Deal to Free Hostages Reportedly Reached
Fiji’s military leaders reached an agreement with rebel leader George Speight to end a six-week hostage crisis in the South Pacific nation, the Agence France-Presse said. The agreement is to be signed at 11 a.m. local time Saturday, AFP quoted presidential spokesman Joe Brown as saying. It would lead to the release, perhaps as early as Saturday, of the 31 political hostages held captive since the attempted coup May 19. Among the hostages are Fiji’s first ethnic Indian prime minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, and government ministers.
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