Fiji President Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara announces he will step aside to allow the military to resolve the political crisis in Suva. Two days earlier Mara appointed himself interim ruler and dismissed elected Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry, who is still being held at gunpoint by George Speight and his supporters.
<i>Images of the coup:</i> Day 12
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