The World - News from Nov. 14, 1985
France announced a partial amnesty and a package of reforms in its South Pacific territory of New Caledonia. The reforms are intended to improve the economy and resolve rival land claims among European settlers and native Melanesians. The amnesty apparently will primarily cover offenses relating to clashes in the last year between the Europeans and the Melanesian Kanaks. Since elections in September for regional assemblies, tensions have eased.
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