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South Pacific leaders to hold Fiji to account (AP via Yahoo! Singapore 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.
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Fiji plans reform of 'divisive' electoral system (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's coup leader told South Pacific governments Tuesday his country needs their support as it reforms ahead of promised elections _ but warned it would proceed without them if necessary.
Australia and NZ criticise Fiji boycott of summit (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
SUVA (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand criticised Fiji's self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama on Tuesday for boycotting a summit of South Pacific leaders, saying the military coup leader should turn up and "take his medicine".
Fiji Labour Party pulls out of military government (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Three Fiji Labour Party Cabinet ministers are pulling out of the military-led government as international pressure mounts for a return to democracy in the volatile South Pacific nation, the party said Sunday.
Fiji government says it wants to end coup culture (AP via Yahoo! Singapore 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! Singapore N
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.
Australia: Fiji elections possible by March 2009 if Bainimarama is willing (AP via Yahoo! Singapore
The only thing standing in the way of elections to restore democracy in Fiji is the political will of the South Pacific country's military-led government, top regional diplomats said Wednesday.
South Pacific ministers head to Fiji for key talks on return to democracy (AP via Yahoo! Singapore N
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.
Commonwealth envoy: Fiji parties agree to first talks since 2006 coup (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military government will hold its first talks with political parties next month in a step that could help push the coup-prone country back toward democracy, an envoy said Friday.
Fiji coup leader warns no election without binding charter (AP via Yahoo! Singapore 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! Singapore 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! Singapore 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! Singapore 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! Singapore 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.
Fiji's military leader casts doubt on election promise (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's military ruler said Friday he would change the Pacific Island nation's electoral laws and constitution if that would ensure a genuine democracy.
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.
Fiji finance minister cleared of tax evasion (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's attorney general said Tuesday that the finance minister has been cleared of tax evasion allegations by a government-appointed inquiry, drawing opposition claims that the investigation was a sham.
Fiji finance minister says he is suing newspaper for tax evasion report (AP via Yahoo! Singapore New
Fiji's top finance minister will sue the Pacific Island country's leading newspaper for US$660 million (?440 million) for alleging that he evaded taxes, his lawyer said Tuesday.
US urges Fiji to keep pledge to hold democratic election next year (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The United States has urged Fiji's military-backed government to keep its promise to hold elections next year to return the South Pacific nation to democracy, but warned that it sees little progress toward that goal.
Fiji deports Australian publisher, citing threat to national security (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji's coup-installed government was accused Tuesday of muzzling free speech after it deported a newspaper publisher for what the Pacific island country's military leader called "destabilizing" reporting.