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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Five generals pledged their loyalty to President Alassane Ouattara on Tuesday following the capture of the country’s strongman leader after a four-month standoff, as French and Ivorian forces worked to eliminate the last pockets of resistance. ALSO READ: Oprah Scared To Back President Obama For Fear Of Losing Viewers Ouattara’s spokesman […]

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IVORY COAST – Laurent Gbabgo, the now captured former leader of the Ivory Coast is getting a good deal of support from the Christian Right, including Pat Robertson and Glenn Beck. RELATED: HelloBeautiful’s 25 women to know The New York Times reports: Mr. Robertson, who ran for president as a Republican in 1988 and founded […]

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UNITED NATIONS — This week’s offer by Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo’s top three generals to surrender evidently was a “trick” to buy time, the head of U.N. peacekeeping said Friday. U.N. peacekeeping director Alain Le Roy told reporters after briefing the Security Council Friday afternoon that Gbagbo and his military men apparently used Tuesda […]

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Ivory Coast’s strongman leader Laurent Gbagbo holed up in a bunker inside the presidential residence Tuesday, defiantly maintaining he won the election four months ago even as troops backing the internationally recognized winner encircled the home. Gbagbo’s comments by telephone to France’s LCI television came as French officials and a diplomat […]

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ABIDJAN, COTE D’IVOIRE— The UN peacekeeping mission in Côte d’Ivoire has called for all parties to show restraint and to remain calm amidst reports of violent clashes, which have now reached the perimeters of the U.S. Embassy in the African country. Côte d’Ivoire has been thrust into political uncertainty after the incumbent president refused to […]