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...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. If Pure Fiji...
Puamau cinavilakeba got married last May. A week later, he kissed his wife goodbye and set off on the long trip from home, in suburban Suva, to his new job, in Mosul, Iraq. Escorting convoys of trucks and oil tankers along lawless roads isn't the safest work in the world. But, back home for a month's leave, Cinavilakeba is already planning his 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...
...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 killed there, and one badly...
...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...
...South Pacific isn't out of danger, says police chief Hughes, but "I think we have sent a strong message that Fiji is not as vulnerable as people thought." Suva businessman Tauz Khan, whose security-equipment and taxi companies are in the same industrial park as the drug warehouse, hopes he's right. The fight against drugs must succeed, he says: "We don't want these guys to come back here and spoil our paradise...