Fiji military chief gives PM 24-hour ultimatum
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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.
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Fiji's military continued a crackdown on opposition to its coup on Saturday, as deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said he would return to the capital next week to seek a peaceful restoration of democracy.
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Tensions rose in Fiji on Monday as nervous Fijians waited to see whether the country's military commander would act on a threat to remove the embattled government in the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase urged Fijians to pray for their country as he tussled for control of the South Pacific island nation with a defiant military chief who declared on Saturday that he is the boss.
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Opposition parties Monday demanded the resignation of the prime minister after he admitted in leaked comments that his government had 'lied in the morning, in the evening and at night' about the state of the ...
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Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has appealed to organizers to stop all scheduled functions forthwith for the national disaster that befallen Sri Lanka, official sources said Tuesday.
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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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BAGHDAD The Iraqi prime minister, Ayad Allawi, issued repeated warnings on Sunday that negotiations with the rebels who hold Falluja are swiftly running out of time, saying that unless his government is allowed to establish control immediately, he will
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Fiji's deposed prime minister Laisenia Qarase is facing arrest if he returns to the capital Suva following last week's military coup, the armed forces was reported saying.
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Tensions rise in Fiji as Australia warns of "clear evidence" a coup is planned for the next two weeks.
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TWO Australians reportedly have been kidnapped in Iraq and threatened with execution within 24 hours unless John Howard withdraws Australian troops from the war-torn country.
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Heavily-armed soldiers remained on Fiji's streets on Tuesday and government cars were being seized, radio reports said, as the military increased pressure on the government amid fears of a fourth coup in 20 years.
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Former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto gives President Musharraf 48 hours to seal a power-sharing deal, media reports say.
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Fiji's ousted prime minister says public anger against a military coup could force the new rulers to step down.
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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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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's embattled Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase has said a military coup appears &quot;inevitable&quot; and that he expects to be arrested and detained as soldiers besieged his home and office.