Former coup leader George Speight ... armed men led by businessman Speight held then prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji’s first ethnically Indian prime minister, and 35 other MPs hostage.

SUVA, Fiji -- The would-be defense counsel for Fijian coup leader George Speight ... a Singapore-born ethnic Indian, came to Fiji from the United States to defend Speight against a charge of ...

Fiji coup leader George Speight ... on Tuesday that Speight's guilty plea meant the truth behind the May 2000 coup that overthrew the country's first ethnic Indian Prime Minister would never ...

Fijian coup leader George Speight, sentenced to death ... first prime minister from the ethnic Indian community that makes up about 44 percent of Fiji's 820,000 population and wields considerable ...

Ten nationalist rebels who helped Fiji coup leader George Speight overthrow the country's first ethnic-Indian-led government have been jailed for periods of between 18 months and three years. Speight ...

SUVA, Fiji, July 27 (Thursday) -- George Speight, who toppled Fiji's elected ... elected government be overthrown and that the ethnic Indian community be stripped of political power in favor ...

An armed group of indigenous nationalists stormed Fiji's parliament and took the first ethnic Indian Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudry, and several MPs hostage. Mr Chaudry was held for 56 days. George ...

George Speight, who was found guilty of treason after leading a failed coup in May 2000 ... led an armed takeover of Fiji's government in May 2000, holding the country's then-prime minister ...

SUVA: Fijian authorities have re-arrested a supporter of coup leader George Speight over reports that ... Bakoso''s arrest comes after a warning from the Fiji military forces on Thursday that ...