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...DIED. RATU SIR KAMISESE MARA, 83, Fiji's first Prime Minister and a leader of the nation for three decades after its 1970 independence; in Suva. Born into a family of clan chieftains, Mara helped draft a constitution that sought to balance the rights of native Fijians and residents of Indian descent prior to the end of British rule. He served as Prime Minister from 1970 to 1992, aligning the country against communism, and was appointed to the largely ceremonial presidency in 1993, only to be forced out in 2000 when an armed gang stormed the Parliament and held...
...Charged. Ratu Jope Seniloli, Vice President of Fiji; with treason and sedition for his involvement in the May 2000 nationalist coup that toppled the South Pacific nation's democratic government; in Suva, Fiji. George Speight, the rebel leader whose gunmen stormed Fiji's Parliament and held it for 56 days, had appointed Seniloli President of his illegal government. Seniloli is the highest-ranking government official to face charges related to the coup...
...decide how to implement the decision-which "is not going to happen overnight"-in consultation with traditional tribal chiefs. Qarase's civilian government was installed last July after hard-line nationalists led by George Speight ousted Mahendra Chaudhry, Fiji's first ethnic Indian Prime Minister. The court said President Ratu Josefa Iloilo must step down by March 15, after reconvening the disbanded Parliament...
...what we'll someday make of President Clinton, plus analysis from Margaret Carlson, Lance Morrow, Roger Rosenblatt and Charles Krauthammer, and some humor from Christopher Buckley and Joel Stein. Pulling it all together were our national-affairs team led by Steve Koepp, Priscilla Painton, Michael Duffy, Nancy Gibbs and Ratu Kamlani...
...Reported by Adam Cohen, Ratu Kamlani, Elizabeth Rudulph/New York and Michael Duffy and Mark Thompson/Washington