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BURMA
Total and Chevron accused of propping up junta
Two reports by EarthRights International, a US-based rights advocacy group, allege that energy giants Total and Chevron are propping up Burma's junta with a gas project that has allowed the regime to stash billions of dollars.
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FRENCH CARIBBEAN
Send your questions to our correspondents in the French Caribbean islands
Send your questions to our special correspondents Eve Irvine and Willy Bracciano, who are following the economic and social unrest in the French Caribbean islands.
FRANCE - OVERSEAS TERRITORIES
Sarkozy proposes €580m to islands, unions call plan vague
President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed up to €580 million to aid France’s overseas departments, but while Elie Domota (pictured), leader of striking unions in Guadeloupe, agreed to resume negotiations he did not move to call off the strike.
GUADELOUPE
Negotiations run aground on wages
Pay talks in Guadeloupe are suspended until Monday because union leaders failed to agree with employers over the French President Nicolas Sarkozy's aid offer. Meanwhile, Sarkozy announced on Saturday that "the worst is now over".
FRANCE
Sarkozy proposes €580 million for overseas departments
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has proposed up to €580 million for France’s overseas departments, including the restive islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique. The French government earlier offered unions a wage increase to quell weeks of unrest.
GUADELOUPE
Security stepped up after unionist killed in clashes
A union activist was killed in Pointe-a-Pitre, the capital of Guadeloupe, as month-long protests over the high cost of living turned increasingly violent. Additional troops are headed to the French Caribbean island to help keep the peace.
GUADELOUPE
Sarkozy meets envoys for talks on unrest
The French government has offered a wage increase to Guadeloupe's unions in a bid to quell weeks of unrest. Shots were fired at French security forces overnight ahead of talks between President Nicolas Sarkozy and officials from the island in Paris.
GUADELOUPE
Protestors 'fire' on police, mayor says
Armed youths fired rifles at police overnight as economic protests on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe crept towards fever pitch Wednesday, the mayor of Baie-Mahault, Ary Chalus, said.
GUADELOUPE
Protests reach fever pitch in French Caribbean island
Armed youths fired rifles towards police overnight as economic protests on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe crept towards fever pitch on Wednesday. A month-long general strike has crippled the French Caribbean island.
GUADELOUPE
Clashes continue on crippled French Caribbean island
Police fired tear gas on roadblock-burning protesters in Guadeloupe late Monday, while looters smashed shops in the capital Pointe-a-Pitre. A month-long general strike has crippled the French Caribbean island.
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