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Spotlight | Madagascar
Paris Seized with Doubt

President Marc Ravalomanana's official visit to Paris next week will give new momentum to France's relations with the new Malagasy regime [...]

Published on 26/04/2003 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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