1.   Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka ousted the queen as head of state and declared Fiji a republic after staging the two coups as a renegade army colonel.

2.   However, police suspect a renegade army officer may be involved.

3.   It was unclear whether the pre-dawn attack was by rebels or renegade army soldiers trying to intimidate voters from going to the polls on Monday.

4.   It was unclear whether the pre-dawn attack was by rebels or renegade army soldiers trying to intimidate voters from going to the polls Monday.

5.   The focus of the campaign is Antoine Lahd, a renegade Lebanese army general.

6.   The Zairian government has promised to restore order among the troops, blaming renegade army units for harassing civilians in eastern Zaire.

7.   Earlier this year however the government was forced to admit that some renegade army troops had been involved in the murder of an Irish missionary three Dutch workers.

8.   The renegade army corporal was referring to the court martial of Lieutenant-Colonel Chernor Deen who was sentenced to death by firing squad the previous day.