Fiji's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday the nation's president acted lawfully after a 2006 coup in appointing an interim government, validating Fiji's military government which is under pressure to ...

Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, himself newly re-appointed by the unelected Great Council of Chiefs, has reinstalled the military-backed government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase ...

Suva, Fiji - Fiji's military leader installed an interim government on Monday ... suspended parliament and banished the elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase to his home island 300km outside the ...

who he expected would appoint a full interim government. Elections to restore democracy would follow, he said. The announcement came after armed troops surrounded Qarase's house, set up ...

A new prime minister and government was confirmed last year on Christmas Eve, yet the euphoria was more about breaking free from two oppressive decades led by military-backed men whose currency was ...

Commodore Bainimarama said he was compelled to act over government plans for legislation that ... later handing power to an interim administration headed by Laisenia Qarase, who went on to win two ...

Banking executive Laisenia Qarase became prime minister in an appointment that provoked the anger of the rebels, who had demanded a role in naming any new government. Armed clashes later broke out ...

The government, led by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, took office two days after coup leader George Speight was arrested and a day after the military said he might face treason charges.

SUVA: Former Fiji Development Bank chairman Laisenia Qarase is the military's choice ... was considering for appointment to an interim civilian government. According to a Radio Fiji report ...

Former Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase ... failed businessman George Speight that had removed the government of Mahendra Chaudhry. Qarase was a champion of indigenous Fijians and won two ...