A FIJIAN RUGBY PLAYER PRACTICES NEAR FIJI'S HIGH COURT BUILDING IN SUVA, 2002-02-14 (photo)

A Fijian, who plays for the Suva prison rugby team, leaps for the ball during practice with team-mates as storm clouds gather over Suva's High Court building February 14, 2002, where jailed former coup leader George Speight is set to appear on charges related to his failed 2000 coup attempt on February 18. Fiji is considering abolishing the death penalty for those convicted of treason, less than a week before 14 alleged plotters of the racially-charged year 2000 coup face treason charges. Critics of the government of Prime Minster Laseini Qarase assert the change is aimed at garnering political support among the ultra-nationalists who view the coup as an attempt to protect the rights of indigenous Fijians over the nation's sizeable ethnic indian population. REUTERS/Jason Reed JIR/TAN