November 3, 2009 6:30 PM

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FIJI expels envoys of New Zealand & Australia

Fiji has ordered the envoys of New Zealand and Australia, to leave the country within 24 hours. In a televised address the country's military ruler, Commodore Frank Bainimarama said he had told the minister of foreign affairs to issue communications to the Australian and New Zealand governments that their respective heads of missions are to be recalled within 24 hours. <br/>Mr. Bainimarama has accused the two countries of interfering in Fiji's internal affairs. Yesterday, Fiji's chief justice Anthony Gates accused Australia and New Zealand of interfering with the operations of the Fiji judiciary. He claimed that consular officials had told a number of Sri Lankan judges that they would be banned from entering Australia or New Zealand if they took up appointments on the Fiji bench.<br/>

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