Fiji military stages coup, fourth in 20 years
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Fiji's military took over running the country in a bloodless overthrow on Tuesday after confining the elected prime minister to his home in the South Pacific island nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's powerful tribal chiefs indicated Friday they would meet the armed forces leader who ousted the prime minister in a coup this week, boosting his hopes of gaining credibility and solidifying his power.
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New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters has met Fiji's rebellious military commander amid mounting fears of a military coup in the South Pacific nation, officials said.
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New elections may be two years away, Fiji's military-appointed caretaker prime minister said on Thursday as the island nation's powerful tribal chiefs called on soldiers to lay down their arms after this week's bloodless coup.
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BANGKOK, Thailand -- The Thai military launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on Tuesday night, circling his offices with tanks, seizing control of TV stations and declaring a provisional authority pledging loyalty to the king.
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Fiji's military has extended its deadline to Monday for the government to meet its demands or be toppled, embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said as he and his ministers went into hiding.
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An uneasy calm has settled on Fiji's capital, a day after a bloodless military coup that world leaders condemned as an outrage which would plunge the fragile nation into economic hardship and isolation.
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Fiji's ousted prime minister says public anger against a military coup could force the new rulers to step down.
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Fiji's defiant military chief warned South Pacific neighbors to stay out of Fijian affairs as tensions rose after Australia said there was clear evidence a fourth coup in 20 years is being planned.
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Armed soldiers flew deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase out of the capital Suva on Wednesday as the military began rounding up opponents of its takeover and declared a state of emergency.
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Fiji's military says it will conduct night exercises in the capital, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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The military regime announced Sunday a crackdown on critics of Fiji's coup, just hours after a house that had become a rallying point for those wanting a return to democracy was ransacked by unknown assailants.
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Britain has suspended military assistance to Fiji after the Pacific island nation's armed forces overthrew the government in a coup.
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Fiji's military continued a crackdown on opposition to its coup on Saturday, as deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said he would return to the capital next week to seek a peaceful restoration of democracy.
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Fiji's newly-installed prime minister says the Pacific island's recent coup was "illegal" but necessary.
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The Thai armed forces launched a coup against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra today while he was attending the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York.
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Heavily armed Fijian troops set up roadblocks on Tuesday around government buildings which included the office of embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.