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Mathurin DEREL

New Caledonia Counts The Cost Of Overnight Riots

The demonstrations that rocked the French Pacific territory came in response to proposed voting reforms (Credit: AFP)

People in New Caledonia's main city Noumea assessed the damage Tuesday after a night of rioting in the French Pacific territory that saw vehicles and shops torched, and shots fired at security forces.

Riots erupted Monday over a constitutional reform that is being debated in the national assembly in Paris, and which aims to expand the electorate in the territory's provincial elections.

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