Travolta flies to Fiji, first outing since son’s death

September 1st, 2009 Commonwealth ready to suspend Fiji over democracyLONDON — The 53-nation Commonwealth says it is ready to suspend Fiji if it does not respond to a demand to begin restoring democracy to the island nation. Spokesman Eduardo del Buey said Tuesday the group is waiting for a response from Fiji's interim government.

April 29th, 2009 SUVA - Fiji's Attorney General Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum Wednesday said the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) might not suspend his country from the grouping in the wake of its failure to announce a date to hold parliamentary elections. The PIF has set a May 1 deadline for Fiji to announce a date to hold general elections to restore democracy in the country, which was plunged into a political crisis in early April when the country's President Ratu Josefa Iloilo revoked the constitution and sacked the judiciary.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor John Travolta, who lost his 16-year-old son Jett in January, took a solo trip to Tahiti where he stayed over the weekend. Travolta, 55, flew in from Australia on April 18 in his private 707.

April 17th, 2009 MELBOURNE - John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston reportedly jetted into Australia for a three-day visit. The Hollywood couple had previously been avoiding the spotlight after losing their 16-year-old son Jett, who died from a seizure during a family holiday in the Bahamas on January 2.

February 24th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood couple John Travolta and Kelly Preston have launched a charity in memory of their dead son, Jett. The family has set up the Jett Travolta Foundation on their website to 'assist and provide relief' to kids with physical, medical, emotional and educational needs, reports thesun.co.uk.

January 26th, 2009 SYDNEY - The 16-member Pacific Forum meeting in Papua New Guinea Tuesday gave Fiji a May 1 deadline to name a date for returning to parliamentary democracy or risk sanctions. Reports from New Zealand said that if a date was not set, and elections not held this year, the forum would not let Fiji attend leaders' meetings or receive aid from the grouping.

January 26th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - A paramedic in the Bahamas was charged with trying to extort $25 million from John Travolta after the death of the movie star's 16-year-old son earlier this month, E! Online reported. Tarino Lighbourne, 47, pleaded not guilty to the charges, which have also led to the resignation of Bahamain Senator Allyson Maynard-Gibson who was allegedly representing Lighbtourne in his contacts with the Travolta family.

January 23rd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Police in the Bahamas have arrested three people believed to be involved in an attempt to blackmail US actor John Travolta over the death of his son Jett, reports said. Jett Travolta, 16, died in early January on the island, where the actor owns a home.

January 19th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actor John Travolta's 'Grease' co-star Olivia Newton-john has urged the media to leave the actor alone as he grieves the death of his son. The actress-singer has been in touch with the devastated star in the recent days, and now she is keen to keep the press away from Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, reported imdb.com 'I think it's time to leave people alone when they are grieving and just send him a lot of love.

January 10th, 2009 LOS ANGELES - Following the tragic death of his 16-year-old son last week, actor John Travolta has cancelled his planned appearance at the Golden Globes. The actor's spokesman told Us Magazine that Travolta will not appear at the awards programme in Beverly Hills Sunday.

January 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - Hollywood actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston were preparing for a Scientology funeral for their 16-year-old son Jett, who died Friday after suffering a seizure while on a holiday in the Bahamas. The couple flew on their private jet to their Florida home, with the ashes of their teenage son.

January 5th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood actress Kate Hudson took time out of promoting her latest film to offer her condolences to actor John Travolta and Kelly Preston after the tragic death of their teenaged son Jett. The star was walking the red carpet at the New York premiere of her latest movie 'Bride Wars' with Anne Hathaway Monday, when she approached reporters to offer a message of support to the grieving parents, reports contactmusic.com.

January 5th, 2009 NEW YORK - Coroners in the Bahamas have performed an autopsy on John Travolta's 16-year-old son Jett, who died Friday after suffering a seizure while on a holiday. The autopsy Monday sought to clarify the circumstances of the tragic incident in which the teenager was found unconscious on the bathroom floor in the Travolta family's luxury vacation home.

January 2nd, 2009 LOS ANGELES - The 16-year-old son of Hollywood star John Travolta died Friday while the family was vacation in the Bahamas. Jett Travolta, the son of John and his wife Kelly Preston, was found unconscious on the bathroom of the family's suite at the Old Bahama Bay Resort Friday morning, according to a police statement published by celebrity website TMZ.

December 25th, 2008 CHANDIGARH - Financial problems led a mother of three to club two of her sons to death in Patiala town in Punjab, 90 km from here, the police said Friday. The woman, Amarjit Kaur, 30, was arrested by the police for murdering her two sons, Rakesh and Ramesh.