Fiji's prime minister goes into hiding
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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 military says it will conduct night exercises in the capital, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - Myanmar&#39;s secretive military regime has forced out its prime minister and placed him under house arrest, a move that could be seen as a victory for conservatives.
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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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The prime minister of the Solomon Islands, Manasseh Sogavare, is ousted in a no-confidence vote.
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Soldiers surround the home of Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase, as he tells the BBC that a coup is imminent.
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THE secretive military government of Burma was at the centre of rumours today that the prime minister, the long-powerful General Khin Nyunt, had been removed from office, diplomats in Burma and senior officials in neighbouring Thailand said.
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SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's coup leader ran want ads in local newspapers Saturday to fill vacant cabinet jobs, trying to piece together a new government for the South Pacific country.
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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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Fiji's military chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over running the country, while the elected prime minister was confined to his home in the South Pacific island nation that is undergoing its fourth coup in 20 years.
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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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BAGHDAD -- Private guards in sport utility vehicles helped Iraq's former electricity minister, Ayham al-Samaraie, escape from a police station just outside the heavily fortified Green Zone where he was being held on corruption charges, officials said yesterday.
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Fiji's former prime minister says he faces treason charges following a military coup that ousted him.
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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 political leaders criticised the coup by military commander Voreqe Bainimarama but media censorship by the armed forces meant many Fijians did not hear their condemnations.
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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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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.