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SUV07 - 20000529 - SUVA, VITI LEVU, FIJI : Commodore Frank Bainimarama announces that he is seizing control of the country and placing all of Fiji under martial law at Queen Elizabeth Barracks in Suva, 29 May 2000. Coup leader and self-appointed Interim Prime Minister, George Speight, who is holding 31 hostages, has threatened to kill the daughter of President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara first. (ELECTRONIC IMAGE) EPA PHOTO AFP/TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/tb/re/ao