SAINT-MALO, France (AP) — Canadian skipper Mike Birch, who won the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race by 98 seconds, has died, the event’s organizers
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Armed activists launch new protests in Martinique over high living costs
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Protesters with automatic weapons targeted police and firefighters in the French Caribbean island of Martinique during a fresh round of violent demonstrations, the government
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Curfew extended in French Caribbean territory amid power blackout
FORT-DE-FRANCE — French authorities maintained a night curfew amid fresh unrest on the Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe as they battled to restore power they accused striking
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Cars burned and police attacked in new protests on French island of Martinique
FORT-DE-FRANCE — Protesters torched cars and attacked police in a new night of trouble on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local government said
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Police clash with protesters on French island of Martinique
FORT-DE-FRANCE – Protesters defied curfews and clashed with police on the French Caribbean island of Martinique overnight into Friday morning, officials there said, more than a month
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UN experts decry water woes in Guadeloupe and say scientists and activists are being censored
BASSE-TERRE (AP) — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, adding that they are concerned about tap water
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Maryse Conde, Caribbean chronicler of colonialism, dies at 90
PARIS — Guadeloupe-born author Maryse Conde, who wrote about colonialism, slavery and the French-Caribbean diaspora, died in southern France at the age of 90. Often
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Rights groups petition European watchdog to secure clean water in French Caribbean
BASSE-TERRE — The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) said this week it has filed a collective complaint to a European rights body to demand
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Riots erupt in French Caribbean territories in reaction to unrest in France over teen’s death
CAYENNE (AP) — Riots have erupted in French Caribbean territories to protest the police shooting death of a teenager in a Paris suburb, with at
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Magnitude 6.2 Quake Strikes Near Guadeloupe; No Damage Reported
BASSE-TERRE — A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe on Friday and was felt as far away as Puerto Rico.
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