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      "id": 100052,
      "date": "2000-12-11",
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      "title": "Fiji Islands Political Crisis: Background, Analysis, and Chronology",
      "summary": "On May 19, 2000, Fijian businessman George Speight and his followers took Prime Minister\nMehendra Chaudhry, an ethnic Indian Fijian, and 30 government and parliamentary officials hostage\nin an attempt to return the political system to indigenous Fijian dominance. The Fiji military\nappointed an interim civilian government, negotiated the release of the hostages on July 14, 2000,\nand then arrested Speight on July 26, 2000. Although the interim civilian government expressed\ndisapproval of Speight's actions, it also indicated plans to create a new Constitution that bars\nIndo-Fijians from the position of Prime Minister. On November 16, 2000, the Fiji High Court found\nthe formation of the interim government and abrogation of the 1997 Constitution illegal. The United\nStates has demanded a swift restoration of democratic government in Fiji.",
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  "topics": [
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