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More Bad News from Guadeloupe
Sarkozy Pledges Aid To Quell Unrest In Guadeloupe
2-19-09 1:42 PM EST
POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP)--France caved in to demands for wage increases in Guadeloupe on Thursday in the hope of ending a month-long strike that has plunged the French Caribbean island into violent protests.
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Shots were fired at security forces during a third straight night of riots and police confronted gangs of youths who looted stores and ransacked the town hall in Sainte-Rose on the north coast.
Hundreds of police reinforcements have been deployed from mainland France to Guadeloupe after a labor activist was shot dead late Tuesday near a barricade in Pointe-a-Pitre, the island's biggest town and economic hub.
READ COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE: Morningstar - : Sarkozy Pledges Aid To Quell Unrest In Guadeloupe
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