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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Australia China India Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines Thailand Vietnam Search Search: Fiji's media dark under political news blackout By PITA LIGAIULA,Associated Press Writer AP - 1 hour 34 minutes ago SUVA, Fiji - Fiji's media have protested the censorship imposed by the country's military commander by canceling evening news broadcasts and leaving large parts of newspapers blank. ADVERTISEMENT The government of Commodore Frank Bainimarama asked an Australian reporter to leave on Monday, in a sign that international coverage of the latest military power grab is being closely scrutinized. Australian Broadcasting Corp. correspondent Sean Dorney said he was initially told he would be deported. "They called me to the immigration department this morning and informed me they were unhappy with my reporting, which was being broadcast on the local Fiji One network," Dorney said. He said he was allowed to return to his hotel to pack and was then asked if he would leave voluntarily. "I said no. I'm here to report and my visa is still valid, and now I'm awaiting further information," he said. It is not known when he would leave the country. Fiji's latest political upheaval began Friday, when President Ratu Josefa Iloilo abolished the constitution, fired all the judges and declared a state of emergency in response to a senior court's ruling that Bainimarama's regime was unlawful. He set a timetable of five years for elections. He denied he was acting at the behest of Bainimarama. The next day, Bainimarama was sworn in as prime minister and quickly tightened his grip on the country, posting censors in newsrooms and roadblocks on the capital's streets. "Emergency regulations are in force," Bainimarama said in a national address late Saturday. "However, these regulations are only a precautionary measure." Military-backed "information officers" stood watch in newspaper, news radio and television offices to prevent the publication or broadcast of any reports that, Bainimarama said, "could cause disorder." Police were granted extra detention powers. The Fiji Times, the country's main daily, published its Sunday and Monday editions with several blank spaces where stories about the crisis would have appeared. "The stories on this page could not be published because of Government restrictions," read the only words that appeared on Sunday's page two. Fiji's main television station, Fiji One, refused to broadcast its nightly news bulletin on Sunday, instead showing a simple message written across a black screen: "Viewers please be advised that there will be no 6 p.m. news tonight." The network later informed viewers that it could not present some prepared stories because of the new censorship regulations. Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday added to the international scorn directed at Bainimarama following his latest actions. "Australia condemns unequivocally this action by the military ruler of Fiji to turn this great country into virtually a military dictatorship, with the suspension of freedom of the press and actions which undermine prosperity for the ordinary people," Rudd told reporters. Bainimarama seized power in a 2006 coup _ the country's fourth in 20 years _ but has insisted his rule is legitimate. He has said he would eventually call elections to restore democracy, after he rewrites the constitution and electoral laws to remove what he says is racial discrimination against a large ethnic-Indian minority. Australia, the United States, the United Nations and others accuse Bainimarama of dragging his feet on the restoration of democracy. 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