French pressure slows fight in Ivory Coast

Thursday, January 9, 2003

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Two holdout western rebel factions -- under pressure from France -- agreed Wednesday to suspend hostilities and attend peace talks in Paris in a bid to end nearly four months of war in Ivory Coast.

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