MANILA (Reuters) - Nine hundred passengers were plucked from a sinking ferry off the Philippines on Sunday, officials said, but at least five people were killed and rescuers were scouring the waters for 63 more who were still missing. The rescued passengers were brought ashore by other ships, and the Philippine authorities said they hoped some of those still missing had ...

Fiji President President Ratu Josefa Iloilo repealed the country's constitution on Friday, appointed himself head of state and set a 2014 election deadline. He said he had also sacked all the judges and established a "new legal order" following Thursday's Court of Appeal ruling that the country's military regime was illegally appointed following the 2006 coup. "I ...

Fiji President President Ratu Josefa Iloilo abrogated the country's constitution, appointed himself head of state and set a 2014 election deadline. He said he established a "new legal order" following Thursday's Court of Appeal ruling that the country's military regime was illegally appointed following the 2006 coup. Under the new order, Iloilo also decreed that all judicial ...

A passenger boat that capsized during a storm, drowning 11 people just 200 yards offshore, left a port in the central Philippines without clearance, the coast guard said Friday. Half an hour into a short journey Thursday afternoon, the engine failed, then strong winds and high waves ...