Jonathan Sexton announced his arrival in international rugby with a flawless performance in Ireland's comprehensive victory over Fiji here Saturday. Playing at his ...
Mike Blair, Scotland's back-up scrum-half, has been ruled out of Saturday's Test against Australia after failing a fitness test on an injured ankle. ...
Australia and New Zealand announced tit-for-tat expulsions of Fiji's top envoys as the United States said Thursday it "deplored" the Pacific island state's ramping up of diplomatic tensions. The two countries had made near-simultaneous statements a day after Fiji ordered their own ...
The United States said Wednesday it "deplores" Fiji's decision to expel diplomats from New Zealand and Australia, saying the moves were "unjust." "The United States deplores the decision by Fiji's de facto government to expel New Zealand's acting head of mission as ...
Australia and New Zealand announced tit-for-tat expulsions of Fiji's top envoys on Wednesday, exacerbating tensions with the military regime and deepening its isolation. The two countries made near-simultaneous statements a day after the Pacific island state ordered their own envoys out, claiming ...
Diplomats expelled in deepening row; Australia warns of `coup culture' in the Pacific New Zealand and Australia expelled Fiji's top diplomats Wednesday after the military-ruled nation threw out their emissaries, and the Australian leader vowed to stay tough on Fiji to prevent ...
Australia and New Zealand are expelling Fiji's top envoys in retaliation for the military regime's move to kick out their senior diplomats, officials said on Wednesday. Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Fiji's acting high commissioner Kamlesh Kumar Arya had been ordered ...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday warned against the spread of a "coup culture" in the Pacific after Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama expelled Australian and New Zealand envoys. Rudd, who is also the current chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, said ...
Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama Tuesday expelled the Australian and New Zealand envoys over alleged interference in his country's judiciary. "I have told the minister of foreign affairs to issue communications to the Australian and New Zealand governments that their respective heads ...
Many Pacific islands in danger of being obliterated by rising sea levels should seek relocation aid at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, a Fiji-based scientist said. "By 2100, I don't see how many islands will be habitable," professor Patrick Nunn, ...
Two powerful earthquakes triggered a tsunami alert over a huge swathe of the South Pacific Thursday, sending residents fleeing to higher ground, just days after giant waves killed 177 in the region. Vanuatu, Fiji, Tuvalu and New Caledonia sounded sirens and evacuated ...
A 7.9-magnitude earthquake Tuesday off Samoa has triggered a tsunami warning across a large swath of the Pacific Ocean including New Zealand, Tonga and Fiji, US-based experts said. Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition
