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Fiji (04/07) (3753 words)
	Fiji was readmitted to the Commonwealth in October.
	Fiji is one of the more developed of the Pacific island economies, although it remains a developing country with a large subsistence agriculture sector.
	Fiji became the 127th member of the United Nations on October 13, 1970, and participates actively in the organization.

Fiji. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (918 words)
	Fiji’s fertile soil yields sugarcane, tropical fruits, taro, cotton, pineapples, bananas, wood, and coconuts.
	The first Europeans to visit Fiji were the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman in 1643 and British Capt. James Cook in 1774.
	Fiji was declared a republic and left the Commonwealth.

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