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Disputes - international: Madagascar claims the French territories of
Bassas da India, Europa Island, Glorioso Islands, and Juan de Nova Island;
Comoros claims Mayotte; Mauritius claims Tromelin Island; territorial dispute
between Suriname and the French overseas department of French Guiana; France
asserts a territorial claim in Antarctica (Adelie Land); France and Vanuatu
claim Matthew and Hunter Islands, east of New Caledonia
Illicit drugs: transshipment point for and consumer of South American
cocaine, Southwest Asian heroin, and European synthetics.
This information comes from the CIA
World Factbook August 2008.
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