International Business News - FJI http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Fiji's High Court rejected a former prime minister's legal challenge against the 2006 military coup that ousted him, ruling Thursday that the president was right to endorse the takeover to end a period of crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/147812-fiji-court-challenge.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/fiji-court-dismisses-claim-that-coup-was-illegal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/fiji-court-dismisses-claim-that-coup-was-illegal.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:16:26 EDT The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, home to works by Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, received a $45 million donation to fund a wave of renovations, including a massive new gallery for special exhibits. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/142008-museum-gift-hfr.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/la-county-museum-of-art-gets-45-million-cash-gift.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080929/la-county-museum-of-art-gets-45-million-cash-gift.htm Mon, 29 Sep 2008 05:41:57 EDT Climate change is likely to first hurt developing countries which could become almost too hot to successfully grow essential crops, international experts told a conference Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080903/global-warming-heat-stress-a-threat-to-nations.htm Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:24:04 EDT Climate change is wreaking havoc in the small island states of the South Pacific and assistance is needed for those already hit by rising seawater and severe storms, an islands leader said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/climate-change-creating-havoc-in-pacific-islands.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:28:32 EDT Tonga's King George Tupou V was anointed Wednesday as the South Pacific's newest monarch in a centuries-old ritual that included receiving gifts of dozens of roasted pigs and slurping the mild narcotic, kava. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080730/george-tupou-v-anointed-tongas-23rd-monarch.htm Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:31:03 EDT Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is holding talks with counterparts from across the South Pacific and urging them to press Fiji's military government to restore democracy. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/98469-new-zealand-us-rice.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/rice-holds-talks-in-south-pacific.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/rice-holds-talks-in-south-pacific.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:22:34 EDT Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that a lingering nuclear dispute between the United States and New Zealand ought to be overcome to focus on a new era of cooperation in the Pacific and elsewhere. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/98075-australia-rice.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/nuclear-dispute-dogs-us-ties-with-new-zealand.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080726/nuclear-dispute-dogs-us-ties-with-new-zealand.htm Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:23:59 EDT Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday that a lingering nuclear dispute between the United States and New Zealand ought to be overcome to focus on a new era of cooperation in the Pacific and elsewhere. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/nuclear-dispute-dogs-us-ties-with-new-zealand.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 21:39:22 EDT Fiji's military ruler postponed elections promised for March 2009 to return the island to democracy after ousting the government in a bloodless coup 20 months ago, a news report said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/fiji-leader-rules-out-elections-by-march.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:22:05 EDT Australian airline Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd. said Friday it would introduce new baggage fees and withdraw two aircraft from service, its second capacity cut in a month in response to rising fuel costs. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080718/virgin-blue-adds-bag-fees-cuts-capacity.htm Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:27:50 EDT The major stockholder in Australia's second-largest airline said Monday it would dispose of almost all of its shares, cutting its exposure to an industry that is recoiling from soaring fuel prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080714/virgin-blues-top-shareholder-opts-out.htm Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:43:55 EDT An additional 700 potential victims nationwide, ranging from food companies to newspapers, have been named in a massive fraud scheme involving the nation's largest coupon company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080512/700-possible-victims-named-in-250m-coupon-fraud-case.htm Mon, 12 May 2008 18:06:39 EDT Fiji's military government defied a High Court order and deported the Australian publisher of the South Pacific country's leading newspaper Friday, continuing a campaign of media intimidation it began within days of seizing power. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080502/fiji-deports-second-newspaper-publisher.htm Fri, 02 May 2008 00:25:00 EDT Excavators of the earliest human settlement in Fiji have found a cache of jewelry and high quality pottery dating back some 3,000 years and made by the Stone Age colonizers of the South Pacific. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/41659-fiji-ancient-jewelry.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/fiji-dig-yields-fine-jewelry-from-early-lapitas.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080423/fiji-dig-yields-fine-jewelry-from-early-lapitas.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:14:26 EDT The president of the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru declared an emergency Friday, dissolved parliament and called new elections next week in a bid to boost his grip on the government amid a fierce row with the opposition. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080418/parliament-of-pacific-island-nation-nauru-dissolved.htm Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:23:01 EDT Shares of Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd., Australia's second-largest airline, plunged to a record low Monday after the company dropped its annual profit forecast due to rising fuel costs and tough compet... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080414/virgin-blue-shares-plunge.htm Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:04:39 EDT A jury acquitted a man of smuggling endangered iguanas in his hollowed-out prosthetic leg but convicted him of concealing and possessing the endangered species. The jury rejected charges Thursday th... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080412/man-acquitted-of-smuggling-iguanas.htm Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:02:29 EDT A Long Beach man has been acquitted of smuggling iguanas in his hollowed-out prosthetic leg. However, a jury on Thursday found Jereme James guilty of concealing and possessing Fiji Island banded igua... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080411/man-acquitted-of-iguana-leg-smuggling.htm Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:01:20 EDT From the Sydney Opera House to Rome's Colosseum to the Sears Tower's famous antennas in Chicago, floodlit icons of civilization went dark Saturday for Earth Hour, a worldwide campaign to highlight the threat of climate change. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37086-philippines-world-lights-out-earth-hour.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/cities-switch-off-lights-for-earth-hour.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/cities-switch-off-lights-for-earth-hour.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:10:35 EDT Sydney's iconic Opera House and Bangkok's famous Wat Arun Buddhist temple went dark Saturday night as cities across Asia turned off its lights for this year's Earth Hour, a global campaign to raise awareness of climate change. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/37039-australia-earth-hour.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/lights-out-for-asia-in-earth-hour.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080329/lights-out-for-asia-in-earth-hour.htm Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:44:27 EDT