Fiji ejected from the Commonwealth

After refusing to hold elections until 2014, the Fijian military leadership pushed the UN to suspend Fiji from the Commonwealth. This comes as quite a blow for the population, I believe - but hopefully continued dialogue (and maybe a return to common sense by Bainimarama) might make this a short period in the 'wilderness'.

I think one of the things that will really hurt is not being able to participate in the Commonwealth games, which is held this year in India. With its large ethnic Indian population, I suspect many would have been looking forward to Fiji competing in India.