Fiji military stages coup, fourth in 20 years
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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 went into hiding Friday in anticipation of a coup, but a deadline set by the country's defiant military commander passed without the threatened ouster of the government.
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The Fijian PM returns to the capital Suva amid claims that the army is in charge of the 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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Fiji's rebellious military commander was due to meet the country's president as a deadline neared for the government to meet a list of demands or face its fourth coup in two decades.
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Fiji's military says it will conduct night exercises in the capital, as fears grow of an imminent coup.
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Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, escorted by armed soldiers, was flown out of the capital Suva to his home island on Wednesday, a day after the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's military overthrew the elected government yesterday 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 19 years.
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Fijian troops will quickly suppress any uprising, the military chief warned on Wednesday as the country's deposed prime minister called for non-violent protests after the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Troops surrounded government buildings and seized ministers' cars Tuesday to try to force the elected government to resign in what the prime minister said was "virtually a coup."
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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'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 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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Deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was flown out of the capital Suva to his home island on Wednesday, a day after the military exercised a bloodless overthrow in Fiji's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's position within the influential Pacific Islands Forum was under threat as the military set about forming an interim cabinet following the recent coup.
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Government soldiers backed by artillery and airpower seized a key rebel enclave in the east Monday, the military said, claiming the first significant territorial change since a cease-fire in the island nation's civil war four years ago.
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The Commonwealth suspends Fiji's membership in protest at this week's military coup.