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Radio Australia News nospam@your.abc.net.au nospam@your.abc.net.au 2008-11-21T20:12:20+11:00 2008-11-21T20:12:20+11:00 Top international agencies are stepping up their involvement in Fiji, with the announcement of two high level visits.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2426816.htm2008-11-21T20:12:20+11:00Fiji's interim government has announced that the economically depressed northern and maritime island regions will be tax free zones to encourage investment.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2426310.htm2008-11-21T16:30:10+11:00An Australian court has sentenced a Fiji man to nine years jail, after he was found guilty of rape.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2425739.htm2008-11-21T08:16:25+11:00Stakeholders in Fiji's sugar industry say a lot needs to be done to revive it and they are hoping they will not be ignored by the interim government, when the 2009 budget is announced today.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2425735.htm2008-11-21T08:16:25+11:00Fiji's interim government has outlined its reasons for not holding elections next March at a meeting of the Forum-Fiji Joint Working Group.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2425517.htm2008-11-21T03:33:33+11:00The Fiji National Council for Disabled Persons has welcomed Fiji's cabinet endorsement of a national disability policy.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2424574.htm2008-11-20T09:11:58+11:00The Head of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji says it will wrap up its operations next month.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2423485.htm2008-11-19T09:27:44+11:00Fiji-based, Samoan composer and conductor, Igelese Ete has been recognised for his contribution to Pacific music in New Zealand.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2422989.htm2008-11-18T14:15:01+11:00In rugby league, Australia will play Fiji tonight in a semi final in Sydney for a place in the World Cup final against New Zealand.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2421010.htm2008-11-16T16:06:05+11:00The man acquitted this week of conspiring to murder Fiji's interim prime minister and a number of senior public servants says he is relieved the ordeal is over.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420730.htm2008-11-15T14:49:03+11:00Fiji's interim Government has secured a stay order on the decision in the High Court that stopped the work of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420690.htm2008-11-15T12:09:03+11:00New Zealand businessman Ballu Khan says he is unsure why he was accused of being the mastermind in an alleged assassination plot against members of Fiji's interim government.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2419961.htm2008-11-14T20:16:10+11:00The Fiji government agency formulating the proposed People's Charter, says it has halted all activites in response to an order from the High Court.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420052.htm2008-11-14T18:37:39+11:00Lawyers for New Zealand businessman Ballu Kahn have confirmed they are sueing Fij's interim government over his detention on conspiracy to murder charges.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418987.htm2008-11-14T09:45:31+11:00Fiji born businessman Ballu Khan says he will leave Fiji permanently after being freed of conspiracy to murder charges.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2418197.htm2008-11-13T11:35:57+11:00The man acquitted this week of conspiring to murder Fiji's interim prime minister and a number of senior public servants says he is relieved the ordeal is over.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2420589.htm2008-11-15T07:18:22+11:00Fiji's ousted prime minister Laisenia Qarase has called for independent, international judges to reside over his appeal against the legality of the 2006 coup.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417857.htm2008-11-12T20:36:04+11:00The Fiji High Court has dismissed charges of conspiracy to murder against Fiji-born New Zealand businessman, Ballu Khan.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417673.htm2008-11-12T20:35:58+11:00Fiji's interim government has taken a second newspaper to court over a letter it published criticising the judiciary for ruling the 2006 coup legal.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2417441.htm2008-11-12T14:26:44+11:00The Fiji Times will have to wait until early December to find out what penalty it faces for being in contempt of court.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2415639.htm2008-11-11T08:09:44+11:00Fiji has qualified for the Rugby League World Cup semi-finals for the first time, with a 30-14 win over Ireland in a qualifying match on eastern Australia's Gold Coast.http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200811/s2415868.htm2008-11-11T02:56:27+11:00