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<description><![CDATA[French singer Johnny Hallyday is out of a Caribbean hospital and on his way to Los Angeles.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13591638-french-elvis-leaves-caribbean-hospital-for-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/31/13591638-french-elvis-leaves-caribbean-hospital-for-us</guid><category>people</category><category>los-angeles</category><category>world-news</category><category>cb</category><category>martinique</category><category>johnny-hallyday</category><category>hallyday</category><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 15:36:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>US priest accused of pedophilia dies in Martinique</title>
<description><![CDATA[Laurence Brett, a former priest who vanished twice amid accusations that he sexually abused more than two dozen children in the U.S., has died in the French Caribbean island of Martinique, a hospital official said Friday.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodolphe Lamy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodolphe Lamy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/07/5785355-us-priest-accused-of-pedophilia-dies-in-martinique</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/07/5785355-us-priest-accused-of-pedophilia-dies-in-martinique</guid><category>death</category><category>priest</category><category>world-news</category><category>cb</category><category>martinique</category><category>french-caribbean</category><pubDate>Fri, 7 Jan 2011 16:59:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Am I Blue (1944) Hoagy Carmichael &amp; Lauren Bacall</title>
<description><![CDATA[Excerpt from "To Have And Have Not" (1944)]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[krishna-167929]]></source><link>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5661410-am-i-blue-1944-hoagy-carmichael-lauren-bacall</link><guid>http://krishna109.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/16/5661410-am-i-blue-1944-hoagy-carmichael-lauren-bacall</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>music</category><category>movies</category><category>ernest-hemingway</category><category>hoagy-carmichael</category><category>tunes</category><category>vichy</category><category>lauren-bacall</category><category>martinique</category><category>1944</category><category>classic-cinema</category><category>to-have-and-have-not</category><category>am-i-blue</category><category>fort-de-france</category><pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:58:31 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Martinique man convicted of making racist remarks</title>
<description><![CDATA[A court has found an 84-year-old businessman guilty of condoning a crime against humanity for praising slavery during a TV interview and sentenced him Wednesday to pay a fine of nearly $10,000.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodolphe Lamy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodolphe Lamy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/15/5655597-martinique-man-convicted-of-making-racist-remarks</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/12/15/5655597-martinique-man-convicted-of-making-racist-remarks</guid><category>world-news</category><category>racist</category><category>remarks</category><category>cb</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 20:05:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>French Guiana, Martinique reject autonomy proposal</title>
<description><![CDATA[Voters in Martinique and French Guiana overwhelmingly rejected a proposal Sunday to give local government more autonomy while remaining a part of France.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rodolphe Lamy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Rodolphe Lamy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/10/3738827-french-guiana-martinique-reject-autonomy-proposal</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/01/10/3738827-french-guiana-martinique-reject-autonomy-proposal</guid><category>business</category><category>world-news</category><category>french-guiana</category><category>autonomy</category><category>cb</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 03:42:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/b66d8d74-c17b-4aca-8e24-b612bf4aa8d2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="265" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b66d8d74-c17b-4aca-8e24-b612bf4aa8d2.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Residents of French Caribbean department Guiana line to cast their ballots for the referendum for more autonomy from France in Cayenne, French Guiana, Sunday Jan. 10, 2010. Voters in both departments Martinique and French Guiana will choose whether to allow local governments more administrative freedom while remaining a part of France after operating under mostly French regulations and laws since World War II.(AP Photo/Henri Griffit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8fbb3d4a-d68f-4d9b-9532-80ecadcdf982.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8fbb3d4a-d68f-4d9b-9532-80ecadcdf982.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A resident of French Caribbean department Guiana casts his ballot for the referendum for more autonomy from France in Cayenne, French Guiana, Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 . Voters in both departments Martinique and French Guiana will choose whether to allow local governments more administrative freedom while remaining a part of France after operating under mostly French regulations and laws since World War II.(AP Photo/Henri Griffit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5bbaad52-dfce-47d9-b68f-5f08697856d0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="374" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5bbaad52-dfce-47d9-b68f-5f08697856d0.jpg" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A resident of French Caribbean department Guiana casts his ballot for the referendum for more autonomy from France in Cayenne, French Guiana, Sunday Jan. 10, 2010 . Voters in both departments Martinique and French Guiana will choose whether to allow local governments more administrative freedom while remaining a part of France after operating under mostly French regulations and laws since World War II.(AP Photo/Henri Griffit)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Violence subsides, Martinique resumes negotiations</title>
<description><![CDATA[Negotiations over higher wages and lower food prices are resuming in the French Caribbean island of Martinique where a monthlong strike has turned violent at times.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/07/2517949-violence-subsides-martinique-resumes-negotiations</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/03/07/2517949-violence-subsides-martinique-resumes-negotiations</guid><category>unrest</category><category>caribbean</category><category>world-news</category><category>cb</category><category>martinique</category><category>french-caribbean</category><pubDate>Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:48:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>RFI - Guadeloupe strike to continue over the weekend</title>
<description><![CDATA[Strike in French Caribbean]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[danielfinnan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[danielfinnan]]></source><link>http://danielfinnan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/23/2467640-rfi-guadeloupe-strike-to-continue-over-the-weekend</link><guid>http://danielfinnan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/23/2467640-rfi-guadeloupe-strike-to-continue-over-the-weekend</guid><category>france</category><category>caribbean</category><category>world-news</category><category>french</category><category>guadeloupe</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:53:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Guadeloupe: Striker killed in repression of general strike</title>
<description><![CDATA[  
The government of President Nicolas Sarkozy has responded to the general strike in Guadeloupe by escalating the repression that resulted in the death of striker Jacques Bino on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, it sent 300 police reinforcements to the island. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/20/2459842-guadeloupe-striker-killed-in-repression-of-general-strike</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/20/2459842-guadeloupe-striker-killed-in-repression-of-general-strike</guid><category>france</category><category>world-news</category><category>guadeloupe</category><category>capitalism</category><category>general-strike</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2009 01:51:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>France meets Guadeloupe workers' demands  to end general strike</title>
<description><![CDATA[ France has agreed to increase payments to low-paid workers on its Caribbean territories, as it attempts to head off escalating protests and violence. 

Prime Minister Francois Fillon proposed supplementing their wages with a 200-euro ($253; £176) monthly payment. ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/19/2453705-france-meets-guadeloupe-workers-demands-to-end-general-strike</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2009/02/19/2453705-france-meets-guadeloupe-workers-demands-to-end-general-strike</guid><category>france</category><category>strikes</category><category>labor</category><category>caribbean</category><category>world-news</category><category>guadeloupe</category><category>capitalism</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:16:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Will Media Investigate Obama Affair Rumors? | NewsBusters.org</title>
<description><![CDATA[Remember how the media had to play catch-up with the National Enquirer and blogs after rumors that begged for investigation were ignored?  Many enjoyed that.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[DBE928]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[DBE928]]></source><link>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/13/1994564-will-media-investigate-obama-affair-rumors-newsbustersorg</link><guid>http://dbe928.newsvine.com/_news/2008/10/13/1994564-will-media-investigate-obama-affair-rumors-newsbustersorg</guid><category>democrats</category><category>politics</category><category>obama</category><category>martinique</category><category>afairs</category><category>vera-baker</category><pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:21:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Actor Jean Reno released from Martinique hospital</title>
<description><![CDATA[French actor Jean Reno has been released from a hospital in the Caribbean island of Martinique after falling ill.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/21/1770750-actor-jean-reno-released-from-martinique-hospital</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/08/21/1770750-actor-jean-reno-released-from-martinique-hospital</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>reno</category><category>jean-reno</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:11:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Martinique man found guilty of burning woman</title>
<description><![CDATA[A jury in Martinique has found a man guilty of murder after he set his ex-girlfriend on fire in front of town hall three years ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/16/1493834-martinique-man-found-guilty-of-burning-woman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/05/16/1493834-martinique-man-found-guilty-of-burning-woman</guid><category>murder</category><category>world-news</category><category>martinique</category><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 23:42:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sarkozy calls Cesaire 'great man'</title>
<description><![CDATA[French President Nicolas Sarkozy hailed the late French Martinican poet and politician Aime Cesaire on Sunday as a great man whose anti-colonialist philosophy had worldwide influence.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Herve Brival]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Herve Brival]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/20/1442555-sarkozy-calls-cesaire-great-man</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/20/1442555-sarkozy-calls-cesaire-great-man</guid><category>world-news</category><category>nicolas-sarkozy</category><category>martinique</category><category>cesaire</category><category>french-martinican</category><category>aime-cesaire</category><pubDate>Sun, 20 Apr 2008 20:55:33 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/40201086-d7ba-4e57-a62e-8456cdc28689.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/40201086-d7ba-4e57-a62e-8456cdc28689.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French president Nicolas Sarkozy, center, pays respects to French Poet Aime Cesaire during the ceremony of his National Funeral, on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Cesaire, age 94, who died Thursday, was celebrated as an anti-colonialist poet and politician who helped establish the concept of black pride. (Ap Photo/Patrick Hertzog, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cbcedfa2-6688-4102-81a2-7494231fb410.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cbcedfa2-6688-4102-81a2-7494231fb410.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French president Nicolas Sarkozy, center, pays respects to French Poet Aime Cesaire during the ceremony of his National Funeral, on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Cesaire, age 94, who died Thursday, was celebrated as an anti-colonialist poet and politician who helped establish the concept of black pride. (AP Photo / Patrick Hertzog, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/78481b24-5209-41c3-829f-a742ee23c85b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/78481b24-5209-41c3-829f-a742ee23c85b.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;French president Nicolas Sarkozy, second left, pays respect to French Poet Aime Cesaire during the ceremony of his National Funeral, on Sunday, April 20, 2008 in Fort-de-France in the French Caribbean island of Martinique. Cesaire, age 94, who died Thursday, was celebrated as an anti-colonialist poet and politician who helped establish the concept of black pride. (Ap Photo/Charles Platiau, Pool)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Aimé Césaire, Martinique Poet and Politician, Dies at 94 </title>
<description><![CDATA[The AP reports: Aimé Césaire, an anticolonialist poet and politician who was honored throughout the French-speaking world and who was an early proponent of black pride, died here on Thursday. He was 94.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[greenpagan]]></source><link>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/19/1440534-aim-csaire-martinique-poet-and-politician-dies-at-94</link><guid>http://greenpagan.newsvine.com/_news/2008/04/19/1440534-aim-csaire-martinique-poet-and-politician-dies-at-94</guid><category>books</category><category>france</category><category>literature</category><category>world-news</category><category>writers</category><category>sarkozy</category><category>the-new-york-times</category><category>obits</category><category>martinique</category><category>aim-c-saire</category><category>martinique-poet-and-politician</category><category>anti-colonialist</category><category>negritude</category><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 13:54:19 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>2 Missionaries Lost in Martinique Found</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two Mormon missionaries who got lost during a hike in Martinique this week were found, hungry but unharmed, on the slopes of a volcanic peak on Thursday, authorities said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/05/1144699-2-missionaries-lost-in-martinique-found</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2007/12/05/1144699-2-missionaries-lost-in-martinique-found</guid><category>missing</category><category>missionaries</category><category>world-news</category><category>martinique</category><category>two-mormon</category><pubDate>Thu, 6 Dec 2007 03:26:44 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>