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The Rabuka Story

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Three years after marching into Par liament to grab power at gunpoint, Major General Sitiveni Rabuka is again talking about national lead ership. This time, however, Fiji’s straight-talking army chief wants to do it through ballots.

■ Business/23 Hawaiian Airlines withdraws its Auck land-Rarotonga service after failing to break the hold of the well-establisned Air New Zealand. ■ People/ 49 A woman survives 20 days at sea after her yacht hits a reef and sinks. She talks of her battle to stay alive. ■ Interviews /50 Mililani Trask, of Hawaii, and Rock Wamytan, of New Caledonia, talk ab out indigenous struggles in the Pacific.

■ The Region/15 Papua New Guinea: Rabbie Namaliu survives his first two years as Prime Minister. With so many headaches to cure, he eyes the future with caution / 15.

Tonga: The Friendly Isles rocks once again to the sounds of the annual Heilala Festival. But the tourists miss out / 18.

Western Samoa: First the asbestos started falling out of the Parliament House, forcing MPs into another building. Then the power generators started to play up, cutting electricity supplies to the capital Apia. / 19

■ Departments Letters/6 Shipping/33 Stamps/48 Headlines/? Books/47 Market Place/54

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