Cote d'Ivoire ruler faces down the UN
By Ange Aboa and Louis Charbonneau | China Daily | Updated: 2010-12-20 08:03
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A soldier sitting on a truck holds up a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) during a rally by supporters of Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo in Yopougon, Abidjan on Sunday. Luc Gnago / Agence France-Presse |
ABIDJAN / UNITED NATIONS - Cote d'Ivoire's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo on Saturday ordered UN and French troops to leave the country, but UN chief Ban Ki-moon rejected the demand, saying his blue helmets would not budge.
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