Fiji military stages coup, U.S. suspends aid
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Fiji's military took over running the country in a bloodless overthrow on Tuesday after confining the elected prime minister to his home in the South Pacific island nation's fourth coup in 20 years.
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Fiji's defiant military chief warned South Pacific neighbors to stay out of Fijian affairs as tensions rose after Australia said there was clear evidence a fourth coup in 20 years is being planned.
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Fiji radio said on Wednesday that a state of emergency would be declared in the South Pacific island nation a day after the military staged the country's fourth coup in 20 years.
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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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Soldiers surround the home of Fiji PM Laisenia Qarase, as he tells the BBC that a coup is imminent.
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Fiji needs to get rid of its reputation as a nation with a "coup culture", its current military leader says.
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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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The Commonwealth suspends Fiji's membership in protest over this week's military coup.
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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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Fiji's ousted prime minister left the capital Wednesday, the day after a bloodless coup, as international sanctions and censure began isolating the South Pacific country.
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Fiji's military chief, who last week led a bloodless but strongly-opposed coup in the South Pacific nation, said on Monday more than 300 people had applied to fill cabinet posts in a military-appointed interim government.
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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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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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The United States on Wednesday announced a resumption of military aid to Thailand suspended in the wake of the 2006 coup, after a democratically elected government was unveiled in Bangkok.
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Soldiers chat to locals as the army patrols the streets after a coup by Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama, in Suva.Comment
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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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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.