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	New Caledonia
		New Caledonia sends two deputies to the French National Assembly, one representing the commune (municipality) of Nouméa, the commune of L'Île-des-Pins and the Loyalty Islands Province, and the other representing the rest of New Caledonia.
		New Caledonia is one of the northernmost parts of a (93%) submerged continent called Zealandia.
		The plight of New Caledonia's environmental patrimony gradually became known to the world at large, partly because Van Peteghem was made a recipient of the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for his efforts and sacrifice on behalf of Caledonian ecological protection.
	www.jgames.co.uk /title/New_Caledonia (4746 words)

	Politics of New Caledonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of New Caledonia takes place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democratic French overseas country, whereby the President of the Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
		Inhabitants of New Caledonia are French citizens and carry French passports.
		New Caledonia is divided in 3 provinces: Province des Îles, Province Nord, and Province Sud - which are further subdivided into 33 communes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_New_Caledonia (895 words)

	New Caledonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		New Caledonia lies astride the Tropic of Capricorn, between 19° and 23° south latitude.
		This isolated New Caledonia from the rest of the world's landmasses, and made it a Noah's Ark of sorts, preserving a snapshot of prehistoric Gondwanan forests.
		Moreover, the New Caledonia Barrier Reef, which surrounds Grande Terre and the Isle of Pines (Île des Pins), is the second-largest coral reef in the world after Australia's Great Barrier Reef, reaching a length of 1,500 kilometres (930 mi).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Caledonia (3241 words)

	About New Caledonia
		The territory consists of the island of New Caledonia (16,700 sq km), the Loyaute/Loyalty islands (Ouvea, Lifou, Mare and Walpole), the archipelagos of Chesterfield Avon, Huon, Beleip, and the island Noumea.
		New Caledonia was founded as a penal colony and the first shiploads of convicts arrived in May 1864 at Port-de-France (present-day Noumea).
		New Caledonia's status was changed from a colony to a French overseas territory after WWII and Kanaks immediately began to formulate their own political and social demands.
	www.janesoceania.com /newcaledonia/index3.htm (12071 words)

	The Contemporary Pacific:Melanesia in Review: New Caledonia - September 18, 2007
		The new law would exclude only about 10 percent of current voters in New Caledonia from voting in provincial elections in 2009 and 2014, but the proportion is higher in the populous, predominantly non-Kanak South (14 percent), and especially in Noumea (20 percent) (nc, 26 April 2006).
		New Caledonia Fisheries, based at Koumac in the North, finally turned a profit (nc, 27 Feb 2006), and a government committee met weekly to screen job hiring in an effort to favor local residents over foreigners whenever possible (nc, 22 Nov 2006).
		New Caledonia strengthened its diplomatic ties with Australia and Vanuatu (pir, 22 June, 30 Aug 2006), while New Zealand television broadcast videos of the 1985 trial of French bombers of the Greenpeace antinuclear protest vessel Rainbow Warrior, which showed agents Mafart and Prieur confessing to murder (nc, 16 Aug 2006).
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2007/September/tcp-nc.htm (6149 words)

	Cultural Survival
		When New Caledonia was annexed by France in 1853, the development of the colony became tied to settler colonialism, mineral exploitation, ranching, and the establishment of a penal colony, all necessitating the expropriation of large tracts of native land.
		A government report on the activities of New Caledonia's land development agency stated that "choices [concerning land allocations] were made without established guide-lines, without consideration of native land claims, and without the slightest regard for equity in the distribution of land between the two principle communities" (quoted in Libération 9/22/89).
		Of 21,630 convicts sent to New Caledonia, 2,680 were given land; 52 percent of them had to forfeit their lands because of misconduct or inability to put the land to use.
	www.cs.org /publications/Csq/csq-article.cfm?id=898 (5083 words)

	Caledonia: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
		...Connollys Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, 5 May-23...Deases Journal of the Brigade from New Caledonia to Fort Vancouver and Return, 7 May-13...124 Preface When the district New Caledonia was first settled by the NWC in 1805...
		New Caledonia is one of the French islands of the Pacific...
		It comprises the island of New Caledonia, the Isle of Pines, the Loyalty Islands...groups.
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/caledonia.jsp (1640 words)

	Seminar in 20th Century Pacific Island History
		Stephen Pokawin: "Papua New Guinea: aftermath of colonialism" in Politics in Melanesia.
		Aotearoa (New Zealand) became a formal British colony by the Treaty of Waitangi of 1840, which was intended by reformers in London to avoid the injustices of earlier colonizations.
		Western Samoa and Tonga are politically independent, but about half their populations live overseas and send home money and goods to their families, while their governments rely heavily on foreign aid money from industrial countries seeking markets.
	www.hawaii.edu /cpis/psi/chappe13.html (4359 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Country profiles \| Regions and territories: New Caledonia
		However, the planned referendum was postponed under the 1998 Noumea Accord, which gave New Caledonia greater autonomy and stipulated that the independence vote should be held between 2014 and 2019.
		Her appointment, at the second attempt, followed a political impasse caused by disagreements among pro-France members of the newly-elected government.
		Politics is polarised along ethnic lines and reflects the different stances on the independence issue.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/3921323.stm (638 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Politics of New Caledonia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The uneasy peace: New Caledonia's Matignon Accords at mid-term.
		Perceptions of nature and responses to environmental degradation in New Caledonia (1).
		UN: Fourth Committee hears petitioners on Guam, We Western Sahara, New Caledonia and East Timor.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Politics+of+New+Caledonia (304 words)

	VENETIC
		Bernard Brou, a Caldoche historian, cites New Caledonia as "une colonie de peuplement qui ne se peuple pas" and characterises the rate of European settlement as "un développement excessivement lent, et même parfois rétrograde".(6) In its 1983 census, the ITSEE estimated the total population of New Caledonia as 145,368.
		The most important element of New Caledonia's internal migration since the 1960s has been the movement of broussards away from the rural areas of the west and east coasts to Nouméa.(50) By the time of the 1983 ITSEE census, 31,945 (59%) of New Caledonia's 53,974 Europeans were living in the commune of Nouméa.
		The entry of the Wallisian UO into New Caledonian politics in 1989 displays that New Caledonia's non-European immigrants are not as rigidly loyalist as was once believed and that they are only prepared to support the RPCR as long as they feel that the party represents their future interests.
	www.venetic.com /caldochie.html (16824 words)

	Quakes strike near New Caledonia - CNN.com
		NOUMEA, New Caledonia (AP) -- A series of earthquakes struck near the French islands of New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Friday, prompting increased vigilance for a tsunami, though officials said there was no immediate risk.
		New Caledonia is a collection of small islands with a population of about 221,000 people located some 1,120 miles northeast of Australia.
		The quakes came soon as New Caledonia is testing a new tsunami warning system, Baratto said.
	www.cnn.com /2007/WORLD/asiapcf/09/28/newcaledonia.quake.ap/index.html?eref=ib_world (385 words)

	FIJI COULD LEARN FROM NEW CALEDONIA GAINS - July 6, 2005
		Only after this has been accomplished is the new Prime Minister required to reform his or her government in accordance with section 99 of the constitution by inviting all parties with more than 10 percent of seats into cabinet.
		New Caledonia’s government is directly elected by the Congress (parliament), although portfolios are allocated by the President.
		In New Caledonia, its still too early to tell whether political parties will be able to develop a new style of partnership, but the early signs are that they have gone a lot further in this respect than has Fiji.
	archives.pireport.org /archive/2005/July/07-06-com.htm (1963 words)

	New Caledonia
		New Caledonia and New Zealand separated from Australia 85 million years ago, and from one another 55 million years ago.
		New Caledonia is also allowed to engage in international cooperation with independent countries of the Pacific Ocean.
		Their toppling of the RPCR (that was until then seen as the only voice of New Caledonian whites) was a surprise to many, and a sign that the society of New Caledonia is undergoing changes.
	schools-wikipedia.org /wp/n/New_Caledonia.htm (2917 words)

	The Militant - October 7, 2002 -- New Caledonia independence fighters host event on anti-imperialist struggle (Site not responding. Last check: )
		NOUMÉA, New Caledonia--Supporters of the fight for the independence of New Caledonia from French colonial rule took part in a seminar hosted by the Kanak Liberation Party (Palika) September 7.
		Revolutionaries from New Zealand, Canada, and the United States were invited to contribute to the exchange of views.
		Pathfinder is dedicated, they said, to presenting the lessons of current political struggles and developments, as well as those learned through the sweat and blood of fighters from battles in the past.
	www.themilitant.com /2002/6637/663703.html (487 words)

	Tag: New Caledonia - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
		A new coalition of pro-independence groups from Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua says it is seeking diplomatic recognition from Melanesian countries in the Pacific.
		The Australian Defence Force (ADF) is in New Caledonia taking part in an exercise to practice the military's response to civil unrest in the aftermath of a tsunami.
		A major investigation is under way in New Caledonia to find out where asbestos, blamed for an unusually high rate of lung cancer on the French Pacific island territory, occurs in the environment.
	www.abc.net.au /news/tag/new-caledonia (672 words)

	Pacific Magazine: Hot Spot #1: New Caledonia
		Political unrest is flaring in New Caledonia again after a quiet year broken only by pay strikes and other labour disputes.
		New Caledonia will have a five percent stake in the project, which would hugely boost the economy.
		Last year, apparently after lobbying in Paris in favour of the new mine by the RPCR’s leader, Jacques Lafleur, the French government withdrew its support for the protection of the lagoon as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
	www.pacificislands.cc /issue/2003/01/01/hot-spot-1-new-caledonia (669 words)

	Sojourn in the South Pacific: New Caledonia's Top Blogs
		This blog on New Caledonia is for those of you who ever wondered what life on a tiny island in the South Pacific might be like.
		Margouillette - Life in New Caledonia told with a sense of humour and exquisite presentation.
		New Zealand: From the North Island to the South Is...
	southpacificsojourn.blogspot.com /2007/04/new-caledonias-top-blogs.html?widgetType=BlogArchive&widgetId=BlogArchive1&action=toggle&dir=open&toggle=MONTHLY-1141131600000&toggleopen=MONTHLY-1193835600000 (773 words)

	MBEAW: New Caledonia
		Forster, C. "The French penal colony and the origins of the French presence in New Caledonia," Journal of Pacific History 26,2 (12/91):135-50.
		Bird, E.C.F. The Impacts of Opencast Mining on the Rivers and Coasts of New Caledonia (Tokyo: UN University, 1984).
		New Caledonia: Anti-Colonialism in a Pacific Territory (Canberra: ANU Research School of Pacific Studies, 1988).
	www.mbeaw.org /resources/countries/newcaledonia.html (535 words)

	New Caledonia : Twenty Years Ago « Operation Victor » Bathed Ouvéa in Blood - L'Humanité in English
		Out of hostility to the new status of the territory drafted by Jacques Chirac and Bernard Pons, Secretary of State for the Overseas départements and territories, the FNLNKS called for an active boycott of the territorial election that was to institute it, on the same day as the presidential election.
		On the “caillou” ("pebble", as the island is called), the situation had been extremely tense since 1984, when independence came back to the forefront of New Caledonian politics, thanks to the setting up of the FLNKS party, which was accompanied by violent clashes between his opponents and supporters.
		On December 2, 1986, the UN General Assembly put New Caledonia down on the list of “non-self-governing territories” (to be decolonized), thus legitimizing the action of the pro-independence camp.
	www.humaniteinenglish.com /article937.html (1667 words)

	New Caledonia Economy 2004 - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		New Caledonia has about 25% of the world's known nickel resources.
		In addition to nickel, substantial financial support from France - equal to more than one-fourth of GDP - and tourism are keys to the health of the economy.
		Substantial new investment in the nickel industry, combined with the recovery of global nickel prices, brightens the economic outlook for the next several years.
	www.immigration-usa.com /wfb2004/new_caledonia/new_caledonia_economy.html (210 words)

	Golublog: An Anthropology Blog · Lewis S. Feuer in New Caledonia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One part of his career that certainly isn’t remembered is the time he spent during World War II in New Caledonia where he became embroiled in the colonial politics of Asian indentured laborers in New Caledonia’s mines.
		It is little known that both the political awakening of the native people and the successful questioning of colonial authority by immigrant Asian workers had their origins in a political movement with communist sympathies..
		The present article recounts this forgotten page of New Caledonian history: forgotton because the Christian missions, allied with the colonial administration, were quick to nip in the bud what appeared to be too radical a questioning of the established order.
	alex.golub.name /log/2005/02/11/lewis-s-feuer-in-new-caledonia (589 words)

	US Press News - U.N. to Condemn New Caledonia
		New Caledonia is said to be stockpiling bows, arrows, and archers in both the North and the South leaving only the middle beaches of the country available for vacationing Australians.
		Bush's new military plan involves restarting research into the "star wars" defense system and the rapid development of extra large wooden shields for foot soldiers.
		"The so-called 'freedom-wanters' of New Caledonia don't want freedom," Bush said in a statement somewhere outdoors today, "They want to use their bows to draw back time and release hatred towards those that they don't understand, specifically their French masters.
	www.uspressnews.com /articles/1135 (411 words)

	PUERTO RICO, AMERICAN SAMOA, GUAM, GIBRALTAR, NEW CALEDONIA DISCUSSED AT CARIBBEAN DECOLONIZATION SEMINAR
		IVETTE GARCIA GONZALES, expert from Cuba, speaking on developments in the Eastern Caribbean region, said a new century had arrived without having achieved decolonization. It was, therefore, important to strengthen the work of the Committee. The present-day realities of the British territories in the Caribbean area must be taken into account.
		Gibraltar had a highly developed, thriving and stable political process, based on the adversarial political party system. Gibraltar was, however, less well off when one considered its inalienable right as a colonial people to self-determination, and its relations with its neighbour, Spain, which persisted “with an anachronistic claim to recover the sovereignty of our homeland”.
		He said his country had been endowed with natural riches, such as nickel, cobalt and petroleum, which were coveted by major economic and financial powers.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2001/gacol3046.doc.htm (486 words)

	MegaDirectory - Government & Politics - Countries - New Caledonia
		New Caledonia contained in the Political Declaration adopted by the Eighth...
		COUNTRY DESCRIPTION : New Caledonia is a French overseas territory consisting of the...
		New Caledonia, law firms, law, government, business, lawyers, judge, courts, countries, states, legal, law, firms, legislation...
	www.megadirectory.net /dir/government_politics/new_caledonia.htm (120 words)

	Oceania New Caledonia News - Media Monitoring Service by EIN News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New Caledonia’s main Gaston Bourret hospital complex in Nouméa is now fitted with a "patch-up" set...
		New Caledonia's Northern province has on Tuesday endorsed its 2007 preliminary budget, for an announced total...
		Goro in New Caledonia, now controlled by Brazil's, was to have produced 60,000 tonnes of a year...
	www.einnews.com /oceania/newsfeed-new-caledonia (1118 words)

	ABC News: Moderate Quakes Strike New Caledonia
		A series of earthquakes struck near the French islands of New Caledonia in the South Pacific on Friday, prompting increased vigilance for a tsunami though officials said there was no immediate risk.
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	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=3662877 (381 words)

	Scoop: New Caledonia’s Hot‘Half Price Holiday ’ Offer
		“New Caledonia is right on our doorstep and only a short 2 ½ hour flight away,” says Karen Priest, New Caledonia Tourism New Zealand Manager. “It offers a perfect mid-winter break where holiday makers can soak up some sun and French charm and cuisine.
		New Caledonia isn’t only renowned for its beaches, water sports, tropical climate, local fresh food markets and cuisine there is also the Kanak culture to soak up, the stunning Amedee Lighthouse on the outer reaches of the lagoon, native bush walks and of course shopping.
		The head of Auckland's leading shopping district says while the latest retail figures for the month of April released by Statistics New Zealand today weren't as alarming as the figures for the March quarter, it nonetheless will be a very tough winter with the pending general election adding to retailers woes.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/BU0806/S00114.htm (1081 words)

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