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Fiji coup leader orders security cordon
Dec 5 2006 10:28PM (CT)
SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji's military commander declared a state of emergency Wednesday, a day after he overthrew the elected government and brought international sanctions and censure that began to isolate the South Pacific country.
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Australia drought has impact on farmers
Dec 5 2006 2:00PM (CT)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Grain farmer Eddie Valks hosted his daughter's wedding on his 2,000 acre spread northwest of Sydney, complete with bride and groom sailing off on a small lake. Four years later the lake is gone, dried out by Australia's worst drought on record.
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Fiji's military takes control of nation
Dec 5 2006 5:10AM (CT)
SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji's military commander said Tuesday that he had seized control of the country and dismissed the elected prime minister after a weeks-long standoff between the two leaders rooted in tension between the South Pacific nation's indigenous people and its ethnic Indian minority.
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