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“Needless to say, neither the high commission nor the Australian government will be intimidated by threats”

Australia is reviewing security at its high commission in Fiji after receiving another death threat through the mail. via Stuff

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FICAC investigator, Loraini Seru has agreed in the Suva Magistrates court, that it is not a crime if a witness wishes not to give a statement in relation to any investigation. via Fiji Village

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“It is very hard to say (how many) because we don't know how governments are going to react. I wouldn't put it in the hundreds of thousands, but I would put it in the tens of thousands of people that really are at serious risk in 2008”

High food and oil prices will put thousands in the Pacific at risk this year and could spark fresh violence in East Timor, an economist has found. via The Age

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A meeting has been scheduled today by the Technical Assistance and Support Secretariat regarding the National Council for Building a Better Fiji public forum. via Fijilive

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“They interviewed me on allegations of abuse of office when I was Minister of Fijian Affairs and chairman of the Native Land Trust Board in 2003.”

Ousted Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase was questioned by the Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption today over the use of funds in the Fijian Affairs Ministry. via Fijilive

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Fijian police have confirmed they are investigating a death threat against Australia's High Commissioner in the country, James Batley. via Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Greg Urwin has resigned. via Australia Network

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“When you get an interference of that by the government as you've done in dictatorships, fascist dictatorships, communist dictatorships where the press is controlled that is a sign that, a very very strong signal that democracy is decayed.”

Fiji's military commander and interim Prime Minister, Commodore Frank Bainimarama has told senior Fiji media executives that the Fiji Times publisher, Evan Hannah, will not be the last expatriate deported. via Australia Network

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“It is important that people come forward and make their views known to the National Council.”

A team from the National Council for Building a Better Fiji will be in Savusavu tomorrow creating awareness on the proposed People's Charter. via Fijilive

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“It's a deeply sad day for Fiji's media. It's pretty annoying and from a family perspective it is distressing”

An Australian publisher who arrived in Sydney today after being deported from Fiji says his expulsion will strengthen the resolve of journalists at his paper. via Manawatu Evening Standard

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