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Storm in Madagascar
In the relative political calm of the Indian Ocean, Madagascar has long been a centre of turbulence.
Now another political crisis is brewing as the opposition accuses President Marc Ravalomanana of abuse of power and threatening democracy. Tens of thousands of opposition protesters demonstrated in Antananarivo on Wednesday, two days after an earlier rally descended into violence that left nearly 40 people dead.
The bodies of most the victims were found in a burned out clothing store. The authorities said they were looters who got trapped.
Ravalomanana and opposition leader Andry Rajoelina are very different characters.
