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After staging a military coup and taking power in 2006, Frank Bainimarama now appears on track to be Fiji's next democratically elected prime minister when the country votes on September 17. Take ...
Personal feuds and ethnic tensions Tuesday sparked Fiji's fourth coup d'état in two decades. By Nick Squires Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Dec. 06, 2006, 12:12 p.m. ET | SUVA, FIJI ...
Fiji held its first elections Wednesday since a 2006 military coup d'etat The South Pacific island nation has had four coups since independence The party of the strongman PM, a former military ...
Today marks 10 years since Fiji's 2006 military coup, which saw then-Commodore Frank Bainimarama take control of the island nation in a controversial move that frayed its ties with Australia and ...
SUVA, Fiji – Fiji’s military commander declared a state of emergency today, a day after he overthrew the elected government and brought international sanctions and censure that began to ...
Published On 7 Dec 2006 7 Dec 2006 “That could be tomorrow, ... Australia warns Fiji is “on the brink of a coup” as army moves to disarm police. Published On 4 Dec 2006 4 Dec 2006.
SUVA, Fiji – Troops surrounded government buildings and seized ministers’ cars today to try to force the elected government to resign in what the prime minister said was “virtually a coup.” ...
David Stanley writes that coup fears have receded in Fiji” Prime Minister Qarase has shown himself to be a skillful politician able to bend for the greater good of his country, and Commodore ...
Some real-life unrest in Fiji won’t have an impact on the tribal councils of “Survivor,” CBS said Wednesday. CBS is filming another edition of its popular game on an island in Fij… ...
Fiji's Appeals Court ruled the 2006 coup was illegal and the military regime appointed afterwards was invalid. It ordered President Ratu Josefa Iloilo to appoint a new prime minister.
Fiji held its first elections Wednesday since a 2006 military coup d'etat The South Pacific island nation has had four coups since independence The party of the strongman PM, a former military ...