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Power Shifts Ripple Through Indian Ocean Islands

Members of the Malagasy gendarmerie clash with demonstrators in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Oct. 11. 

Photographer: Luis Tayo/AFP/Getty Images

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Island nations in the Indian Ocean are navigating stormy political waters.