Fiji chiefs call on troops to lay down arms
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Fiji's military-appointed caretaker prime minister said on Thursday elections may be two years away after this week's bloodless coup, as the island nation's powerful tribal chiefs called on soldiers to lay down their arms.
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Armed soldiers attempted to force their way into the residence of Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase on Tuesday, as the prime minister said a coup was under way in the South Pacific nation.
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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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VATICAN CITY, NOV. 7, 2004 .- John Paul II called for the silencing of arms in the Ivory Coast amid the tension that followed the killing of nine French soldiers on Saturday.
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Australia's Foreign Minister Alexander Downer has said there is &quot;clear evidence&quot; that Fiji's maverick military chief is planning to stage a coup in the island nation within two weeks.
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Fiji's military chief was still in control of the country but his whereabouts were being concealed for security reasons, an army spokeswoman said after reports of gunfire from the main barracks of the capital, Suva, on Saturday.
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SUVA -- Fiji's military leader said today he had seized control of the country from the elected government and dismissed the prime minister. Commodore Frank Bainimarama told a news conference that he had briefly assumed the powers of the president and was using them to dismiss Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase. He said he would soon surrender presidential powers back to ...
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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 will start posting soldiers and bodyguards to Iraq next month to guard United Nations staff there. Fiji will provide 155 soldiers to protect UN buildings and 24 bodyguards for officials, Republic of Fiji
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Fiji's embattled prime minister said a coup was underway in the South Pacific island nation on Tuesday, as the military raided key installations and set up roadblocks throughout the capital Suva.
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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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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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Tribes in one of Iraq's most volatile provinces have joined together to fight the insurgency there, and they have called on the government and the U.S.-led military coalition for weapons, a prominent tribal leader said Monday.
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Fijian soldiers take up positions at the headquarters of the armed police unit, amid fears of a coup.
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Fiji's cabinet is in hiding fearing a military coup as the island nation's rebel army chief delayed enforcing a noon deadline for the government to meet his demands.
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Fiji's coup leader ran want ads in local newspapers Saturday to fill vacant Cabinet jobs, trying to piece together a new government for the south Pacific country.
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Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase gave in to a raft of demands by his defiant military chief on Thursday after an overnight show of force in which troops secured strategic parts of the capital amid fears of an imminent coup.