SUVA, Sept 18, 2007 (AFP) - Fiji's coup leader and self-proclaimed interim prime minister Voreqe Bainimarama said Tuesday he will go to the United Nations next week to plead the case for his rule.

Bainimarama, who as military chief toppled the elected government in a bloodless coup on December 5 last year, said he had been invited to address the UN General Assembly.

Asked what he would say in his speech, he said: 'You go to the General Assembly and plead your case, you tell them what's happening in Fiji.'

'I will tell them what democracy is like in Fiji.'

SUVA, Sept 7, 2007 (AFP) - The European Union warned Friday a reintroduction of a state of emergency by Fiji's military regime could break undertakings on which hundreds of millions of dollars in EU aid depend.

The leader of December's bloodless coup and self-proclaimed interim Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama Thursday reintroduced emergency regulations, which had been lifted at the end of May.

PORT MORESBY, Aug 16, 2007 (AFP) - The descendants of cannibals who killed and ate four Fijian missionaries in 1878 have apologised for their forefathers' actions, the Australian Associated Press reported Thursday.

Fiji's High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea, Ratu Isoa Tikoca, accepted the apologies at a reconciliation ceremony attended by thousands of people near Rabaul in East New Britain province on Wednesday.

'We at this juncture are deeply touched and wish you the greatest joy of forgiveness as we finally end this record disagreement,' Tikoca said.