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Ivory Coast president calls on all fighters to disarm after strongman leader arrested

source: http://www.startribune.com/world/119588459.html

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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - President Alassane Ouattara called on all fighters to put down their arms now that the longtime strongman has been captured after his refusal to cede power sparked violence leaving bodies piled at morgues.

More than 1 million civilians fled their homes and untold numbers were killed in the more than four-month power struggle between the two rivals. The standoff threatened to re-ignite a civil war in the world's largest cocoa producer, once divided in two by a civil war nearly a decade ago.
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