At least 20 people killed in clashes in Ivory Coast

Friday, December 17, 2010

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Forces loyal to the two men claiming Ivory Coast's presidency clashed in the streets of the commercial capital Thursday, killing at least 20 people and bolstering fears that the world's top cocoa producer is on the verge of another civil war.

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