Category 4 Cyclone strikes eastern Fijii

 Here is more news -- what little is known so far about the impact of Cyclone Tomas on the Fijians. 

Fiji-Style Democracy

A recent post by Andrew Walker at NewMandala bears the headline: "New species of military democracy discovered in the Pacific"

Fiji's new military-appointed Prime Minister, as quoted in the The Sydney Morning Herald said: “Democracy might be all right for Australia and New Zealand but certainly not all right for Fiji, I can tell you that,” he said. “I think in Fiji we need a different type of democracy.”