Fiji PM says military extends coup deadline
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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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Soldiers surround the home of Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase, as he tells the BBC that a coup is imminent.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard Friday called on Pacific nations to press for the removal of Fiji&#39;s military regime, following talks with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark.
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Militants claiming to hold three UN workers in Afghanistan have extended a deadline until tonight to allow the government in Kabul and the UN to negotiate with them.
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Nepalese forces are on alert ahead of a deadline set by rebels, who have threatened to blockade the capital.
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Fiji's prime minister says he will drop legislation opposed by the military chief threatening to overthrow him.
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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's military, which seized power in a coup, warns it will not accept criticism of the new leadership.
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Fiji is to be immediately suspended from the Commonwealth following a military coup there earlier this week, ministers at an emergency meeting of the grouping in London have announced.
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SUVA, Fiji, Dec. 6 -- Fiji's military commander declared a state of emergency Wednesday, a day after he overthrew the elected government and brought international sanctions and censure that began to isolate the South Pacific country.
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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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Iraq Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has extended for 30 days emergency laws that give his government special powers to crack down on insurgents, the government said in a statement on Thursday.
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Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase is to meet military leader Frank Bainimarama, for talks aimed at averting a coup.
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Fijians are planning peaceful protests against this week's coup and could force military commander Voreqe Bainimarama to back down within weeks, deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase said.
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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 chief said on Tuesday the army had taken over running the country, plunging the South Pacific island nation into its fourth coup in 20 years.
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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.