Opposition mounts to Fijian coup
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Powerful tribal and church leaders in Fiji express growing opposition to Tuesday's military coup.
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The military regime announced Sunday a crackdown on critics of Fiji's coup, just hours after a house that had become a rallying point for those wanting a return to democracy was ransacked by unknown assailants.
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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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Once again, rivalry between Fiji's ethnic Indian community and indigenous islanders leads to a coup in the South Pacific nation
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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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Soldiers moved against at least two police compounds in Fiji on Monday, seizing weapons in the apparent first step toward taking over the South Pacific island nation.
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Fiji's political leaders criticised the coup by military commander Voreqe Bainimarama but media censorship by the armed forces meant many Fijians did not hear their condemnations.
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Heavily armed Fijian troops put up roadblocks throughout the capital on Monday night and took weapons from key police installations as fears of a fourth coup in 20 years gripped the South Pacific nation.
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The Commonwealth, an association of mostly former British colonial territories, suspended Fiji on Friday after a bloodless military coup this week that has been widely condemned.
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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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Zambian police fired tear gas and arrested 70 opposition supporters in the capital on Sunday as President Levy Mwanawasa widened his lead in an election the main challenger has labeled a "conspiracy" to rig the vote.
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Two opposition candidates said Monday they would go to court to challenge President Marc Ravalomanana's re-election and try to force a second round of voting.
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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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Fijian troops returned to barracks on Thursday after taking control of parts of the capital Suva in overnight exercises, but residents still fear the military may launch a coup and have begun stockpiling goods.
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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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BRASILIA, Brazil  - Brazil's opposition is   maneuvering to annul a likely victory by President Luiz Inacio   Lula da Silva in Sunday's election in a type of legal "coup   d'etat," a top government official said on Thursday.
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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.