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Wednesday 31st May 2000 9.30pm gmt

Fiji's Military Declares Martial Law

Fiji's military Monday declared martial law, according to reports of Radio Fiji.

The Pacific nation has been gripped by a constitutional crisis since May 19 when
Fijian
businessman George Speight and his armed supporters took ethnic Indian Prime Minister
Mahendra Chaudhry hostage in parliament in the capital Suva.

"All the nation has been saddened by the extent to which the country 
has fallen during the last week," Commodore Frank Bainimarama was quoted 
as... http://www.billkath.demon.co.uk/cw/fijis/fijis.html




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