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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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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A military deadline threatening a coup in Fiji passes without incident, but tensions remain high.
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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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Fiji needs to get rid of its reputation as a nation with a "coup culture", its current military leader says.
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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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Fiji&#39;s military-led regime announced Thursday it would lift emergency regulations imposed when the armed forces ousted the elected government in a December coup.
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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 position within the influential Pacific Islands Forum was under threat as the military set about forming an interim cabinet following the recent coup.
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Powerful tribal and church leaders in Fiji express growing opposition to Tuesday's military coup.
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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 military is likely to force the embattled government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase to step aside on Monday, military chief Commander Frank Bainimarama said and warned Qarase not to oppose him.
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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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Australia's armed forces said an army Blackhawk helicopter had been "lost" on Wednesday near Fiji, where navy ships have been positioned to evacuate Australians in the event of a coup. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
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NIGERIA LAGOS -- The Nigerian government yesterday disclosed a foiled coup plot, charging four military officers and a civilian with conspiring to topple the government by shooting down a helicopter carrying President Olusegun Obasanjo. Major Hamza al-Mustapha, former chief of personal security to the late military dictator General Sani Abacha, and four others, were each charged with two counts of ...
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Former Prime Minister of Fiji Sitiveni Rabuka is found not guilty of inciting an army mutiny in 2000.
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Thailand takes a perilous turn as a coup d'&#233;tat places it once again under military rule