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When the final election results were announced around 4pm on Sunday, many Fijians, at home and around the world, breathed a collective sigh of relief: the government of coup-maker Frank Bainimarama looked like it had finally been defeated at the ballot box.

An extraordinary stoush has erupts between Fiji's police commissioner and director of public prosecutions (DPP), just weeks out from the country's national election.

Fiji's National Federation Party leader Biman Prasad is charged with two counts of "insulting the modesty" of a person after hugging and kissing the cheek of a former party candidate's wife.

This week, the market has flattered only to deceive. After starting with two strong sessions, the momentum faded midweek as the data-dependent Federal Reserve kept traders on tenterhooks. Come Friday, traders would get to digest key economic data that could have a say on the central bank’s upcoming rate decisions for the year.

Bitcoin traded flat, while Ethereum rose Thursday evening as the global cryptocurrency market cap inched up 0.3% to $983.9 billion.

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