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 SUVA, Fiji (AP) - Fiji's military ruler said Thursday he was expelling New Zealand's top diplomat, sending already strained relations between the South Pacific nation and one of its biggest neighbors spiraling even lower.
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark called the expulsion "absolutely disgraceful," and said her government would respond by tightening sanctions imposed after Fiji's armed forces chief, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, seized power last December.
Bainimarama said Thursday he had told New Zealand High Commissioner Michael Green to leave because the diplomat would not "stop interfering in Fiji's domestic affairs."
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