Fiji faces expulsion from Pacific Island Forum

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Updated April 30, 2009 20:17:30

Tomorrow night the Pacific Island nation of Fiji looks set to be suspended from the Pacific Island Forum, over its refusal to allow a return to democractic rule.

Back in January, Pacific Forum leaders gave the Commodore a may the first deadline to set an election date this year, which passes at midnight on Friday, and coup leader Commodore Frank Bainimarama says he intends to ignore it.

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Speaker: Fiji Interin prime minister Frank Bainimarama; Australia Network Pacific correspondent Sean Dorney; New Zealand's Foreign Minister, Murray McCully

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