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Laurent Gbagbo

Simone, the wife of Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo arrives at the Hotel du Golf in Abidjan after her arrest on April 11, 2011. Ivory Coast leader Alassane Ouattara's forces, backed by French and UN troops, captured his besieged rival Laurent Gbagbo in Abidjan today at the climax of a deadly five-month crisis. Gbagbo, who has held power since 2000 and stubbornly refused to admit defeat in November's presidential election, was detained and taken to his rival's temporary hotel headquarters, with his wife Simone and son Michel.  (STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Ivory Coast may try wife of ex-president

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PARIS (AP) - Ivory Coast's president is leaving open the possibility that his country won't hand over the wife of ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo to the International Criminal Court, which has indicted her on charges including murder, rape and persecution...
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Ivory Coast: Corpses and weapons collected

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Teams of Red Cross workers shoveled charred corpses into bags in Ivory Coast's main city Thursday while U.N. peacekeepers gathered weapons hidden...
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Ivory Coast generals pledge loyalty to president

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Five generals pledged their loyalty to President Alassane Ouattara following the capture of the country's strongman leader after a four-month standoff...
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Paradise lost? How the Ivory Coast lost its way

Harriette Cole
OPINION - What once was a thriving democratic country with a healthy cocoa industry and growing tourist business has become a dangerous war zone..
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Forces capture Ivory Coast strongman in bunker

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Gbagbo's dramatic arrest came after days of heavy fighting during which French and U.N. helicopters fired rockets at his presidential residence...
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Armed forces attack Ivory Coast strongman in bunker

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Heavy arms fire rang out Wednesday near the home of the country's strongman who remained holed up in a subterranean bunker...
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New proof of mass Ivory Coast vote killings

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Nearly every day since Laurent Gbagbo was declared the loser of the Nov. 28 election, the bodies of people who voted for his opponent have been showing up...
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Critics: Valentine's chocolate financing Ivory Coast 'dictator'

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Activists say some of the cocoa in your Valentine's Day chocolate probably came from a West African country where the president is clinging to office...
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