Australian envoys (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama Tuesday expelled the Australian and New Zealand envoys over alleged interference in his country's judiciary.
Fiji seeks talks with Commonwealth on suspension (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military government is seeking talks with the Commonwealth in a last-ditch bid to avoid being expelled from the 53-nation grouping, the foreign minister said Thursday, although he gave no sign of compromising on the key issue of restoring democracy.
Fiji says elections due in 2014 _ not earlier (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji will hold elections in 2014 and not next year as demanded by the Commonwealth, the island nation's defiant military leader said Tuesday as other South Pacific leaders gathered for their annual meeting.
Australia, NZ want UN to stop using Fiji troops (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Australia and New Zealand on Thursday renewed demands that the United Nations stop using Fiji troops for peacekeeping duties, more than two years after a military coup in the South Pacific nation.
Fiji military regime moves to control lawyers (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military regime moved Monday to tighten control of the Pacific island nation's lawyers, drawing condemnation from critics who saw it as further sign of deepening authoritarian rule.
Fiji regime starts naming judges after firing them (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military regime began reappointing judges Friday, six weeks after firing them all in a power grab.
Fiji suspended from regional forum (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji was suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum Saturday and told there was no place for a regime which displays "such a total disregard for basic human rights."
Fiji defiant after ouster from Pacific bloc (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Military-ruled Fiji remained defiant Saturday after its historic suspension from the 16-nation Pacific Islands Forum, rejecting the "punitive action" for delayed election and warning it won't be deterred from its chosen path even by "adversity."
Fiji set for suspension from Pacific grouping (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji is set to be suspended from the 16-nation Pacific Islands forum Friday if it fails to announce a timetable for elections, New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully said.
UN to stop using Fiji troops: Rudd (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The UN will stop using Fijian soldiers on peacekeeping operations, depriving the military-ruled nation of an important source of revenue, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday.
Fiji: Sacked top judges to be replaced soon (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military regime will appoint new top judges early next week to replace justices sacked two weeks ago when the president abolished the nation's constitution, an official said Friday.
Fiji issues decree to prevent legal challenges (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
An official from Fiji's High Court issued a decree Thursday to prevent legal challenges to decisions made by the South Pacific nation's president or other leaders since a December 2006 military coup.
Moody's cuts Fiji credit ratings by 2 notches (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
NEW YORK, April 21 (Reuters) - Moody's Investors Service on Tuesday cut the credit ratings of Fiji by two notches, saying the country will struggle to obtain external financing after a military government was reinstalled 10 days ago.
Fiji Rugby Union posts $700,000 loss (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The Fiji Rugby Union posted a 700,000 Fiji dollars ($313,000) loss in the last financial year, despite a cash injection of more than F$2 million (US$900,000) from the International Rugby Board, the Fiji Times reported Wednesday.
NZ would consider peacekeeping troops for Fiji (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
New Zealand would consider sending troops into Fiji if they were needed to provide stability as part of a multilateral peacekeeping action but would not act unilaterally, the prime minister said Monday.