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Over 250 people died in the violence following the presidential elections in Cote d'Ivoire on October 22. The unrest began when Gen. Robert Guei, leader of a coup that overthrew the government on Christmas Eve in 1999, declared himself the winner and dissolved the election commission just as exit polls indicated that Laurent Gbagbo of the Popular Front opposition party was leading. Hundreds of Ivorians took to the streets in a mass uprising that rivaled that of the Yugoslavs against Slobodan Milosevic. Military support for Guei was weak and eventually he fled the country, leaving Gbagbo to declare victory...
...Indonesia's is down 54%. Excluding fixed currencies such as the Hong Kong dollar and the Chinese renminbi, the majority of Asian currencies are having a difficult time maintaining their strengths. Looking for a bottom? Be patient. The region is marred by inflated oil prices and political unrest, so most analysts aren't expecting Asian stock markets to recover soon...
...late-night shows that Allen hosted through the '60s, a nightly, 90-minute showcase for his rowdy, improvisational comedy. Shows would typically open with some unscripted bit, and one night everyone in the audience was handed foam-rubber bricks and bats and told that, in honor of the campus unrest making headlines, when Steve ventured into the crowd, we'd erupt into an "audience riot." Since I had just come from real riots in Berkeley, it was hard not to feel, even then, that Steve Allen was already passing into nostalgia...
...February 1970, Pusey said he would resign, two years earlier than had been anticipated. Pusey had presided over a time of unprecedented student unrest and political controversy. Following on the heels of the Vietnam War and the Nixon administration, universities around the country were experiencing revolutionary change...
...motivation," Admiral Clark said last week. But the diplomacy outstripped the security. Crawling with terrorists who see the U.S. as invaders on the peninsula and protected only by a weak central government located 200 miles to the north, Aden was no place for Yankees, especially at a time of unrest...