Fiji's military takes control of nation
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Fiji's military commander said Tuesday that he had seized control of the country and dismissed the elected prime minister after a weeks-long standoff between the two leaders rooted in tension between the South Pacific nation's indigenous people and its ethnic Indian minority.
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Fiji's ousted prime minister left the capital Wednesday, the day after a bloodless coup, as international sanctions and censure began isolating the South Pacific country.
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Government soldiers backed by artillery and airpower seized a key rebel enclave in the east Monday, the military said, claiming the first significant territorial change since a cease-fire in the island nation's civil war four years ago.
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Fiji's military chief was still in control of the country but his whereabouts were being concealed for security reasons, an army spokeswoman said after reports of gunfire from the main barracks of the capital, Suva, on Saturday.
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A military commander threatening to topple Fiji's government said Sunday he was planning to appoint an interim civilian administration and that elections would be held sometime later to restore democracy.
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Soldiers chat to locals as the army patrols the streets after a coup by Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, in Suva.Comment
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Fiji will start posting soldiers and bodyguards to Iraq next month to guard United Nations staff there. Fiji will provide 155 soldiers to protect UN buildings and 24 bodyguards for officials, Republic of Fiji
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Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was flown out of the capital Suva to his home island on Wednesday, a day after the military exercised a bloodless overthrow in Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years.
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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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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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Fijian soldiers take up positions at the headquarters of the armed police unit, amid fears of a coup.
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Fijian troops returned to barracks on Thursday after taking control of parts of the capital Suva in overnight exercises, but residents still fear the military may launch a coup and have begun stockpiling goods.
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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 chief, who last week led a bloodless but strongly-opposed coup in the South Pacific nation, said on Monday more than 300 people had applied to fill cabinet posts in a military-appointed interim government.
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Fiji's president dissolved parliament on Tuesday and sanctioned the military to remove embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, said New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who immediately imposed sanctions against Fiji's military.
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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 military commander Voreqe Bainimarama has declared he is in charge of the country as Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase returned to the capital Suva to avert a looming coup.