UPDATED 9:15am - Scoop News Report:
The situation in Suva, Fiji is tense following uncertainty
over the outcome of talks between Fiji's PM, Qarase, and the
island nation's military commander, Bainimarama. FijiLive.com reports that Fiji's Police
Commissioner Andrew Hughes - who had indicated he had enough
evidence to charge Bainimarama, on sedition charges - had
left Suva for Brisbane. Also, Fiji's military commanded its
soldiers to patrol Suva streets Wednesday night in a show of
strength designed to warn Pacific leaders against deploying
a foreign intervention force to Fiji. See... Audio
and Text: Qarase/Bainimarama Summit Meeting
Ends Scoop Audio: Peters Presser on Fiji Crisis
Meeting UPDATE Scoop Audio: Selwyn
Manning reports to Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey the latest
on the Fiji coup crisis. Scoop Audio: Selwyn Manning
joins Radio Adelaide's Peter Godfrey to discuss: NZ holds
meeting between Fiji's military chief and its PM in attempt
to avoid a coup; John Key becomes the new National Party
leader; and that poor sod Shrek the Merino sheep gets
helicoptered out to a melting ice
berg! ALSO:
Scoop Audio & Images: Helen
Clark and Winston Peters announce that NZ will be hosting a
face to face meeting between Fijian Prime Minister Qarase
and Military Commander Commodore
Bainimarama. BACKGROUND AUDIO: Scoop Audio & Text Report:
Selwyn Manning on BBC Radio reports: How Fiji's military
commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama has intensified
threats to overthrow the Fijian government unless it meets
his demands. KiwiFM Audio: Wammo talks to
Scoop's Selwyn Manning about Pacific insecurity, what it was
like reporting on the Tonga riots that destroyed Nuku'Alofa,
and background to coup-threats in
Fiji.
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