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Laurent Gbagbo, President of Ivory Coast, terminates his army chief of staff, Gen Mathias Doue and replaces him with Col Philipe Mangou, a field commander responsible for Ivorian warplanes bombing French peacekeepers. |
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The first planeload of French nationals fleeing Ivory Coast arrives in Paris. Anti-French mobs roam in the capital city of Abidjan. |
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