BRITISH MONARCH ACCEPTS FIJIAN APOLOGY, TOOTH.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Presenting Queen Elizabeth Queen Elizabeth, or Elizabeth, may refer to: Living people
Bohemia Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka Major-General Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, OBE, MSD, OStJ, (born September 13, 1948) is best known as the instigator of two military coups that shook Fiji in 1987. He was later democratically elected Prime Minister, serving from 1992 to 1999. handed over the highest Fijian gesture of apology and atonement Wednesday at Windsor Castle. A Buckingham Palace statement said the apology was accepted and the queen and Rabuka then held ``cordial and friendly'' talks for half an hour. Fiji rejoined the Commonwealth - the 54-nation association of Britain and its former colonies - earlier this month. Its membership in the Commonwealth, which is formally headed by the queen, lapsed after two military coups in 1987, led by Rabuka, which ousted an Indian-dominated government. But a new constitution was passed in July, clearing the way for Fiji's readmission readmission Managed care The admission of a Pt to a health care facility for a condition–eg, stroke, MI, GI bleeding, hip fracture, cancer surgery, shortly after discharge. See nth admission. Cf Admission, Discharge. to the Commonwealth. |
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