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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Coup leader advertises for cabinet ministers!

Not only has Fiji's coup leader, Commodore Frank Bainimarama, stuck to his word, thus far, not to censor the press, he is now boosting their finances by taking out adverts in the newspapers - to fill vacant cabinet posts. "Applicants must be of outstanding character and without any criminal records," say the ads, which also stress that people who put themselves forward to become ministers "must not have been declared bankrupt." (Via Boston Globe)

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