Sunday's fire broke out amid a group of apartment blocks on the 2km-long Trunk of the island, which is shaped like a date palm tree.

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Year to date, the Wisdom Tree India Earnings (EPI) exchange traded fund is up 10.06 percent, beating the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) ETF, up 7.21 percent.

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Today, it is blissfully quiet - though back in town, on the elegant Rue St-Louis, there is a cannonball still wedged in the roots of a tree that is said to date from that battle.

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The Wisdom Tree India Earnings ( EPI) exchange traded fund is up 2.99 percent year to date, while the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets (EEM) ETF is up less than half a percent.

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