In New Caledonia, a relative return to calm after 5 days of riot | EUROtoday
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In 5 days, the outbreak of violence in response to the federal government venture to switch the electoral physique left six victims and several other hundred injured in Nouméa. While the state of emergency got here into pressure on May 15 on the archipelago, the scenario appeared to settle down on Friday. But nothing is resolved, and the scenario stays explosive.
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