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...IVORY COAST Exodus France told its citizens to leave the Ivory Coast as stone-throwing mobs blocked the airport and stopped at least 500 French from fleeing. The call came after a deal to end the four-month-old civil war appeared to collapse. After days of rioting, protests against the French-brokered plan turned peaceful, with tens of thousands marching in the commercial capital, Abidjan. Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo accuse France of forcing him to sign a power-sharing agreement with rebels who control the former French colony's largely Muslim north. The army condemned the deal...
...birds are Magellanic penguins, which weigh about 7 lbs., stand about 18 in. and reach a top swimming speed of 15 m.p.h. In the wild, they would make migrations of 2,000 miles along the coast of South America. That equals 26,400 laps around the zoo's pool, and the birds appear to be trying to swim every one of them...
...IVORY COAST War And Peace The latest clashes in the Ivory Coast could drag some of the country's neighbors into its four-month-old civil war. Liberians were reportedly part of a force of fighters that last week surrounded government positions in the western town of Toulepleu, on the Liberian border. The Ivorian army said 29 people died, including four government soldiers, and that Liberian participation in the fighting was a certainty. But a Liberian Foreign Ministry spokesman said the Liberians were mercenaries. The attack follows incursions by both the Ivorian army and rebels across the Liberian border...
...China's, North Korea's or even Taiwan's, but Japan's troops are among the best equipped and trained. Its defense budget is the fourth highest on the planet. And, at least in small-scale confrontations, Japan has demonstrated a willingness and ability to engage, as when its coast guard sank a trespassing North Korean spy ship in December...
...everyone as a culinary delight, but don't tell that to Bang or anyone else on Phu Quoc Island. The spry septuagenarian is Phu Quoc's undisputed master taster of nuoc mam, the fermented fish sauce that is the heart of Vietnamese cuisine. This tiny island off the southern coast is famed for producing the best nuoc mam in the world. Nearly half of Phu Quoc's economy is dependent on nuoc mam, with 90 family-owned factories producing 10 million liters a year and passing their secrets down from generation to generation. The tangy odor is omnipresent...