Fiji's military commander Commodore Frank Bainimarama bows his head during the ceremony to sign an agreement to end a 53-day-old hostage crisis at the Parliamentry complex in Suva July 9. Fiji rebels and military leaders signed an accord on Sunday aimed at ending the South Pacific nation's seven-week political crisis and paving the way for the release of Prime Minister Mahendra Chaudhry and 26 other political hostages. Bainimarama, said the accord "will culminate with the release of the hostages on Thursday, July 13".

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