Fiji military sets coup deadline for noon Friday
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Fiji military commander Voreqe Bainimarama warned he would overthrow the government at noon Friday (0000 GMT Friday) if Prime Minister Laisene Qarase did not accede to all his demands.
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Thailand's new military rulers were   preparing on Friday to launch an assault on alleged corruption   under ousted billionaire leader Thaksin Shinawatra after a coup   they say was needed to end political strife.
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Fiji's newly-installed prime minister says the Pacific island's recent coup was "illegal" but necessary.
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SUVA - Fiji's extraordinary political crisis dragged on amid confusion over whether a military deadline to overthrow the government had been extended while government ministers scattered across the island nation on Saturday.
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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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Heavily-armed soldiers remained on Fiji's streets on Tuesday and government cars were being seized, radio reports said, as the military increased pressure on the government amid fears of a fourth coup in 20 years.
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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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Fiji's military chief said on Wednesday his troops would quickly suppress any uprising, as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests against 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 ousted prime minister says public anger against a military coup could force the new rulers to step down.
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Fijian troops returned to their barracks on Thursday after taking control of parts of the capital in a show of force, but the embattled prime minister said he was confident that talks could still avert a coup.
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BAGHDAD - The 48-hour deadline set by a group of Islamic militants for Japan to agree to withdraw its troops from Iraq expired Thursday night, with the group threatening to behead a 24-year-old Japanese hostage if Tokyo ignores its demand.
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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 says it will conduct night exercises in the capital Suva, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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Fiji's military chief warned on Wednesday that troops would quickly suppress any uprising, as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests after Fiji was hit by its fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's post-coup leader indicates he may hold elections a year earlier than originally planned.
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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.