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Ambassador
An ambassador is an official envoy, especially a high-ranking diplomat who represents a state and is usually accredited to another sovereign state or to an international organization as the resident representative of their own government or sovereign or appointed for a special and often temporary diplomatic assignment.
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Andrew Hughes (police officer)
Andrew Charles Hughes (born 6 June 1956) is a senior officer of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) who, until recently, served as the Chief Police Officer (CPO) for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
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Cabinet of Fiji
Fiji has the Westminster system — executive authority is vested nominally in a President, but exercised in practice by a Cabinet of ministers, presided over by the Prime Minister.
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Commodore (rank)
Commodore is a naval rank used in many navies that is superior to a navy captain, but below a rear admiral.
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Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit
The Counter Revolutionary Warfare Unit or CRWU was the common name for the First Meridian Squadron, the unit's formal name, which had been disbanded in 2000.
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Court of Appeal of Fiji
The Court of Appeal of Fiji is one of three courts that were established by Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution, the others being the High Court and the Supreme Court.
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Court-martial
A court-martial or court martial (plural courts-martial or courts martial, as "martial" is a postpositive adjective) is a military court or a trial conducted in such a court.
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Fiji
Fiji (Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी), officially the Republic of Fiji (Matanitu Tugalala o Viti; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी गणराज्य), is an island country in Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean about northeast of New Zealand's North Island.
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Fiji Times
The Fiji Times is a daily English-language newspaper published in Suva, Fiji.
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Fijians
Fijians (iTaukei) are a nation and ethnic group native to Fiji, who speak Fijian and share a common history and culture.
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Frank Bainimarama
Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama CF, MSD, OStJ (born 27 April 1954), known commonly as Frank Bainimarama and sometimes by the chiefly title Ratu, is a Fijian naval officer and politician who has been Prime Minister of Fiji since 2007.
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George Speight
George Speight (born 1957), occasionally known as Ilikini Naitini, was the leader of the Fiji coup of 2000, in which he and an elite unit of Fiji's military detained thirty-six members of parliament and held them hostage from May 19, 2000 to July 13, 2000.
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Graeme Leung
Graham Everett Leung is a Fijian lawyer and former president of the Fiji Law Society.
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High Court of Fiji
The High Court of Fiji is one of three courts that was established by Chapter 9 of the 1997 Constitution of Fiji — the others being the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.
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Indians in Fiji
Indo-Fijians are Fiji citizens who are fully or partially of Indian descent, which includes descendants who trace their heritage from various parts of the Indian subcontinent.
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Inoke Takiveikata
Ratu Inoke Takiveikata (born 1947) is a Fijian high chief and former politician.
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Josefa Iloilo
Ratu Josefa Iloilovatu Uluivuda, CF, MBE, MSD, KStJ (29 December 1920 – 6 February 2011) as the 2nd President of Fiji from 2000 until 2009, excluding a brief period from 5 December 2006 until 4 January 2007 (see below).
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Labasa
Labasa (pronounced) is a town in Fiji with a population of 27,949 at the most recent census held in 2007.
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Law enforcement in Fiji
Fiji has a unified national police force, the Fiji Police, whose motto is Salus Populi meaning "Health of the People".
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Lieutenant colonel
Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.
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Life imprisonment
Life imprisonment (also known as imprisonment for life, life in prison, a life sentence, a life term, lifelong incarceration, life incarceration or simply life) is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted persons are to remain in prison either for the rest of their natural life or until paroled.
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Mahendra Chaudhry
The Rt. Hon. Mahendra Pal Chaudhry (Fiji Hindi: महेन्द्र पाल चौधरी PBS, MP; born 9 February 1942) is an Indo-Fijian and the leader of the Fiji Labour Party.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs (New Zealand)
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is a senior member of the Government of New Zealand heading the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and responsible for relations with foreign countries.
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Mobile phone
A mobile phone, known as a cell phone in North America, is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.
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Mutiny
Mutiny is a criminal conspiracy among a group of people (typically members of the military or the crew of any ship, even if they are civilians) to openly oppose, change, or overthrow a lawful authority to which they are subject.
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Naitasiri Province
Naitasiri is one of the 14 provinces of Fiji and one of eight located on Viti Levu, Fiji's largest island.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Phil Goff
Philip Bruce Goff (born 22 June 1953) is the Mayor of Auckland, in office since 2016; previously he was a Member of the New Zealand Parliament from 1981 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 2016.
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President of Fiji
The President of the Republic of Fiji is the head of state of Fiji.
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Prime Minister of Fiji
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Fiji is the head of government of Fiji.
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Qaranivalu
The Qaranivalu is a senior Chief of Naitasiri Province in Fiji.
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Queen Elizabeth Barracks, Suva
Queen Elizabeth Barracks is a Fijian Army base, located in the suburb of Nabua, in Suva and is the national headquarters of the Fijian military.
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Ratu
Ratu (raatuu) is an Austronesian title used by Fijians of chiefly rank.
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Republic of Fiji Military Forces
The Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF) is the military force of the Pacific island nation of Fiji.
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Senate of Fiji
The Senate of Fiji was the upper chamber of Parliament.
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Sitiveni Rabuka
Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, OBE, MSD, OStJ, (born 13 September 1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987.
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Special Air Service
The Special Air Service (SAS) is a special forces unit of the British Army.
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Stroke
A stroke is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death.
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Suva
Suva is the capital and largest metropolitan city in Fiji.
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The New Zealand Herald
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order.
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United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
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Vanua Levu
Vanua Levu (pronounced), formerly known as Sandalwood Island, is the second largest island of Fiji.
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Viliame Seruvakula
Viliame Seruvakula is a former Fijian military officer who played an instrumental role in the aftermath of the Fiji coup of 2000.
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1987 Fijian coups d'état
The Fiji coups of 1987 resulted in the overthrow of the elected government of Fijian Prime Minister Timoci Bavadra, the deposition of Elizabeth II as Queen of Fiji, and in the declaration of a republic.
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2000 Fijian coup d'état
The Fiji coup of 2000 was a complicated affair involving a civilian coup d'état by hardline i-Taukei nationalists against the elected government of a Fijian of Indian Descent Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, on 19 May 2000, the attempt by President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara to assert executive authority on 27 May, and his own resignation, possibly forced, on 29 May.
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Fiji coup of 2000:Mutinies, Fiji coup of 2000:Mutiny, Mutinies of Fiji coup of 2000, Mutinies of the 2000 Fijian coup d'etat.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutinies_of_the_2000_Fijian_coup_d'état