1 killed in unrest on French island Guadeloupe

AP Worldstream | February 18, 2009| | Copyright

A man was shot dead as he drove during the night during riots and protests over the high cost of living, officials said Wednesday _ the first fatality in a nearly month-old strike that has hammered this French Caribbean island's tourist industry and paralyzed daily life.

French Prime Minister Francois Fillon's office in Paris condemned the slaying and said the circumstances were being investigated. He urged all involved to "stop the violence that is traumatizing all of Guadeloupe."

More than 2,000 people in Martinique, a nearby French island, marched through the ...

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