Judicial 'meddling' behind Fiji, Australia, NZ fall-out

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Updated November 5, 2009 09:51:34

Australia says it's not tit-for-tat, but yesterday Canberra and Wellington ordered the expulsion of Fiji's High Commissioners to their capitals. The actions were in retaliation for Suva's decision to declare the Australian and New Zealand High Commissioners persona non grata.

Fiji's military regime is accusing its two most influential neighbours of meddling in its affairs - an accusation categorically denied by Australia and New Zealand. Relations have gone from bad to worse in the three years since the military seized power - not for the first time - in Fiji.

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