Fiji military coup is denounced
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The coup in Fiji brings international condemnation and the threat of suspension from the Commonwealth.
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Fiji's prime minister went into hiding Friday in anticipation of a coup, but a deadline set by the country's defiant military commander passed without the threatened ouster of the government.
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Fiji's embattled prime minister said a coup was underway in the South Pacific island nation on Tuesday, as the military raided key installations and set up roadblocks throughout the capital Suva.
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Tensions rose in Fiji on Monday as nervous Fijians waited to see whether the country's military commander would act on a threat to remove the embattled government in the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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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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Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said he was under house arrest on Tuesday after heavily armed troops surrounded his residence in the capital Suva, and accused the military of staging a coup.
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Fiji's deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase is facing arrest if he returns to the capital Suva following last week's military coup, the armed forces was reported saying.
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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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Accusations of Libyan and Burkina Faso involvement in an alleged coup plot in Mauritania are rejected.
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Armed soldiers attempted to force their way into the residence of Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on Tuesday, as the prime minister said a coup was under way in the South Pacific nation.
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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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Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, escorted by armed soldiers, was flown out of the capital Suva to his home island on Wednesday, a day after the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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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 military says it has taken over the government and dismissed elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has warned that Fiji would be withdrawn from UN peacekeeping missions if a feared military coup goes ahead, the government has said.
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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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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.