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Wed Aug-05-09 09:37 AM
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Labour unrest grips New Caledonia

Source: bbc

Union activists have shot and wounded two police officers during clashes in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia, local officials say.

Four activists were injured and 13 detained in the clashes in Saint Louis, near the main island's capital Noumea.

The USTKE union represents indigenous Kanak workers. It has blocked roads and businesses with barricades of burning tyres during a week-long strike.

New Caledonia saw serious ethnic unrest during the 1980s.

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8185853.stm

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Wed Aug-05-09 11:50 AM
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1. AND, the EFCA will fail here in the US. Yawn................

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