Wellington - Two days after Fiji military chief Voreqe Bainimarama's government was declared illegal by the Court of Appeal, it was back in power on Saturday, according to news reports from the capital Suva. Bainimarama, who has governed the country since ousting the elected government in a bloodless military coup in December 2006, was sworn in by President Ratu Josefa Iloilo as caretaker prime minister for the next five years.

The sick sick and ageing president sacked the judges and introduced emergency rule on Friday.

Wellington - Fiji was plunged into political limbo Friday as President Ratu Josefa Iloilo revoked the constitution and sacked the Court of Appeal judges who declared the military government illegal, according to reports from the capital Suva. In an address to the Pacific island nation, Iloilo said he believed that the regime of strongman Commodore Voreqe Bainimarama, who had ruled since seizing power in a bloodless coup in December 2006, had "performed extremely well, brought up new ideas, reforms and improved the lives of the ordinary people," the Fijivillage website reported.

Wellington - Fijian President Ratu Josefa Iloilo, whose military government has been declared illegal by the Court of Appeal, revoked the constitution on Friday and sacked the country's judges, according to reports from the capital Suva. He decreed that fresh elections will not be held for five years.

Wellington, Apr 9 : New Zealand cricket coach Andy Moles has changed his mind and now wants to be a national selector.

Speaking as the New Zealand team disbanded at the end of the test series against India, Moles said his decision was not a reflection of the panel's work, but there was certainly an inference that he wants to be in a position to offer greater input into the team.

Wellington  - A New Zealand man who admitted raping a 22-year-old Dutch tourist at a campground was jailed Thursday for 10 years.

Maakiti Joseph Tipene, 25, a wool presser, earlier admitted nine charges, including rape and burglary in an attack on the woman and her partner in the early hours of January 15 in Southland, New Zealand's southernmost region.

Wellington  - A 29-year-old woman who gave birth on an international flight to New Zealand last month admitted Thursday to abandoning the baby girl in an aircraft toilet.

Karolina Maika was convicted and discharged after the Manukau District Court was told she was suffering a major depressive episode.

The judge heard that she had concealed her pregnancy because the child was conceived out of wedlock, which would have caused shame and embarrassment to her family and village in the Pacific island state of Samoa.