Inspired, young women wrote songs for him (“George Speight, I’m behind you all the ... And they only think about advancing their own tribe or family, not the whole nation.” ...

This is Istanbul, through their eyes. The son — George Speight The Speights were a close family who lived in the Yorkshire village of Farsley, where Kevin Speight was landlord of the Bay Horse pub.

At Suva’s Fiji Golf Club, George Speight wasn’t the most popular of ... whose aristocratic family are rivals of former President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, a key target of the coup.

Jim Speight, younger brother of George Speight, "in many ways regrets ... Speight missed the culture of Fiji and the extended family environment so much that not even his good wages in Australia ...

Former businessman George Speight stormed the nation's parliament ... After he walked free last week, Speight's family said he didn't plan to speak publicly any time soon. But his release from ...

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 ...

George Speight pleaded guilty to treason when ... withdrew because of a death in the family. Speight's Australian counsels Jack Flannigan and Ron Cannon, together with local lawyer Kitione Vuetaki ...

George Speight, the rebel leader who led a two-month hostage crisis that paralyzed the ethnically divided nation, promised further unrest after he rejected a Cabinet named by Fiji's new president.

Hours after he was sentenced to death for treason, coup leader George Speight was spared when Fiji’s president commuted his sentence to life in prison. President Josefa Iloilo commuted the ...

George Speight, who was found guilty of treason after leading a failed coup in May 2000, has received a presidential pardon and been released from prison. Speight held the country's then-prime ...