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Fighting intensifies in Ivory Coast

In Ivory Coast, the November 2010 election candidate Alassane Ouattara won 54 percent of the vote against incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo. But Gbagbo refused to step down and since then, there has been unrest and fighting in Ivory Coast. Now observers are warning of escalating violence and the possibility of ethnic cleansing. Civilians are fleeing but little relief is coming in. Lynn Desjardins has more on what’s happening in the country.

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