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China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-09 08:11
Autonomy vote set
Citizens in Martinique and French Guiana, two overseas regions of France, are to vote on more autonomy in January 2010, President Nicolas Sarkozy announced on Wednesday.
Sarkozy made the announcement during his meeting with local chief magistrates of the two regions, pledging to give more freedom to overseas regions.
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