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In a weekly news roundup, Dijoux.re writes (Fr): “Chikungunya is still a worry and the island counted 600 patients last week. Authorities are adopting a new protocol of reinforced vigilance. This despite the fact that the winter is here with temperatures in obvious decline this week.” If that is any consolation, the blog also announces that Yannick Noah will give a free concert on the island this sunday.
From French Guiana on the South American continent near Brazil, Carnet de Guyane writes (Fr) about allegiances during today's Brazil v. France soccer match: “Those who are French support France, those who are Brazilian support Brazil. So what about when you're Peruvian? or Haitian? or from Suriname? (…) It looks to me that Peruvians tend to root for Brazil and Haitians for France … What a dilemma!” The blogger added that he would not watch the game at a bar because: “there were 2 casualties [at a bar] the other day after Brazil's first match.”
The pacific islander blog has a post on the local legend about the origin of Tagimoucia flower, the national flower of Fiji.
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