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PARIS, France (AFP):  French prosecutor, Vanessa Perree, requested on Friday a 10-year jail sentence for French Muslim convert Willie Brigitte from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, for allegedly conspiring with Pakistani extremists to plot terrorist attacks in Australia. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (AFP): A Paris court heard evidence Thursday that French Muslim convert Willie Brigitte, a 38-year-old from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, played a "major role" in a plot by a Pakistani-born extremist to blow up Sydney's power grid in 2003. read more.. |
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| PARIS, France (AFP): Willie Brigitte, a 38-year-old Muslim convert from the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, accused of plotting to attack a Sydney nuclear reactor and strategic targets across Australia, insisted he had no links to terrorism at his trial Wednesday. read more.. |
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POINTE A PITRE, Guadeloupe:  After a four-day visit to Martinique and Guadeloupe (the French-speaking islands of the Lesser Antilles) Segolene Royal, French socialist presidential candidate, returned to Paris and said she was encouraged. But even in the islands campaigning is very rough. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Cuba clinched third place in the 2006/7 Digicel Caribbean Cup and US$50,000 prize money after a 2-1 win over Guadeloupe that was more convincing than the scoreline suggests. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Haiti, who have played more games than other country in this year's Digicel Caribbean Cup are now close to the end of their journey, as they qualified to meet Trinidad and Tobago in the Digicel Caribbean Cup final on Tuesday, January 23. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters): Cuba has scraped into the CONCACAF Gold Cup finals after a goalless draw with Guyana in the Caribbean zone qualifying tournament. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Guadeloupe claimed their second win in the Bobby Sookram Group to earn top spot and advance to play Haiti in the semi final of the Digicel Caribbean Cup. read more.. |
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POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe:  Guadeloupe-born French sprinter Christine Arron, who won bronze medals at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland, has parted company with Coach Guy Ontanon after working together for over four years. Arron holds a personal best time of 10.73. read more.. |
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| GCC BOURDA, Guyana: Guadeloupe became the final automatic qualifier to the Digicel Caribbean Cup finals in Trinidad in January with a 3-1 win over Antigua and Barbuda in Guyana. read more.. |
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| GCC BOURDA, Guyana: Former French international and Marseilles superstar Angloma came on as substitute and emerged as the hero for Guadeloupe in the opening Group H game of the Digicel Caribbean Cup in Guyana. read more.. |
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| POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe (AFP): French author Andre Schwarz-Bart, winner of the 1959 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Le dernier des Justes", has died in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe aged 78, following a heart operation. read more.. |
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POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe:  Just a few months after its arrival in the French-speaking Caribbean, mobile telecommunications operator Digicel has very quickly focused on the most popular sports in Guadeloupe. Digicel recently held a press conference to announce the launching of the Caribbean Cup. read more.. |
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POINTE-A-PITRE, Guadeloupe:  On October 29 of this year, boats participating in the “Route du Rhum” will leave Saint-Malo in France heading for Guadeloupe, their final destination. The 5th edition of this prestigious transatlantic single-handed race also carries the hopes of the tourism industry. read more.. |
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POINTE À PITRE, Guadeloupe:  The recent visit to Guadeloupe of the Minister of Tourism and Environment of Antigua and Barbuda, Harold Lovell, co-incided with that of the French Minister of Agriculture. This double event obliged the Guadeloupean press to make a choice. read more.. |
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| POINTE À PITRE, Guadeloupe: Early on Wednesday afternoon, the main streets of Pointe à Pitre, (the economic capital of the French island) were deserted. The match between the French national soccer team and Portugal stopped all economic and social life in the city. read more.. |
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| BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe: The first Social Caribbean Forum began on July 5 in Fort-de-France in Martinique and will last until July 9. During the event, hundreds of Caribbean men and women will discuss what is currently referred to as ‘another world’. read more.. |
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POINTE-À-PITRE, Guadeloupe:  In France and in the French territories of the Caribbean (Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana), “digital divide” is like an obsession for French President Chirac. That means that the French Government would like citizens to have access to high speed Internet. read more.. |
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| POINTE À PITRE, Guadeloupe: This week, Digicel, the leading mobile operator in the English-speaking Caribbean, will replace Bouyghes Telecom Caraibes as the service provider for some 160,000 cellphones in the French-speaking territories of the region. read more.. |
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| BASSE-TERRE, Guadeloupe: The French national football team, also known as “Les Bleus (The Blues)” is largely made up of native Guadeloupean players. read more.. |
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