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...return. "It's exciting," he says with a grin. "And with our military background" - he and his fellow security guards are all former soldiers - "the threat to our lives is not that big." The rewards, however, are huge. Global Risk International, the security company he works for, pays its Fijian employees upwards of $1,500 a month, 10 times what they'd earn as security guards at home. "After another six-month tour," says the trim 47-year-old, "I will probably retire for good...
...reality is that we're doing a lot at the moment. It is frustrating that the bombings have continued," he says. "But it's not for want of trying." While the A.F.P.'s 25th-anniversary year has been a fast treadmill, the results have continued to come. In Suva, Fijian police, the A.F.P. and other agencies seized chemicals that could have been used to produce a metric ton of crystal methamphetamine; Operation Auxin identified more than 700 Australians suspected of using child pornography online; a joint center for police cooperation was established in Jakarta, and a terrorist plot to disrupt...
...HONORED. VIJAY SINGH, 41, Fijian golfer; as PGA Player of the Year, ending Tiger Woods' five-year grip on the award; in New York City. Singh, who also took the Arnold Palmer Award for winning the most prize money (more than $10 million), racked up nine PGA victories and 18 top-10 finishes for the year. He is the first non-U.S. golfer to be named Player of the Year since Australia's Greg Norman...
...Performance of the Week On the final day of last week's Deutsche Bank Championship near Boston, VIJAY SINGH proved once again what has become increasingly clear all year: he's the world's best golfer. The 41-year-old Fijian held off Tiger Woods to snatch his sixth win of the season, ending the ex-champ's record 264-week stand as the sport's No. 1. "The easier part is getting to the top," Singh said later. "The hardest part is staying up there...
...train law-enforcement officers. Police and customs agents from both countries played key roles in investigating the Fiji ice lab, and cleaning it up. Australia and New Zealand are also helping small states update their antiquated laws. Police had to wait 14 months to smash the ice gang because Fijian law does not ban methamphetamine's ingredients, only the finished product. A new drug bill?increasing the top sentence for trafficking from eight years to life?was not ready to put before Parliament until the day of the raid...