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Move over The Body Shop: the latest bodycare brand to tout its politically correct credentials is Pure Fiji (purefiji.com). Based in the Fijian capital of Suva, the company has won kudos of late for its all-natural products. Celebrities such as Rachel Hunter and Rosanna Arquette have been pictured enjoying its sugar rubs and coconut massage oil, while hip boutiques such as Fred Segal in the U.S. have started stocking the range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Good, Feeling Better | 9/19/2005 | See Source »

...minimalist setting A Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder Move over The Body Shop: the latest body-care brand to tout its politically correct credentials is Pure Fiji (purefiji.com). Based in the Fijian capital of Suva, the company has won kudos of late for its all-natural products. Celebrities such as Rachel Hunter and Rosanna Arquette have been pictured enjoying its sugar rubs and coconut massage oil, while hip boutiques such as Fred Segal in the U.S. have started stocking the range...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking Good, Feeling Better | 9/18/2005 | See Source »

According to an ancient proverb of Rotuma, the tiny Fijian island that provides the setting for the film, the land has teeth and knows the truth. Viki (Sapeta Taito), the young protagonist of The Land Has Eyes, discovers one of these truths: the land to which you were born does not determine who you will become...

Author: By Aleksandra S. Stankovic, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Movie Review | 2/24/2005 | See Source »

...More and more Fijians are following Cinavilakeba's path, seeking their fortunes in a war-torn land half a world away. The companies helping to pacify and rebuild Iraq need workers, and Fijians need work: there are four school leavers for every available job. When British firm Global Risk opened an office in Suva 18 months ago, it was looking for ex-soldiers. Fiji has plenty. They're well trained and, all too often, unemployed. And they lined up by the score to apply. So far, Global Risk has sent more than 1,000 men to Iraq. Three have been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Idle Hands for Export | 2/1/2005 | See Source »

...growing." The effects can be seen all over Fiji, as corrugated-iron huts give way to concrete houses, often with new cars outside. Cinavilakeba and his wife Ceriana put a deposit on a house before their wedding. "His job will help us pay for it," she says. Fijian soldiers have been taking risks to get bigger paychecks for decades. Almost 2,000 serve in the British Army, where their martial skills are prized only slightly more than their rugby talent. Two hundred of them are in Iraq; one was killed there last year. But Romanu Naceva, head of the British...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Idle Hands for Export | 2/1/2005 | See Source »

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