New Caledonia reels as violence persists | The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

PARIS -- Violence raged across New Caledonia for the third consecutive day Thursday, hours after France imposed a state of emergency in the French Pacific territory, boosting security forces' powers to quell unrest in the archipelago that has long sought independence.

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