Rebel leader George Speight warned the military Wednesday to ... a burst of automatic gunfire shattered the morning calm around Fiji's parliament complex, where the rebels are holding the hostages ...

George Speight, a well-known former Fijian businessman, led an armed takeover of Fiji's government in May 2000, holding the country's then-prime minister Mahendra Chaudhry and his government ...

Fiji rebel leader George Speight has warned of major social unrest following the military's decision to form a government without his consent. Mr Speight, who is holding 27 people hostage, said the ...

SYDNEY, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Former coup leader George Speight, sentenced to life imprisonment in Fiji in 2002 for treason, was released from prison on Thursday after he was pardoned by Fiji's ...

At Suva’s Fiji Golf Club, George Speight wasn’t the most popular of partners. He had only three topics, one fellow member recalled: himself, money, and the evils of Mahendra Chaudhry’s ...

Fijian coup leader George Speight, sentenced to death for treason ... People sentenced to life in Fiji normally serve about 10 years in jail. Earlier, Speight sat in the dock, his shaven head ...

As today marks the 25th year since the May 19th coup led by George Speight, the Prime Minister at the time, Mahendra Chaudhry ...

George Speight, who toppled Fiji's elected government in a two-month hostage standoff, was arrested Wednesday by the military, which then stormed a stronghold of his armed followers. Troops ...

SUVA, Fiji, July 27 (Thursday) -- George Speight, who toppled Fiji's elected government in a two-month hostage standoff, was arrested Wednesday and accused of threatening the island nation's new ...