Agence France Presse
November 10, 2004

Air strikes 'kill 85 civilians' in Ivory Coast

At least 85 civilians have been killed in three days of government air
strikes on rebel targets in northern Ivory Coast, rebel leader
Guillaume Soro says.

There are more clashes already underway in the troubled west of the
divided state.

The announcement brings the reported death toll from the strikes to
95, including nine French troops and one US civilian killed when bombs
were on a French military base in the central rebel stronghold.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1239731.htm

Agence France Presse
November 10, 2004

Air strikes 'kill 85 civilians' in Ivory Coast

At least 85 civilians have been killed in three days of government air
strikes on rebel targets in northern Ivory Coast, rebel leader
Guillaume Soro says.

There are more clashes already underway in the troubled west of the
divided state.

The announcement brings the reported death toll from the strikes to
95, including nine French troops and one US civilian killed when bombs
were on a French military base in the central rebel stronghold.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1239731.htm



Associated Press
November 9, 2004

French Troops Fire Into Ivory Coast Crowd

French forces opened fire Tuesday as protesters massed between the
Ivory Coast president's home and an evacuation post for foreigners. A
hospital reported seven people were killed and more than 200 wounded.

Earlier, at least four days of confrontations killed at least 20 other
people, wounded 700, and shut down cocoa exports from the world's
largest producer.

French military officials said they were assessing the events, and
refused immediate comment.

The clash took place as thousands of loyalists massed outside the home
of President Laurent Gbagbo, next to a hotel that the French have
converted into a temporary evacuation center.

Dr. Sie Podipte at Cocody Hospital said the facility was treating more
than 200 wounded and that seven people had died.

The U.N. Security Council, African Union, European Union and a bloc of
West African leaders have all condemned Gbagbo's government in the
violence, which began when Ivory Coast warplanes killed nine French
peacekeepers and an American aid worker in an airstrike on the
rebel-held north.

France, Ivory Coast's former colonial ruler, wiped out the nation's
small air force in retaliation, sparking anti-French rampages by mobs
of thousands in the fiercely nationalist south.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4605114,00.html