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NEWS ABOUT: Fiji

Fiji stories: 4 news summaries
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 Post-Quake Tsunami 
 Kills 34 in Samoa 

8.3-magnitude temblor rattles American Samoa

Sep 29, 09 6:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - An 8.3-magnitude earthquake struck the area around American Samoa today, generating a tsunami that killed as many as 34 in the US territory and adjacent Samoa, an independent state. The waves at Pago Pago were 5.1 feet above normal—smaller than originally feared— but tsunami warnings went up... More »

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South Pacific • tsunami • Pacific Ocean • New Zealand • Hawaii • Fiji • earthquake • Tonga • Samoa • American Samoa • Pago Pago • Cook Islands

Fiji Dictator Defies Calls
for Democracy

Commodore flouts deadline, says he needs another 5 years

May 1, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The military leader of Fiji, where a coup overthrew the elected government in 2006, defied international demands for a restoration of democracy. Frank Bainimarama had been given a deadline of today to announce an election date, but the commodore said that he would not allow a return to democracy for... More »

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New Zealand • dictatorship • military coup • Fiji • Frank Bainimarama • coup d'etat • John Key

Fiji Charges 3 in Plot to Kill PM

Sixteen arrested; military junta accuses Australia, New Zealand of involvement

Nov 5, 07 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Police have arrested 16 people, including a New Zealand businessman, in alleged plot to assassinate Fiji's interim PM Frank Bainimarama. Three of those arrested were charged with treason; police are said to be looking for more conspirators. The military government, which seized power in a coup last year, claims the... More »

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Australia • New Zealand • military coup • Fiji • assassination attempt • Voreqe Bainimarama • Frank Bainimarama

Iguanas Smuggled in Fake Leg

Lizards fetch thousands on black market

Sep 23, 07 1:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three endangered iguanas were brought into the US illegally in a special compartment inside a man's removable prosthetic leg. The Fiji Island Banded Iguana  were stolen by Californian Jereme James from a nature preserve in Fiji in 2002. US Fish and Wildlife service began an investigation after a tip-off that... More »

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endangered species • lizard • iguana • Fiji • prosthetics

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