New Caledonia Curbs OKd
France’s Socialist government won final approval from Parliament for an extension of the state of emergency in New Caledonia until June 30. The government used its absolute majority in the National Assembly to push through a bill renewing the emergency after the opposition-controlled Senate tried to limit the extension to a month. The South Pacific territory has been plagued by violence triggered by independence-seeking Kanaks, Melanesians related to Australia’s aborigines.
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