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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.
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Former Fiji coup leader in frame to manage Islanders (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
BRISBANE, Australia (Reuters) - Former Fijian coup leader Sitiveni Rabuka is in the running to be appointed manager of the Pacific Islands rugby team for its tour of Europe in November, the Fiji Times reported on Wednesday.
Coup leader in line to manage Pacific Islanders (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Sitiveni Rabuka, an army commander who became Fiji's prime minister after leading a coup in 1987, could be the manager of the Pacific Islanders rugby team on its tour to Europe in November.
Defiant Fiji ruler says no elections for now (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
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 slams Pacific bloc expulsion threats (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The Fiji government slammed the Pacific Islands Forum on Friday for its threats to expel the military-run nation over its slow pace in returning to democracy, saying such a move would undermine regional cooperation.
Fiji slams moves Pacific bloc expulsion threats (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
The Fiji government slammed the Pacific Islands Forum on Friday for its threats to expel the military-run nation over its slow pace in returning to democracy, saying such a move would undermine regional cooperation.
Fiji faces suspension from Pacific nation group (AP via Yahoo! Singapore News)
Fiji faces suspension from a 16-nation regional forum by year's end unless its military government can show progress toward holding democratic elections, Pacific leaders warned Thursday.
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.
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.