French Guiana, Martinique reject proposal for more autonomy from France Voters in Martinique and French Guiana overwhelmingly rejected a proposal Sunday to give ...
Martinique and French Guiana voted massively against more autonomy for their French overseas departments, fearful a change of status would lead to less ...
This French Caribbean island has banned fishing in all its rivers and some coastal areas for the next year after finding high levels of a controversial pesticide. Recent studies by local health officials found more than double the accepted amount of kepone ...
Health authorities in Martinique have announced the French Caribbean island's first fatal case of swine flu. The victim, an 18-month-old girl, died Thursday at Fort-de-France's University Hospital Center. Dr. Andre Cabie, head of the infectious diseases division at the Pierre-Zobda Quitman hospital, ...
French president says Caribbean territory free to vote on more autonomy, not independence French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday that Martinique is free to hold a referendum on greater political autonomy but made clear the island would always belong to France. Sarkozy ...
President Nicolas Sarkozy offered Friday to hold a referendum on autonomy for the island of Martinique, one of France's Caribbean territories gripped by unrest early this year. The French leader on Thursday began a visit to Martinique and neighbouring Guadeloupe, part of ...
GUANTANAMO: Attorney says prisoner slashed wrist, hurled blood during prison meeting SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Yemeni held at Guantanamo slashed his wrist and hurled the blood at his lawyer during a meeting at the prison, the attorney said Monday, ...
Thousands of demonstrators in Martinique celebrate signing of pact ending monthlong strike Thousands of demonstrators are marching and singing in the streets of Martinique after officials signed an agreement ending a monthlong strike on the French Caribbean island. A crowd of about ...
Martinique resumes negotiations after violence subsides in monthlong strike Negotiations over higher wages and lower food prices are resuming in the French Caribbean island of Martinique where a monthlong strike has turned violent at times. Strike leader Michael Monrose says a previous ...
The top official on the French island of Martinique has appealed for calm following violent confrontations with demonstrators in which shots were fired at police. The Caribbean island's prefect, Ange Mancini, made a "grave appeal" on television "for all of the population ...
Thousands march to protest high cost of living on French island in Indian Ocean Protests spread Thursday from two French possessions in the Caribbean to the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, where about 15,000 people demonstrated in different cities against ...
Businesses began to reopen on Thursday in Guadeloupe after a general strike that had paralysed the French Caribbean island for 44 days ended with a promise of pay rises. The end of the first major revolt in France since the start of ...
