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In France’s Pacific territory New Caledonia, more than 130 have been arrested as violent protests continued for a second night, the French High Commission said on Wednesday. The riots began on Monday as France debated a planned bill which would give thousands of French citizens in the archipelago in the South Pacific the right to vote and therefore wield more political influence. The National Assembly in Paris adopted the reform overnight, by 351 votes to 153. About 60 police officers had been injured in the riots but their “commitment and professionalism” was to be commended, the commission s…

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