Fiji chiefs call on troops to lay down arms
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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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Prominent Shiite and Sunni politicians called on Iraqi civilians to take up arms to defend themselves after a weekend of violence that claimed more than 220 lives, including 60 who died Sunday in a surge of bombings and shootings around Baghdad.
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The leader of southern Sudan's main rebel group called on Tuesday for up to 30,000 Sudanese and international troops to stop the fighting in Darfur, demobilize combatants and institute power-sharing.
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Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer on Thursday urged wanted East Timorese rebel leader Major Alfredo Reinado, surrounded by Canberra-led troops, to surrender.
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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.
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Powerful tribal and church leaders in Fiji express growing opposition to Tuesday's military coup.
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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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SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 5 -- Fiji's military overthrew the government Tuesday after weeks of threats, locking down the capital and putting the prime minister under house arrest in the fourth coup in the South Pacific country in 20 years.
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Fiji's defiant military chief warned South Pacific neighbors to stay out of Fijian affairs as tensions rose after Australia said there was clear evidence a fourth coup in 20 years is being planned.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, alarmed by a possible coup in Fiji, urged the South Pacific island nation's president and a defiant military leader on Tuesday to resolve their differences lawfully.
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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.
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Fiji's military chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over the country, plunging the South Pacific island nation into its fourth coup in 20 years.
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Travel: Local governor urges residents to demonstrate against a military takeover.
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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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The head of the British Army has warned that his soldiers are 'just' about coping with demands placed on them.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Rebel cleric Muqtada al-Sadr today urged his fighters to lay down their arms and leave Najaf and neighboring Kufa. The call came after Iraq&#39;s top Shiite cleric made a dramatic return to this
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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.