And St Pierre et Miquelon aren't France's only contribution to the fascinating world of geopolitical farce.

圣皮埃尔和密克隆岛并不是法国给这奇妙世界贡献出的唯一一出地理闹剧。

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Its clash is with Canada, and concerns St Pierre & Miquelon, a group of tiny islands little more than 25km from Newfoundland that front onto a shelf blessed with oil deposits.

跟法国产生矛盾的是加拿大，争议在于圣皮埃尔和密克隆群岛。 它由一群面积狭小的岛屿组成，距离纽芬兰不超过25公里，却位于一块探明有石油储藏的大陆架上。

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Its clash is with Canada, and concerns St Pierre &Miquelon, a group of tiny islands little more than 25km from Newfoundland that front onto a shelf blessed with oil deposits. They belong to France.

该国因为法属圣皮埃尔和米克隆岛—一个离加南大纽芬兰不超过25km远的小群岛，他们之间的大陆架有石油资源—和加拿大产生矛盾。

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On St Pierre a three-bed, two-bath house is 180, 000 euros, while houses on Miquelon are smaller but with more land and cost about half that.

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