French Step Up Ivory Coast Patrols As Battle Looms -- CNN
(CNN) -- French peacekeepers in war-torn Ivory Coast stepped up patrols in the main city Sunday as a battle for Abijdan seemed to be looming.
United Nations helicopters patrolled the skies over the city as a tense calm reigned, a local resident told CNN.
The man, whom CNN is not naming to protect his safety, said he had been to church as usual, where another parishioner said he had seen dead bodies by the road on his way to the congregation.
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ASIA
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AFRICA
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EUROPE
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British Minister advocates British-French nuclear deterrent.
Irish banks fail stress tests.
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