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	Fiji (04/07)
		Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth in October.
		Fiji is one of the more developed of the Pacific island economies, although it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector.
		Fiji became the 127th member of the United Nations on October 13, 1970, and participates actively in the organization.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/1834.htm (3753 words)

	Fiji. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Fiji’s fertile soil yields sugarcane, tropical fruits, taro, cotton, pineapples, bananas, wood, and coconuts.
		The first Europeans to visit Fiji were the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1643 and British Capt. James Cook in 1774.
		Fiji was declared a republic and left the Commonwealth.
	www.bartleby.com /65/fi/Fiji.html (918 words)

	Fiji - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Fiji's fertile soil yields sugarcane, tropical fruits, taro, cotton, pineapples, bananas, wood, and coconuts.
		Fiji is governed under the 1990 constitution as amended.
		Fiji was declared a republic and left the Commonwealth.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-fiji.html (1342 words)

	OnlineWomen: Fiji
		Fiji became independent in 1970, after nearly a century as a British colony.
		Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community who are descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century.
		Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector.
	www.onlinewomeninpolitics.org /fj/fjmain.htm (746 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| Q&A: Fiji election
		Land ownership is central to the ethnic divide, with problems in the sugar industry stemming in part from the non-renewal in recent years of leases granted to the first generation of farmers to migrate from India.
		The Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL, United Fiji Party) is led by Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase and was formed in 2001 in one of numerous bids to unite the indigenous vote.
		Fiji's 32 senators are appointed by the president on the basis of recommendations by the Great Council of Chiefs, the prime minister, the opposition leader and the Council of Rotuma.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/4961794.stm (829 words)

	TODAYonline (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnic Indian prime minister before being deposed and held hostage for 56 days in 2000, was sworn in as finance minister by reinstated President Ratu Josefa Iloilo.
		Fiji's biggest earner, tourism, has been hit by a wave of cancellations in the wake of the coup.
		One member of Qarase's United Fiji Party, Jone Navakamocea, was sworn in as minister of local government and urban development.
	www.todayonline.com /pda/164789ag.htm (376 words)

	RangeVoting.org - Fiji's recent experiment with IRV
		However, in 1997-1998 (new constitution) Fiji switched to instant runoff voting (IRV) and also introducing 25 "open" constituencies that were not ethinicity-based or geography-based (which due to considerable racial segregation, had a similar effect).
		Conversely, many Indo-Fijian supporters of the National Federation Party (NFP) in the 2001 poll may not have been aware that votes for NFP candidates, all of whom lost, were to be transferred to the indigenous-dominated United Fiji Party (SDL).
		He said it made the work of political parties much easier and denied freedom of choice to voters, as a vote for a political party was ultimately a vote for any other party to which that party had decided to transfer its preferences.
	rangevoting.org /FijiPol.html (501 words)

	FIJI: Stalemate in Fiji:Compromise is possible if both leaders genuinely desire.
		Chaudhry is also reported to have said that his party is entitled to 17 seats instead of 14 offered by the Prime minister and that if the meeting does not provide a solution, the Fiji Labour Party will return to the Supreme Court seeking further clarification.
		It was hoped that the Supreme Court verdict in favour of the Fiji Labour Party would once and for all settle the differences between the two leaders.
		It says that "In establishing the Cabinet, the Prime minister must invite all parties whose membership in the House of Representatives comprises at least 10 percent of the total membership of the House to be represented in the cabinet in proportion to the numbers in the House.
	www.saag.org /papers8/paper772.html (1017 words)

	A short history of the Fiji Islands (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Fiji, populated since around 1500 BC, is discovered by Abel Tasman in 1643, The indigenous kingdoms on the Fiji Islands form in 1865 the Confederacy of Independent Kingdoms of Viti (comprising Bau, Bua, Cakaudrove, Lakeba, Macuata, Naduri).
		In 1966 Fiji is granted self-government and Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara of the Alliance Party becomes chief minister.
		Fiji is granted independence within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1970 as a parliamentary democracy, but the electoral system ensures that ethnic Fijians controlled the parliament.
	www.electionworld.org /history/fiji.htm (401 words)

	FIJI: Restoring Economy - Priority for Interim Gov't
		One member of Qarase's United Fiji Party, Jone Navakamocea, was sworn in as minister of local government and urban development while an opposition member from the previous parliament, Bernadette Rounds Ganilau has become the minister for tourism.
		Fiji's biggest income earner, tourism took a serious knock as a result of the coup with travel and hospitality sectors reporting mass cancellations of bookings.
		Following national elections in early September 200l, which the group found to be free and fair, Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth, although it remained on the watch list because of an outstanding case before the courts challenging the constitutionality of the government.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=36114 (1004 words)

	Fiji: history (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Fiji was not able to overcome its chronic balance of payments deficit: almost all of its fuel and manufactured products were imported and its main sources of income - sugar exports and tourism - were not enough to balance the budget.
		The United Fiji Party/SDL won 46 per cent of the vote, capping the 38 per cent of Mahendra Chaudhryâs Fiji Labor party (FLP); the MV came third with 8 per cent.
		Although the 1997 Constitution gave the parties the right to occupy a number of seats in the Cabinet proportional to their representation in Parliament, Qarase, still chief of the interim government, excluded Chaudry's party from the Cabinet.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_history.cfm?Id=24 (1869 words)

	Fiji: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		Fiji was expelled from the Commonwealth and cut of from international aid.
		As a result of the political upheaval, Fiji was again suspended from the Commonwealth and Chaudhry removed from office by the president due to his inability to govern.
		In the 2001 election, the United Fiji Party (SDL)â”led by Qaraseâ”elected 32 lawmakers to the 71 seat House of Representatives, and formed a coalition government with the Conservative Alliance Party (MV).
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11225 (1483 words)

	Fiji
		Fiji's membership of the Commonwealth of Nations was suspended due to the anti-democratic activities connected with the 2000 coup.
		Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth in 2001.
		The largest social unit for Fijians is the Yavusa, defined by historian R.A. Derrick as the "direct agnate descendants of a single kalou-vu" (deified ancestor), who is supposed to arrived with the legendary Lutunasobasoba migration.
	www.my-world-guide.com /country/87 (2585 words)

	Time to quit, Fiji's military chief tells PM_Asia Pacific—China Economic Net
		Fiji's military commander has said he would quickly remove the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase from power if he refused to resign, but rejected talk of imminent military action.
		Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase (L) sits during a Sunday morning service in the Centenary Methodist church in Fiji's capital Suva December 3, 2006.
		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.
	en.ce.cn /World/Asia-Pacific/200612/04/t20061204_9659706.shtml (533 words)

	Bankintroductions.com - FIJI
		Fiji achieved independence in 1970 from the United Kingdom, this south Pacific island nation is fragmented between Fijians of ethnic Indian descent who account for 44 percent of Fiji’s 868,000 people and the indigenous native Fijians who represent 51 percent.
		The emigration of ethnic Indian Fijians is one of the main factors for the decline in Fiji’s economy.
		Fiji by many measures is considered to be a sugar based economy and hence vulnerable to drought, particularly the drought of 1997 which was considered to be the worst in Fiji’s history, thus weakening economic growth from lower yielding sugar production.
	www.bankintroductions.com /fiji.html (1945 words)

	Fiji: country profile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		As Fiji's most prominent female politician, Adi Kuini has campaigned to attract the vote of women; its focus is on living conditions of the poor; it has also attempted to win the confidence of Indo-Fijians.
		Fiji consists of nine large islands and 300 volcanic and coral islets and atolls, of which only 100 are inhabited.
		The group is located in Melanesia, in the Koro Sea, between Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides) to the west and Tonga to the east, five degrees north of the Tropic of Capricorn.
	gbgm-umc.org /country_profiles/country_profile.cfm?Id=24 (396 words)

	Time to quit, Fiji's military chief tells PM
		SUVA - Fiji's military commander has said he would quickly remove the government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase from power if he refused to resign, but rejected talk of imminent military action.
		Fiji's Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase (L) sits during a Sunday morning service in the Centenary Methodist church in Fiji's capital Suva December 3, 2006.
		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.
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /world/2006-12/03/content_749064.htm (513 words)

	Fiji Islands Facts and Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Democratic rule was interrupted by two military coups in 1987, caused by concern over a government perceived as dominated by the Indian community (descendants of contract laborers brought to the islands by the British in the 19th century).
		Economic Overview: Fiji, endowed with forest, mineral, and fish resources, is one of the most developed of the Pacific island economies, though still with a large subsistence sector.
		Fiji's sugar has special access to European Union markets, but will be harmed by the EU's decision to cut sugar subsidies.
	www.phrasebase.com /countries/fiji_islands (893 words)

	Fiji troops disarm police unit amid coup fears : War and Conflict : Defense News Air Force Army Navy News
		Troops have seized weapons from Fiji's only armed police unit, sparking fears the military may have launched the Pacific island nation's fourth coup in two decades.
		One key demand was for the police tactical response unit to be disbanded because the military believes only the armed forces should carry guns.
		"It is clear that Fiji is on the brink of a coup and this government, and I think it's fair to say this country, supports the continuation of the democratically-elected government, we support the constitution and we support the rule of law," Downer told parliament.
	www.defencetalk.com /news/publish/wars/Fiji_troops_disarm_police_unit_amid_coup_fears13009285.php (945 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Fiji MPs, senators sworn in
		Fiji's parliament is composed of elected MPs and Senators that include the nominees from the Great Council of Chiefs, Rotuma Island Council and the Prime Minister.
		The ruling SDL (Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua) party (Fiji United Party) has selected one of its MPs as the new Deputy Speaker.
		Fiji held general election last month and Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase's SDL party won it and formed the multi-party cabinet two weeks ago.
	english.people.com.cn /200606/05/eng20060605_271149.html (155 words)

	I'm in control, claims Fiji's military chief \| \| The Australian
		FIJI'S military commander Voreqe Bainimarama declared he was in charge of the country as Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase returned to the capital Suva Saturday to avert a looming coup.
		The political situation remained in limbo Saturday afternoon, a day after a deadline expired for the Government to accept a series of demands or be forced from office by Bainimarama.
		The military chief accuses Mr Qarase's nationalist United Fiji Party Government of going soft on plotters of the racially-fueled coup of 2000 and of favouring the indigenous majority in the country over the ethnic Indian minority.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20858940-1702,00.html (626 words)

	The New York Times: Reference Search for 'Fiji' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Fiji is governed under the 1990 constitution as amended.
		Fiji was declared a republic; it also was expelled (1987–97) from the Commonwealth.
		The military chief, Commodore Voreqe “Frank” Bainimarama, was accused in the spring by Qarase's party of illegally campaigning against it, and later in the year Bainimarama called for Qarase's government to drop ethnically divisive legislation or resign.
	query.nytimes.com /gst/search?srchst=ref&query=Fiji (2388 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Roundup: Rift grows in Fiji Labor Party
		Fiji's Prime Minister, Laisenia Qarase, has expressed concern Monday that the current infighting in the Fiji Labor Party could pose a threat to the operations of the newly-built multi-party Cabinet.
		Nine of the ministers in the cabinet come from the Labor Party, and Qarase said Sunday any decision resulting in expelling a Labor Party member who is in the cabinet would affect the composition of the multi-party Cabinet.
		Chaudhry was ousted as Fiji's first ethnic Indian prime minister in a racially inspired 2000 coup, and has since lead the Labor for regaining of the political power.
	english.peopledaily.com.cn /200607/03/eng20060703_279523.html (506 words)

	CDNN :: Military Likely to Take Over Fiji Tomorrow
		SUVA, Fiji (3 Dec 2006) -- FIJI'S military is likely to force the embattled government of Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase to step aside tomorrow, latest reports suggest.
		Bainimarama accuses Qarase's nationalist United Fiji Party Government of being soft on plotters of the racially-fuelled coup of 2000 and of favouring the indigenous majority in the country over its ethnic Indian minority.
		Tensions came to a head after he labelled talks with Qarase earlier in the week as a failure and rejected wide-ranging concessions from the premier.
	www.cdnn.info /news/travel/t061203a.html (561 words)

	Former coup hostage Mahendra Chaudhry joins interim Fiji govt.... Keralanext.com, Australasia News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnic Indian prime minister before being deposed and held hostage for 56 days in 2000, was sworn in as finance minister by reinstated President Ratu Josefa Iloilo.
		Chaudhry, the leader of the Labour Party which narrowly lost elections to Qarase's United Fiji Party last year, has not yet commented on why he has accepted a position in the post-coup government.
		One member of Qarase's United Fiji Party, Jone Navakamocea, was sworn in Tuesday as minister of local government and urban development.
	www.keralanext.com /news/?id=942906 (368 words)

	Fiji History \| iExplore.com
		Little is known of the islanders’ history before the arrival of Europeans – an assortment of roving traders, missionaries and shipwrecked sailors – in the mid-17th century.
		Large numbers of workers from India were imported to develop a plantation economy, accounting for the islands’ present ethnic mix and consequently the tension between the two main communities, which has blighted Fijian politics since the country’s independence in 1970.
		Following the elections in August 2001, a coalition government was formed between the the Fiji United Party and the smaller Conservative Alliance Party (Matanitu Vanua) and, despite the fact that most votes were won by the Labor Party.
	www.iexplore.com /dmap/Fiji/History (984 words)

	Fiji poll gripes a 'good sign' - World - theage.com.au
		This poll was "not the worst, but different … in many respects the best" Fiji has had, thanks to a 20 per cent increase in the number of polling stations and better communications with far-flung areas.
		The remainder are divided according the racial make-up of Fiji's population.
		Rabuka, the former chief of Fiji's military who led two coups in 1987, appeared in court in Suva yesterday and was bailed to reappear on June 30.
	www.theage.com.au /news/world/fiji-poll-gripes-a-good-sign/2006/05/12/1146940734755.html (1053 words)

	Fiji Judicial Assistance
		The letter rogatory must be transmitted by the court in the U.S. from which it originates or by attorneys(s) to this office for transmittal to the U.S. Embassy in Suva.
		Fiji has never confirmed to the Hague Conference on Private International Law or the Government of the Netherlands whether it considers the Hague Service Convention to apply to Fiji.
		AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS: Fiji and the United States are parties to the Hague Legalization Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents.
	travel.state.gov /law/fiji_legal.html (1556 words)

	Center for Voting and Democracy
		The Fiji Labour party has 27 of the 71 seats in the House, the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) / United Fiji Party has 32, the Matanitu Vanua (MV) / Conservative Alliance Party has 6, and the rest of the seats are held by smaller parties.
		The Supreme Court ruled that under Section 99 of the Constitution the Prime Minister must invite all the major parties to be represented in the Cabinet.
		Qarase, who is the leader of the Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL) party and Mr.Chaudhry, have held several rounds of discussions on issues critical to the Fiji Islands.
	www.fairvote.org /pr/global/fijiverdict.htm (492 words)

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