African nations seek to end Cote d'Ivoire crisis
By Charles Onians | China Daily | Updated: 2011-01-04 08:10
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Jordanian peacekeepers, patrol along a street in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire, on Dec 30. Some people yell "UN out!" as the Jordanian UN peacekeepers pass by in their armored personnel carriers, but generally these soldiers don't understand French and so they miss the comments. Marc Chown Oved / Associated Press |
ABIDJAN, Cote d'Ivoire - African powers were launching a new diplomatic push for a peaceful solution to the Cote d'Ivoire's deadly crisis on Monday, piling pressure on defiant leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit and avoid an armed intervention.
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