Military Takes Over in Fiji; Coup Is Fourth in Two Decades
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SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 5 -- Fiji's military overthrew the government Tuesday after weeks of threats, locking down the capital and putting the prime minister under house arrest in the fourth coup in the South Pacific country in 20 years.
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Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase is to meet military leader Frank Bainimarama, for talks aimed at averting a coup.
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SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's military overthrew the elected government yesterday after weeks of threats, locking down the capital and putting the prime minister under house arrest in the fourth coup in the South Pacific country in 19 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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Fiji's military-appointed caretaker prime minister said on Thursday elections in his country might be two years away and Fiji would build ties with Asia to circumvent sanctions imposed after a coup.
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Fiji's military chief said on Wednesday his troops would quickly suppress any uprising, as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests against the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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The Army set up roadblocks as a fourth coup in 19 years appeared to get under way.
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Fiji's military leader lifts a state of emergency imposed after he seized power in December 2006.
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British forces gave up military control of the final region under their supervision after four and a half years.
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Personal feuds and ethnic tensions sparked Fiji's fourth coup in two decades.
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The Commonwealth suspends Fiji's membership in protest at this week's military coup.
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Sustained gunfire was heard coming from inside Fiji's main military barracks on Saturday, Reuters witnesses said, four days after the army overthrew the south Pacific island nation's elected government.
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SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 6 -- Fiji's military commander declared a state of emergency Wednesday, a day after he overthrew the elected government and brought international sanctions and censure that began to isolate the South Pacific country.
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Sustained gunfire was heard coming from inside Fiji's main military barracks on Saturday, witnesses said, four days after the army overthrew the south Pacific island nation's elected government.
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Troops in Fiji have seized the weapons of the island nation's only armed police unit amid soaring tensions over a threatened military coup.
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Fiji's rebellious military commander was due to meet the country's president as a deadline neared for the government to meet a list of demands or face its fourth coup in two decades.
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Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase urged Fijians to pray for their country as he tussled for control of the South Pacific island nation with a defiant military chief who declared on Saturday that he is the boss.