Calm as Fiji coup deadline passes
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A military deadline threatening a coup in Fiji passes without incident, but tensions remain high.
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Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase said he was under house arrest on Tuesday after heavily armed troops surrounded his residence in the capital Suva, and accused the military of staging a coup.
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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 newly-installed prime minister says the Pacific island's recent coup was "illegal" but necessary.
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Fiji's position within the influential Pacific Islands Forum was under threat as the military set about forming an interim cabinet following the recent coup.
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Fears of an imminent coup in Fiji grew on Monday as Australia and New Zealand warned their citizens to avoid travel to the island nation and South Pacific neighbors called a regional crisis meeting.
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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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The coup in Fiji brings international condemnation and the threat of suspension from the Commonwealth.
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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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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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Heavily armed Fijian troops put up roadblocks throughout the capital on Monday night and took weapons from key police installations as fears of a fourth coup in 20 years gripped the South Pacific nation.
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SUVA, Fiji -- Fiji's military overthrew the elected government yesterday 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 19 years.
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Fiji's embattled prime minister said a coup was underway in the South Pacific island nation on Tuesday, as the military raided key installations and set up roadblocks throughout the capital Suva.
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Fijian troops returned to their barracks on Thursday after taking control of parts of the capital in a show of force, but the embattled prime minister said he was confident that talks could still avert a coup.
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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 rebellious military commander was due to meet the country's president as a deadline neared for the government to meet a list of demands or face its fourth coup in two decades.
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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.