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About 60 crushed to death in Ivory Coast stadium stampede

About 60 people were crushed to death in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan overnight after a New Year's Eve fireworks display, an emergency official and state radio said on Tuesday.

 

Battle rages in Ivory Coast, U.N. fires on Gbagbo bases

U.N. and French helicopters attacked Laurent Gbagbo's last strongholds in Abidjan on Monday as forces loyal to Ivory Coast presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara streamed into the city in a "final assault."

 

Ivory Coast main city surrounded

Ivory Coast main city surrounded

Forces loyal to Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara surround the main city of Abidjan, closing in on rival for president Laurent Gbagbo.

 

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