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Virus pummels French Polynesia, straining ties with Paris

by Esther Cuneo
| September 5, 2021 12:03 AM

PAPEETE, Tahiti (AP) — France’s worst coronavirus outbreak is unfolding 12 time zones away from Paris, devastating Tahiti and other idyllic islands of French Polynesia.

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