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	Fiji - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Republic of the Fiji Islands, or Fiji, is an island nation in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu.
		Fiji's membership of the Commonwealth of Nations was suspended due to the anti-democratic activities connected with the 2000 coup.
		The population of Fiji is divided between native Fijians, a people of mixed Polynesian and Melanesian ancestory (54.3%), and Indo-Fijians (38.1%), descendants of Indian contract labourers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fiji (1992 words)

	Republic of Fiji
		Fiji was declaired a republic in October 1987 with the establishment of a care-taker government until the promulgation of a new constitution in 1990 and the election of a civilian government two years later.
		Until the military coups, Fiji's population was almost fifty percent Indian, descendants of migrant workers from India brought in by the British to work the sugar cane fields.
		In the mean time, Fiji narrowly averted a complete economic collapse, instituted a racially biased constitution, and has continued to suffer from a lack of skilled technicians and mid-level managers as Indians left in droves fearing a second girmit; a second-class life dependent on the largess of the indigenous Fijians.
	www2.hawaii.edu /~ogden/piir/pacific/fiji.html (1144 words)

	Military of Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Wildlife of Fiji Exotic photos of terrestrial vertebrates from the islands of Fiji.
		Fiji For Less A good resource for locating budget and backpacker hotel accommodation in Fiji.
		Warwick Fiji A resort nestled amid 25 acres of tropical gardens on the edge of a white sand beach on the Coral Coast, Fiji Islands.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Military_of_Fiji.html (360 words)

	Fiji (09/05)
		Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth in October.
		Fiji is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, although it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector.
		The Government of Fiji reported that growth was driven by a recovery in the tourism industry as well as by improved performance in mining, the harvesting and processing of mahogany, and fresh fish exports.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1834.htm (3629 words)

	The Militant - June 26, 2000 -- Protests in Fiji against coup, military government
		Fiji's military proclaimed martial law May 29 and assented to the rightists' demands.
		Harvesting of Fiji's 4.5 million tons of sugar cane was due to start in late May. But cane farmers refused to begin cutting the cane in order to press for the hostages' release.
		The rightists justify their attempted coup by labeling the Labour government as "Indian dominated." Leaders of political parties representing Fiji's hereditary ruling chiefs have expressed support for Speight's goals while criticizing his "methods," as have the leaders of the military, which is almost exclusively composed of indigenous Fijians.
	www.themilitant.com /2000/6425/642570.html (1015 words)

	Military of Fiji -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Republic of Fiji Military Force (RFMF), with a total manpower of only 3500 men, is one of the smallest in the world.
		The 2950 men in the active army are organized into six infantry and one engineer battalions, with 350 reserves forming a further three.
		The third battalion is stationed in the capital, (The capital and largest city of Fiji (on Viti Levu island)) Suva, and the remaining three are spread throughout the islands.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/military_of_fiji.htm (290 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Fiji rebels reject military rule
		He was speaking after Fiji's military rulers said they would set up a government which would rule for two years and guide the country back to democracy.
		The military has been negotiating with the rebels for a solution to the crisis since imposing martial law on 29 May amid fears that the country was descending into anarchy.
		Military spokesman Colonel Filipo Tarakinikini said: "Thousands of people are losing their jobs, are without food and the whole country is being held to ransom.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/809311.stm (566 words)

	CNN.com - ASIANOW - Fiji's military, rebels resume talks under deadline - July 6, 2000
		The discussions began after a 48-hour deadline was set by Fiji's military rulers for the rebels to release their 27 hostages, including ousted Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, and leave the parliamentary compound or face prosecution at the end of the standoff.
		Military officials reiterated that they were hoping for a peaceful end to the standoff, and that the deadline and establishment of the exclusion zone were not precursors to the use of force to free the captives.
		The military was accused Thursday of complicity in the overthrow of Chaudhry's democratically elected government.
	archives.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/australasia/07/06/fiji.unrest (871 words)

	Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Republic of the Fiji Islands occupies an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Vanuatu, west of Tonga and south of Tuvalu.
		The first inhabitants of Fiji arrived from South East Asia long before the islands were discovered by European explorers in the 17th century.
		The population of Fiji is divided almost equally between native Fijians, a people of mixed Polynesian and Melanesian ancestory (54.3%), and Indo-Fijians (38.1%), descendants of Indian contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/F/Fiji.htm (1882 words)

	rediff.com: Fiji military confident of weekend pact: Reuters
		Fiji's military said in Suva that it hoped to strike a deal this weekend with rebels holed up in parliament as a Saturday midnight deadline neared for the armed group to free their 27 hostages, including the deposed prime minister.
		The military extended its deadline by 24 hours on Friday to midnight on Saturday for the rebels, who stormed parliament seven weeks ago seeking more rights for indigenous Fijians, to clear the area and release their captives.
		The military has said rebel leader George Speight had agreed to meet a mediator -- a representative of some tribal chiefs -- in an attempt to restart negotiations between the army and rebels to resolve the crisis.
	www.rediff.com /news/2000/jul/08fiji.htm (517 words)

	Fiji army delivers strong warning to government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The Fiji army has issued a strongly worded statement clearly warning of a threat of "force" should government continue to interfere with the position of the Commander.
		The military understands that these individuals have been fishing in the hope that their ideas will be endorsed by the public.
		It should be made known to the public that the government's intention to pass the responsibility of selecting a new Military Commander to His Excellency, the President is the same ploy used in trying to reduce sentences for perpetrators of the 2000 crisis.
	www.flp.org.fj /031218.htm (887 words)

	Fiji's controversial military chief reappointed. 29/01/2004. ABC News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A controversial commander at the centre of a split between Fiji's military and government was reappointed on Thursday after pledging loyalty and support to the president of the South Pacific nation.
		A government statement said military chief Commodore Frank Bainimarama - whose current five-year term expires in April - was reappointed head of the armed forces of the nation, which has been rocked by three coups and a military mutiny since 1987.
		Fiji's ministry of information on Thursday released a statement announcing President Ratu Josefa Iloilo had reappointed Mr Bainimarama but said the terms and conditions of his new contract would be discussed in coming weeks.
	www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/s1034383.htm (226 words)

	Articles - Military of Fiji (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Orisi Rabukawaqa responded the next day by saying that the Military was not an ethnic Fijian body, that it stood to serve the entire nation, and that there was no colour bar in its recruitment or promotion.
		Nevertheless, he appreciated the Indo-Fijian contribution to the Military, and noted the success of Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Aziz, the head of the Military's legal unit who was a pivotal figure in the court martial of soldiers who mutinied in 2000.
		Military engineers would be transferred to the Regional Development Ministry, said Home Affair Minister Josefa Vosanibola, and the reduction of the Military forces would coincide with an increase in the numbers of the police force.
	www.lastring.com /articles/Military_of_Fiji?mySession=f20dbf6b16cea4be414b02993d67bd3f (863 words)

	Republic of Fiji: A Country Profile with map by Franklin Fisher
		Fiji consists of a group of 322 volcanic islands that lie in the South Pacific Ocean and have a total land area of 7,054 square miles, about the area of Massachusetts.
		Fiji's nearest neighbors are Vanuatu to the west and Tonga to the east.
		Fiji's revered chief, Ratu Sakuna, was highly decorated for his service in the French Foreign Legion during World War I. During World War II, Fijian troops fought alongside the Allies against the Japanese during the tough Solomon Islands campaign.
	gbgm-umc.org /asia-pacific/fiji/fprofile.html (599 words)

	RTE News - Leader of interim military government in Fiji toughens stance
		The leader of the interim military government in Fiji has toughened his stance towards coup leaders.
		Earlier, Mr Speight said that his 31 hostages were well and claimed that he had reached a draft agreement on the transfer of power from the military to the council, which would then set up an interim government.
		In a statement, Bainimarama said that Speight had nothing to do with the GCC and that the military, as government, wanted to ensure peace and stability was in place "before anything else was done".
	www.rte.ie /news/2000/0604/fiji.html (195 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Speight celebrates concessions by Fiji's new military rulers
		Applause and incantations issued from the drawn-out meetings that began when military officers escorted an unarmed Mr Speight from the parliament compound to the Queen Elizabeth barracks, perched on a hill overlooking the capital.
		Fiji's ethnic Indian community which makes up 44% of the population now faces a bleak future as power returns to the indigenous Fijians.
		But many Fijians are more concerned by the floundering fortunes of Fiji's rugby team than politics, although none can deny that the events of the last two weeks will have an impact on their lives.
	www.guardian.co.uk /fiji/article/0,2763,327286,00.html (599 words)

	Fiji
		The Fiji Intelligence Service was dissolved by the Cabinet in 1999, but its functions were absorbed by the Police Special Branch and by an analytical unit that was established in the Ministry of Home Affairs.
		Fiji's Law Society met in 2000 and periodically during the year; it issued a number of critical statements regarding the status of the judiciary.
		The stated purpose of two military coups in 1987 was to ensure the political supremacy of indigenous Fijians and to protect their traditional way of life and communal control of land.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8308.htm (8797 words)

	Under Western pressure, Fiji's military moves against coup leaders
		It condemned the military and the Great Council of Chiefs for facilitating Speight's objectives and warned that, as a result, Fiji was “going rapidly down the tubes”.
		Deputy Prime Minister Ratu Epeli Nailatikau is a former Commander of the Fiji Military Forces and son-in-law of ousted President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara.
		For two and a half months, the military command had parleyed and negotiated with the racialist thug and his group, which included both active and retired senior military and intelligence officers.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2000/aug2000/fiji-a01.shtml (1762 words)

	Pacific Media Watch
		They were released without the military succeeding in forcing them to divulge their sources, but may yet face charges, legal sources told Pacific Media Watch.
		The Fiji Times said in an editorial on October 21 that the military had "overstepped the mark" and cautioned against a "confrontation between the army and the media".
		Fiji TV's head of news and current affairs Richard Broadbridge was quoted by the newspaper as saying that the company had carefully studied Kubuabola's letter and weighed it alongside the terms of its licence.
	www.asiapac.org.fj /cafepacific/resources/aspac/fiji3068.html (1760 words)

	CNN.com - ASIANOW - Fiji military arrests Speight; interim government to serve three years - July 27, 2000
		The military confirmed Thursday that the rebel leader could be charged with treason, which carries the death penalty.
		The military said the amnesty was no longer in effect because the rebels had not met a key condition in the agreement: They did not turn return their weapons, stolen from an armory, to the military.
		Tarakinikini said the military was trying to negotiate for their release, but did not rule out the use of force to end the hostage taking.
	edition.cnn.com /2000/ASIANOW/australasia/07/27/fiji.unrest.01 (1126 words)

	Fiji : Human Rights at risk
		Fundamental human rights guaranteed in international law and Fiji military decrees issued after a coup in May appear to have been violated by military and prison authorities in Fiji; at least nine people were killed and 30 injured, and relatives have been denied access to many of those injured.
		Amnesty International is concerned by Fiji media reports asserting that up to five CRW soldiers arrested after the mutiny were beaten to death, and that at least 10 other arrested CRW members were beaten by members of the army.
		Military decrees do not permit arbitrary detention or blanket visiting restrictions for families and lawyers, and only courts may extend detention of suspects held on remand beyond an initial period of 48 hours.
	www.amnestyusa.org /stoptorture/document.do?id=8A1B4AE15D3F3018802569930041ACDF (1429 words)

	NZOOM - ONE News - World
		Fiji's prime minister has rejected talk of a crisis over the reappointment of the army chief of the politically unstable South Pacific nation, despite growing evidence of a split between government and military.
		Arguments between the military and the Home Affairs office, to which Bainimarama answers, over whether he should be reappointed have fuelled speculation of a split within Fiji's hugely influential armed forces.
		Fiji has been rocked by three coups since 1987, fuelled by the fears of indigenous Fijians that the economically powerful Indo-Fijians could secure political dominance.
	onenews.nzoom.com /onenews_detail/0,1227,250140-1-9,00.html (407 words)

	rfmf (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		Fiji, through the 1st Battalion Fiji Infantry Regiment (1FIR), first took on a role of international peacekeeper in 1978 and has continually played the role of a key stakeholder in the area of peacekeeping operations ever since.
		Today, Fiji is still involved in peacekeeping duties despite the tumultuous political and economic setbacks the country suffered last year with the overthrow of the constitutionally elected government on May 19th 2000.
		Currently, Fiji is at a cross-road, and the RFMF for that matter, as part of its vision, is continually committed to promoting and protecting the security of the Fiji Islands and its sovereign interests’ as its foremost concern.
	www.rfmf.mil.fj /peace_keeping/peace_keeping.htm (656 words)

	CNN.com - Judge: Fiji military wants law repeal - February 21, 2001
		The court is hearing an appeal by Fiji's interim government against a ruling by the High Court's Justice Anthony Gates on November 15 that the government is illegal.
		Chaudhry, Fiji's first Indo-Fijian prime minister, and the other hostages were eventually released in July and Speight is now on an island jail awaiting trial on treason charges.
		He rejected the assertion that he had told Iloilo, who was appointed president in July, that the military would support the formation of a government of national unity if the Court of Appeal upholds the ruling that the interim government is illegal.
	edition.cnn.com /2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/02/21/fiji.appeal (635 words)

	Fiji's military leaders accede to racialists' demands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The deal signed by armed forces commander Frank Bainimarama last Sunday acceding to all of Speight's demands demonstrates that, from the outset, the military was deeply divided over the coup attempt and fundamentally agreed with the racist anti-Indian demands of Speight and his thugs.
		Insofar as the military top brass opposed Speight at all, they were responding to intense pressure from sections of big business and the major powers.
		Instead it urged the military to consider appointing an interim administration drawn from members of all political parties represented in the parliament.
	www.coli.uni-sb.de /~pietsch/stop-war/PineSGI410100071218331504681996-100000.html (1356 words)

	Fiji military boss warning to clergymen - Breaking News - World - Breaking News
		Fiji's military chief has warned the country's clergymen not to support a controversial government bill that would grant amnesties to the perpetrators of a violent racially inspired 2000 coup.
		The military would also ask individual pastors to state their view on the legislation before they could work with soldiers.
		Fiji has sent 150 military personnel to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq and has plans to ship 90 more.
	www.smh.com.au /news/World/Fiji-military-boss-warning-to-clergymen/2005/10/03/1128191643824.html (421 words)

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