Fiji president urges violence-free election

SUVA: Fijian President Epeli Nailatikau called for a violence-free election Tuesday as the South Pacific nation prepares to return to democracy almost eight years after a military coup.

Nailatikau said there was no room for threats or intimidation in Wednesday's poll and all parties should accept the result of a ballot he described as "the first free and fair elections in our history".