Ivory Coast president Gbago names interim prime minister

Sunday, January 26, 2003

PARIS -- Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo named a transitional prime minister Saturday, taking the first step toward implementing a peace plan aimed at ending a 4-month-old civil war.

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