Fiji may have jumped gun on fate of its UN troops

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SUVA, Fiji (AP) — Fiji on Wednesday may have jumped the gun by announcing that its 45 United Nations peacekeepers who are being held captive by Syrian insurgents would be freed soon.

The South Pacific nation later tried to retract the comments, but by then they had been reported around the world.

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