Mediators, rebels sign truce to end fighting in Ivory Coast

Friday, October 18, 2002

YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast -- Rebels signed a truce Thursday to end a bloody four-week rebellion in Ivory Coast and open talks with the government, mediators said.

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