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New Caledonia: French Pacific Territory Votes On Independence

04/11/2018 GMT

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Citizens of New Caledonia are voting on whether to remain part of France

Citizens of New Caledonia are voting on whether to remain part of France.

Voters in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia are taking part in a referendum on whether to remain part of France or become independent. The vote was promised as part of a deal two decades ago after a violent campaign by separatists from the indigenous Kanak people; also, the husband of a Pakistani Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after eight years on death row has pleaded for asylum from the UK, US or Canada; and will a 'blue wave' of victories in Tuesday’s US mid-term elections help the Democrats ease the pain of losing the White House to Donald Trump?

(Image: New Caledonians gathered in Toulouse before the independence referendum on November 4th 2018. Credit: Alain Pitton/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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