FILE - In this Sunday, April 24, 1988 file picture, a gendarme aims his weapon as an armored vehicle destroys a barricade erected by independence fighters near Saint-Louis, in the French Pacific island of New Caledonia. Seven policemen were injured in clashes as New Caledonians voted in France's presidential election. Islanders are expected to vote on independence in a referendum in 2014. (AP Photo/Remy Moyen)