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Bloggers React to Gunfights and Change in Government in Madagascar

On May 20, Antananarivo was the scene of deadly gunfights between 21 FIGN elements, the elite National Gendarmes Intervention Force , and the soldiers of the governmental EMMOREG.

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Madagascar authorities stifle ‘attack’ on PM’s office

Madagascan authorities on Monday said they had put down an attack on the building housing the prime minister’s offices in Antananarivo and arrested 21 people since Sunday.

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Trivia Question

Antananarivo is the capital of what island nation, which is also the fourth-largest island in the world? Madagascar Date published: 3/26/2010 What do you think? Enter your FredTalk username and password to post a comment on this story.

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AFRICA/MADAGASCAR – Auxiliary of Antananarivo appointed

The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on March 25, 2010, appointed as Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of Antananarivo , Fr.

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MADAGASCAR: Textile industry unravels

Tensions between street traders and the city authorities in Madagascar’s capital, Antananarivo, are mounting as hundreds of recently unemployed textile industry workers compete with established informal traders; textile factories have been closing since the country was suspended from a preferential trade agreement with the US.

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