Fiji military chief gives PM 24-hour ultimatum
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Fiji's defiant military chief gave  Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase a 24-hour ultimatum on Thursday to clean up his government or face removal despite winning a raft of concessions.
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New Zealand's PM Helen Clark says the country is preparing  sanctions after Fiji expelled its top diplomat.
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The plan to allow 24-hour drinking could leave the police overstretched, senior officers warn.
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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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A state of emergency is imposed in Fiji, three months after the previous one was lifted.
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Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and his rebellious military commander are to hold an emergency summit as regional powers scramble to avert a coup in the tiny nation, leaders have announced.
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Prime Minister John Howard said on Tuesday he would not withdraw troops from Iraq as demanded by militants who claim to have taken two Australians hostage and threatened to execute them within 24 hours.
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Fiji radio said on Wednesday that a state of emergency would be declared in the South Pacific island nation a day after the military staged the country's fourth coup in 20 years.
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The Taliban kidnappers of 23 Korean hostages on Sunday extended the deadline for the South Korean government to agree to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by 24 hours to 1230 EST on Monday.
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NAJAF, Iraq - An Iraqi Cabinet minister issued an ultimatum to radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Thursday, warning that Iraqi forces were poised to launch an offensive if he did not immediately disarm his militia and hand over its weapons.    The threat by Minister of State Qassim Dawoud came a day after the firebrand cleric agreed to a peace deal to end two weeks of fighting between U.S...
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South Africa's government gives striking public sector workers an ultimatum to accept their pay offer.
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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 military chief warns he will overthrow the government on Friday afternoon if his demands are not met.
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PRIME Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin will preside over a ministerial crisis meeting today after an ultimatum on two French hostages held in Iraq was extended by 24 hours, a source close to him said.
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Troops tightened their stranglehold on the Fijian capital Suva, surrounding the prime minister's office and mounting roadblocks after vowing to topple the government unless it quits.
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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 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.