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...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 and said it should be renegotiated...
...Ivorian army and rebels across the Liberian border. The fighting came as government and rebel representatives signed a draft peace accord near Paris. The rebels will be part of a new national reconciliation government that draws ministers from across the Ivorian political spectrum. The deal calls for President Laurent Gbagbo to cede some of his powers to the new Prime Minister, Seydou Diarra, a respected Muslim diplomat who served as Premier in 1999 and 2000. The rebels dropped their demands for Gbagbo's resignation and immediate elections. They agreed to disarm. And progress was also made on the question...
FRANCE Face-Off A truce broke down in the Ivory Coast as government and rebels met in Paris. Rebel leaders want President Laurent Gbagbo to quit, claiming his 2002 election was unfair and insisting new elections are necessary. But Gbagbo said the constitution does not allow him to call early legislative elections and said the rebels should disarm...
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Kabila Verdicts A military court sentenced around 30 people to death for their role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila, who was shot in January 2001 by one of his bodyguards. The trial was described as unfair by human-rights organizations. Although prosecutors claimed the murder of Kabila - who seized power in 1997 - was a failed coup attempt, the sentences are unlikely to end speculation about the motives behind it. The defendants appealed to his son and successor, current President Joseph Kabila...
...possible war on Iraq and a disputed U.S. bombing on the border with Afghanistan. Pakistani politicians claimed the U.S. had bombed a disused Islamic seminary inside Pakistan, but U.S. officials said that the incident took place on the Afghan side of the frontier. IVORY COAST Fragile Truce President Laurent Gbagbo promised to expel foreign mercenaries and stop aerial bombings, after government helicopters attacked a fishing village and left 12 civilians dead. France condemned the raid as an "intolerable" violation of the cease-fire between the government and the main rebel group, the Ivory Coast Patriotic Movement (MPCI). The attack took...