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Summary
Hundreds of citizens march for better pay and employment, Fort-de-France, Matinique, 5 February, 2009.

They joined in solidarity with their compatriots on the neighboring island of Guadeloupe, who have been on a general strike since late January, where shops, schools and public transport have been shut down as half-a-million people facing food shortages.

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