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January 6, 2011

U.N. Calls for 2,000 Troops for Ivory Coast 
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In news from Africa, the United Nations is calling for up to 2,000 more
peacekeepers to be deployed to Ivory Coast, joining the existing force
of 10,000. Some 800 U.N. troops are stationed outside of a hotel in
Abidjan, where the government of opposition leader Alassane Ouattara has
been holed up since the country's disputed presidential runoff on Nov.
28.



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