New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Leaders from around the Pacific arrived on Niue last night - with one notable face absent as Fiji interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama saw through his pledge to boycott the Forum. However, while absent in body he remained...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/17/2008
Helen Clark warns Bainimarama against 'snubbing' Pacific Forum meeting 5:09PMHelen Clark says if Commodore Frank Bainimarama boycotts the Pacific Islands Forum in Niue, other Pacific leaders will view it as a snub. Photo / Greg BowkerPrime Minister Helen Clark is concerned that Fiji's interim leader looks set to boycott the Pacific Islands Forum and says the situation in Fiji is casting...
Bed and Breakfast Blog (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
TopNews New Zealand suspends Bainimarama travel banABC Online, Australia - 1 hour agoNew Zealand has suspended its travel ban on Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama to allow him to travel to next week's Pacific Forum. …Coup leader cleared to travel via Auckland New Zealand HeraldBan on Fiji coup leader on NZ travel to be lifted briefly National [...]
The Australian (Free subscription) | yesterday
FIJI has expressed anger at regional leaders over threats to suspend it from the 16-member Pacific Islands Forum unless military strongman Frank Bainimarama goes ahead in March with promised elections.
The Economist (Free subscription) | yesterday
Relief as Fiji’s prime minister (and armed-forces chief) stays at home FRANK BAINIMARAMA, Fiji’s globe-trotting coup-leader, has just come back from visiting the Beijing Olympics, the pope in Rome and the United Nations in New York. But he missed this week’s annual summit of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) in Niue, one of 13 island microstates which, with Papua New Guinea (PNG), Australia...
New Zeal (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last year I predicted that Fiji's military leadership would cuddle up to Beijing. From Radio Australia Fiji's interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama is pushing for closer agricultural ties with China's Guangxi province. After watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the military commander began a two-day visit to southwest China. Commodore Bainimarama says Fiji's...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Helen Clark has cautioned Frank Bainimarama to heed the lesson of Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe as the Pacific Islands Forum meets to decide his fate. The leaders at the forum in Niue will consider today whether to support a report...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Fiji angered by threat of suspension from forum Commodore Frank Bainimarama. Photo / Greg Bowker"Fiji is angry" was the first response from the Fijian interim government to the leaders of its Pacific neighbours warning it risked suspension from the Pacific Islands Forum if it did not hold elections by March.The Pacific Island leaders yesterday put Fiji on notice that if there was no clear...
News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
THE Pacific Islands Forum will consider suspending Fiji if military chief Frank Bainimarama fails to deliver promised elections.
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008
Going against the advice of the military council, Fiji leader Frank Bainimarama refuses to step down. Raw Fiji news also reported that the leader was disturbed by the resignation of his coup-hero Musharaff in Pakistan.
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Fiji's military leader Frank Bainimarama is compelled as "a matter of honour" to attend the Pacific Islands Forum, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says. Commodore Bainimarama has said he will boycott this week's meeting...
The Australian (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
THE path to democracy in Fiji will be the core issue discussed by leaders at the Pacific Islands Forum despite Fiji's interim prime minister and coup leader Frank Bainimarama's decision not to attend, Kevin Rudd said yesterday.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Visiting Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Tuesday there is no excuse for Fiji's Interim Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama not to attend the Pacific Islands Forum summit in Niue, and Fiji will be a "major feature" of the summit despite the boycott. Commodore Bainimarama announced on Monday that Fiji would boycott the Pacific Islands Forum Leader Meeting, blaming New Zealand...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
SUVA (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand criticized Fiji’s self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama on Tuesday for boycotting a summit of South Pacific leaders, saying the military coup leader should turn up and “take his medicine”.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
SUVA (Reuters) - Australia and New Zealand criticized Fiji’s self-appointed prime minister Frank Bainimarama on Tuesday for boycotting a summit of South Pacific leaders, saying the military coup leader should turn up and “take his medicine”.
