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Neighbors back down from Ivory Coast intervention threat
ECOWAS leaders paused military action against Laurent Gbagbo to allow talks with Ivory Coast's leader who refuses to cede power to Ouattara. The bloc warned of force earlier, while UN and U.S. officials push for Gbagbo to step aside amid reports of arrests and torture by his forces.
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Ivory Coast
Abidjan
Laurent Gbagbo
Ecowas
Gbagbo
Nigeria
Alassane Ouattara
Sierra Leone
Benin
Cape Verde
Ouattara
United Nations
Goodluck Jonathan
Jonathan
Abuja
U.N
United States
New York
Youssoufou Bamba
Security Council
Bamba
Ban Kimoon
Economic Community of West African States
Africa
Peter Pham
Sudan
Pham
National Committee On American Foreign Policy
Alain Leroy
Yopougon
National Army
Leroy
Guillaume Soro
Aref Mohamed Aref
Ban Ki-moon
Ban
Kenya
Mwai Kibaki
Raila Odinga
Kibaki
Odinga