Military 'takes control of Fiji'
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Fiji's military says it has taken over the government and dismissed elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase.
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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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The Commonwealth suspends Fiji's membership in protest over this week's military coup.
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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 powerful tribal chiefs indicated Friday they would meet the armed forces leader who ousted the prime minister in a coup this week, boosting his hopes of gaining credibility and solidifying his power.
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Divisions over Fiji's military takeover widened on Friday as powerful traditional chiefs and politicians split on whether to support the bloodless overthrow of the South Pacific island nation's government.
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The UN says Fiji has become the first nation to offer troops specifically to protect its staff in Iraq.
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Britain has suspended military assistance to Fiji after the Pacific island nation's armed forces overthrew the government in a coup.
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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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Coup leader and interim PM Cmdr Frank Bainimarama appoints himself head of Fiji's influential indigenous council.
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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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A Fijian soldier's hand blocks the camera as a truckload of around 30 soldiers arrived and cleared a large group of journalists and onlookers in front of residence of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase, blocking ...Comment
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A military deadline threatening a coup in Fiji passes without incident, but tensions remain high.
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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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Sri Lankan troops take control of a key area in the north-east held by Tamil Tiger rebels, the military says.
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Troops in Fiji have seized the weapons of the island nation's only armed police unit amid soaring tensions over a threatened military coup.
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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.