Tiny Pacific Island Nation and Rod Henshaw

Rod Henshaw: It was mid-morning when the knock came at Rod Henshaw's door. He had 30 minutes to pack, police told him, then straight to the plane that would deport him from the home he'd made on the tiny Pacific island nation of Nauru, according to Reuters. This seemingly insignificant incident set in motion events leading to the sacking of Nauru's judiciary, the kind of political crisis that history shows would usually draw a swift response from Australia. Canberra has long been the heavyweight in the South Pacific, imposing sanctions on Fiji after a 2006 coup, for example, even intervening militarily, as in East Timor in 1999 and By Matt Siegel The knock ended weeks of uncertainty that had started when the justice minister issued an order for his deportation, something the Australian says was never explained. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.