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FIJI'S military-led government has had a victory, after the nation's High Court dismissed a legal challenge questioning the legality of the 2006 coup.

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is determined to ramp up the pressure on Fiji to end its "coup culture" as he arrives in Niue later today for the Pacific Islands Forum.

LEADERS from 15 South Pacific nations, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will discuss discuss Fiji's slow progress back to democracy when the 39th annual Pacific Islands Forum leaders' meeting begins today.

A NEW voting system and a change in the role of the military to end Fiji's "coup culture" are proposed in a draft "People's Charter" due to be released today.

A NEW voting system and a change in the role of the military to end Fiji's "coup culture" are proposed in a draft "People's Charter" due to be released today.

FIJI says it is responding to calls to boost security for Australian diplomats and it is unnecessary for the families of high commission staff to leave the country.

AUSTRALIA'S ambassador to Fiji said today he was "deeply disappointed" the interim Government here had rejected his request for Australian police protection in the wake of death threats.

FIJI'S self-appointed Prime Minister has moved to allay fears that tourists in the country are at risk, after an Australian couple was tied up and robbed aboard their boat.

POLICE in Fiji are investigating a death threat against Australia's high commissioner there.

FIJI's military rulers have deported a second Australian newspaper publisher after deeming him a national security threat, drawing a fresh wave of international condemnation.

AUSTRALIA, the US and New Zealand have condemned the deportation of an Australian newspaper publisher from military-ruled Fiji.

FIJI'S military Government has ignored a court order and deported the Australian publisher of the Fiji Times newspaper, after labelling him a threat to national security.

AUSTRALIA is leading Pacific nations in pressuring Fiji to return to democratic rule, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said.

FIJI'S military government has written to China supporting the Asian country's crackdown in Tibet, according to reports.

AN Australian publisher has been taken from his home and deported from Fiji after his newspaper ran a series of controversial articles about a government minister.

FIJI'S former prime minister Laisenia Qarase, ousted in a coup two years ago, has been arrested and charged with corruption.

THE Australian publisher of a Fiji newspaper has been taken from his home and could be deported to Australia, it was reported today.

England's loss is the Welsh team's gain as the acquisition of the Wasps head coach is a major coup for Wales, writes Ieuan Evans.

Vorovoro, off the coast of Fiji, is being renewed - by a social networking website, says Matt Warman.

A Fijian soldier who urinated on a Japanese woman on a flight - sparking outraged headlines in Tokyo - is to blame for falling tourism between the two countries, one of Fiji's leading newspapers has claimed.