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| 'Bahrain mutilates killed protesters' (by PressTV)
Manama regime and Saudi-led forces in Bahrain remove the body organs of those killed in anti-government protests, a political observer says.
"The bodies of the youths, who are being taken out of hospitals and killed, are being returned to their families with their organs missing," Ralph Schoenman, the author of The Hidden History of Zionism told Press TV.
"That's a replica of what...
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| | Venezuela inks major deals in S America (by PressTV)
Venezuela has signed economic agreements with three South American countries, while taking steps toward developing its business relations throughout the region.
The agreements were signed in Argentina, Uruguay, and Bolivia during a tour of the three...
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| | Raped Libyan woman 'fears for her life' (by PressTV)
A woman who was allegedly gang raped by forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi says she is out of custody but gets death threats from pro-regime thugs.
"I want to leave Tripoli. In the middle of the night I get nightmares, and they are constantly threatening me with death,'' she told CNN in an interview on Monday.
The US news network says the woman they have interviewed is Iman...
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| | Opposition to WI budget bill intensifies (by PressTV)
Demonstrators in the state of Wisconsin, gathered to honor Martin Luther King Jr., have intensified their opposition to a budget bill that strips public employees of collective bargaining rights.
"We are here today -- and all across the state of Wisconsin...
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| | 'US behind PG council anti-Iran claim' (by PressTV)
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council's statement accusing Tehran of interfering in regional developments was issued under pressure by the US.
"Iran places no legal value on this statement. It is clear that such statement was issued under political pressure by the US and its allies," President Ahmadinejad said in a press conference on Monday.
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| | Israeli troops fire on two Gazans (by PressTV)
Israeli soldiers have opened fire at two Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip near the Erez border crossing, witnesses say.
The troops targeted the Palestinians while they "were collecting gravel in the area," witnesses told AFP.
Medics also said that "the ambulance service was being prevented from reaching them."
The Israeli army also confirmed that its forces opened fire at...
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| | Anti-US protest erupts in Philippines (by PressTV)
Hundreds of protesters have gathered in front of the American embassy in Manila to denounce the US military's participation in war games in the Philippines.
Protesters from the left-wing League of Filipino Students scuffled with security guards and police in the Philippines capital of Manila on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
A few demonstrators hurled plastic bags with yellow and...
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| | New Bahraini repressions revealed (by PressTV)
President of Bahrain's Center for Human Rights Nabeel Rajab has revealed new details on human rights violations in the kingdom as the brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters persist.
In an interview with Press TV, Rajab described the human rights situation in Bahrain as very critical, emphasizing that the rights violations and crackdowns on the people are much beyond what is just...
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| | Iranian ship rescued from pirate attack (by PressTV)
Dutch marines have rescued the crew of an Iranian fishing ship from pirates in the Gulf of Aden off the coast of the African nation of Somalia.
Marines from the frigate HMS Tromp killed two suspected Somali pirates and captured 16 others on Sunday during an operation to free the hijacked Iranian vessel, a Press TV correspondent in Mogadishu reported Tuesday.
The pirates had earlier opened...
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| | Yemen soldiers kill 2 more protesters (by PressTV)
Yemeni soldiers have killed two more anti-government demonstrators in the country's western city of Hudaydah amid mounting government crackdown on protesters.
The fresh deaths bring to 22 the number of protesters killed in anti-regime protests across the country within the past 24 hours.
Thousands of people held a demonstration in Hudaydah overnight to condemn the killing of 20 anti-regime...
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| | US pastor vows new anti-Islam campaign (by PressTV)
The extremist American pastor who organized a public event to burn a copy of Islam's holy book on March 20, has reportedly announced plans to lead another anti-Islam rally outside a Michigan mosque on April 22.
Terry Jones had earlier vowed publicly in a TV program that he "can absolutely guarantee" that there would be no burning of the Holy Qur'an at his church, a Press TV correspondent...
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| | Glacier melting fastest in 350 years (by PressTV)
A new study of Patagonian ice fields has revealed that mountain glaciers are now melting faster than at any other time in the past 350 years.
According to a report published in the journal Nature Geoscience, the rapid melt rate has largely contributed to global sea levels.
Researchers at Aberystwyth, Exeter and Stockholm universities mapped changes in 270 of the largest glaciers between...
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| | Afghan protest grows on Qur'an burning (by PressTV)
![]( "Afghan demonstrators in Kandahar marched through the streets on Sunday, the third day of protests against the recent Qur'an burning in the US.") ![]( "The AP photo shows protesters in Afghanistan burning an effigy of US President Barack Obama.") ![]() | | Afghan demonstrators in Kandahar marched through the streets on Sunday, the third day of protests against the recent Qur'an burning in the US. | Hundreds of students in Afghanistan have staged a fresh protest against the recent burning of the Holy Qur'an in the United States.
On Tuesday, the protesters gathered outside Kabul University to condemn the sacrilege of the Muslims'...
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| | Bahrain kills youth removes organs (by PressTV)
Since the US-approved invasion of Bahrain by Saudi forces, the bodies of protesters killed in the clashes are being returned to their families, albeit with various organs missing.
In an interview with Press TV, Ralph Schoenman discusses the events taking place in Bahrain, which are similar to those in Israel, in which the Israeli regime has been accused of murdering Palestinians for their...
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| | Egypt FM renews interest in Iran ties (by PressTV)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi has again expressed Cairo's readiness to re-establish diplomatic ties with Tehran after a three-decade break.
"The Egyptian and Iranian people deserve to have mutual relations reflecting their history and civilization," Reuters quoted al-Arabi as saying after meeting with Director of Iran's Interests Section in Cairo Mojtaba Amani on Monday.
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| | Food, drug addiction similar in brain (by PressTV)
While food and narcotics craving seems to have nothing in common, new findings suggest that similar brain mechanisms are involved in both of the addictions.
A brain study of about 40 women showed researchers at Yale University that showing a chocolate milkshake photo activated similar brain regions in those participants with highly addictive eating behavior that usually evoked in alcohol or...
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| | Bahrain fires hundreds of strike workers (by PressTV)
The Bahraini government has reportedly fired more than 250 workers for taking part in the country's general strikes which were planned for solidarity with anti-government protesters.
The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU), Bahrain's main trade union body, said on Monday that workers of companies such as Alba, Bapco, APM terminal, Batelco and other private enterprises have...
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| | Japan on edge of recession: Survey (by PressTV)
A new survey shows Japan will likely plunge into recession in the upcoming months, following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and a nuclear crisis in the Asian nation.
After a survey of 11 major private economic institutions, the Nikkei business newspaper reported on Tuesday that Japan's economy is feared to shrink 2.6 percent on the average.
Some economists, however, painted a gloomier...
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| | Russia to help Japan on nuclear crisis (by PressTV)
After seeking help from France and the US, Japan has now asked Russia to send a floating radiation treatment plant to solidify contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
Japan asked Russia to send Suzuran, one of the world's largest liquid radioactive waste treatment plants, to tackle the problem at the Japanese tsunami-hit nuclear power plant, Reuters reported on...
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| | 'Israeli lobby dictates US views on ME' (by PressTV)
The Israeli lobby influences the American public opinion on the current uprisings across the Arab world and the Middle East, says a Hezbollah official.
"The mainstream media [in the US] is being dominated by pro-Israeli lobbies and there is no alternative for the people to know what is really going on," says Head of Hezbollah's Media Relations Ibrahim Moussawi in a Press TV interview.
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| | Tehran exhibits wax figure collection (by PressTV)
Tehran's Niavaran Historical and Cultural Complex has launched an exhibition of wax figures on loan from St. Petersburg's Museum of Wax Figures.
"The event displays a collection of more than forty wax figures portraying celebrities, intellectuals and champions and a selection of queer-looking international figures," representative of Saint-Petersburg Museum Muhammad Natig Anvar Oglu told...
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| | Pakistani militants ruin schools, clinic (by PressTV)
Unknown militants have destroyed two state-run schools and a health center in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region, security officials say.
The officials told Press TV that gunmen blew up the schools and a Community Health Center in Shah Baig area of Mohmand Agency on Tuesday morning.
As a result of the blast, three buildings were completely destroyed. No loss of live or injury was...
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| | Long hours at work increase heart risk (by PressTV)
People who work more than 11 hours a day are significantly at a higher risk of developing heart disease in comparison to those working standard hours.
A long term study of about 7,100 British workers showed scientists that those who work more than 11 hours a day are 67 percent at a higher risk of heart diseases compared to people working a standard seven or eight hours daily.
The 11 years...
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| | British PM visits Pakistan to mend ties (by PressTV)
The British Prime Minister is in Pakistan on a one-day tour of the South Asian country in a bid to mend bilateral ties, which have remained fragile during his tenure.
On his first trip to Pakistan, David Cameron will claim that the two countries enjoy "an unbreakable partnership," British media reported.
Last year, while visiting Pakistan's rival India, the British premier had said,...
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| | Gaddafi troops kill 5 in Misratah (by PressTV)
Forces loyal to the embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have killed at least five people in an attack on a residential area in the port city of Misratah.
According to medical sources, Gaddafi forces shelled the residential area late Monday. The death toll is expected to rise as the injured people are unreachable by medical teams, Reuters reported.
"The reception in the hospital is full....
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| | Russian, US astronauts take off for ISS (by PressTV)
Two Russian cosmonauts and a US astronaut have blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station (ISS) for a two-day journey.
Their TMA-21 Soyuz spacecraft was emblazoned with the name and portrait of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, whose historic journey into orbit took place 50 years ago this month.
The Tuesday pre-dawn launch from Russia's...
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| | Iran steps up nuclear surveillance (by PressTV)
Iran has expanded the country's nuclear surveillance and emergency alert systems in order to detect and curb radioactivity in case of nuclear mishaps.
Head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi unveiled two major projects which also involve an environmental radiation surveillance, IRNA reported on Monday.
Iran has thus added 50 nuclear Emergency Alert System (EAS)...
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| | IMF denies forcing Greece to cut debts (by PressTV)
Greece, International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Commission have all denied a report that said the IMF is planning to force Greece restructure its debts.
IMF Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn denied on Monday German news magazine Der Spiegel's claim that the fund was trying to force Greece to restructure its debts since it has lost faith in the country's economic recovery, DPA...
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| | PA official warns Israel over settlements (by PressTV)
An aide to acting Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas has warned Israel over its "destructive" settlement policy that exacerbates the situation in the Arab world.
"We warn Israel and the international community of the Israeli policy of settlement, because it will be an introduction to more tension and unsettlement and will drag the region to the climates of wars," Xinhua...
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| | Iran confirms terrorist attacks in west (by PressTV)
Iranian Border Guard Commander Brigadier General Hossein Zolfaghari says clashes have broken out between Iranian armed forces and terrorists in western Iran over the past days.
Four Iranian troops were killed and another five wounded in one of the clashes near the border city of Marivan in the northwestern province of Kuristan on Friday night.
Brig. Gen. Zolfaghari said evidence on the...
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| | Iraq Kurdistan jolted by more protests (by PressTV)
Tens of thousands of people have turned out for protests in a major city in the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan to demand the resignation of key figures governing the region.
Crowds of demonstrators took to the streets of the region's second largest city of Sulaymanieh on Monday, Reuters reported.
They issued a statement urging the removal of president, prime minister and the cabinet of...
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| | No early solution to Libya crisis: UN (by PressTV)
A UN envoy says that an early solution to crisis in Libya is unlikely, despite US-led air campaign against Muammar Gaddafi's forces.
Abdul Ilah Khatib, the UN special envoy for Libya, reported to the Security Council on Monday that a solution "lies with the Libyan people themselves," dpa news agency reported.
"At this time, it is still very difficult to know how long it will take for...
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| | UN, France attack Gbagbo residence (by PressTV)
French and UN helicopters have attacked Ivory Coast's presidential palace in the main city of Abidjan where incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo has been holed up.
The copters targeted Gbagbo's residence and military barracks in Abidjan hours after forces loyal to internationally recognized Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara launched a new offensive against Gbagbo on Monday, AFP...
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| | Obama Is Running for President Of WHAT! (by Jim Kirwan)
![]() "Barack Obama, the US president, has formally announced his 2012 re-election bid, saying the country needed "to protect the progress" it had made.
"Today, we are filing papers to launch our 2012 campaign," Obama said in a statement on Monday. He explained that as his administration and supporters across the country "fight to protect the progress we've made - and make more - we also need...
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| | US lifts sanctions against Libya ex-FM (by PressTV)
The United States has excluded former Libyan foreign minister from sanctions it has imposed on the Libyan government following the official's defection to Britain.
The US Department of Treasury announced the decision on Monday, two weeks after President Barack Obama imposed sanctions against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the Libyan government in late February.
"One of the intended...
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| | 'Bahrain under siege, occupation' (by PressTV)
A Bahraini opposition leader has lashed out at the excessive use of violence against anti-regime protests, slamming the kingdom's oppressive policies.
"The people are under siege, under occupation. The regime has intensified its atrocious act[s]," Saeed al-Shahabi from the London-based opposition group of Bahrain Freedom Movement told Press TV on Monday.
More than 25 people have been...
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| | Toyota units partly shut down in US (by PressTV)
Japanese automaker Toyota has announced a decision to close some of its production plants in the US due to shortage of parts after Japan's disastrous earthquake.
Toyota's spokesman Mike Goss said on Monday that shutting down some of the automaker's plants in the United States is "inevitable," AFP reported.
"We have communicated to team members, associates and dealers here that some...
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| | Nuclear power must be safer: IAEA chief (by PressTV)
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief, Yukiya Amano, says more is needed to be done to strengthen safety at nuclear power plants.
"It is clear that more needs to be done to strengthen the safety of nuclear power plants so that the risk of a future accident is significantly reduced," Amano told delegates at the fifth review conference on the Convention on Nuclear Safety in...
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| | Ohioans petition against anti-union bill (by PressTV)
Opponents of a new union law that limits public worker's collective bargaining rights in the US state of Ohio are filing a petition to force a referendum on the bill.
They started to collect signatures over the weekend against the bill which known as Senate Bill 5 was signed into law by the state's Republican Governor John Kasich on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.
The petition...
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| | Video sheds light on Bahrain brutality (by PressTV)
Latest footage from Bahrain has exposed more draconian tactics used by the government forces in the Persian Gulf state against anti-regime protesters.
Speaking to Press TV, Nabeel Rajab, the president of Bahrain Center for Human Rights, said the brutality taking place on the streets of the kingdom is "much more than what you see" in the footage.
The video broadcast on Press TV on Monday...
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| | The rise of fascism in Israel (by Mohyeddin Sajedi)
The popular movements of Arab nations have an anti-dictatorship and freedom-seeking identity and the first priority for the people is to change their current situation and to gain real participation in their political future.
Therefore, their demands, and thereby their slogans, have been based on their domestic affairs. Thus far, these movements have not taken an anti-imperialist form and...
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| | 32 killed in DR Congo plane crash (by PressTV)
Thirty-two people onboard a UN plane have been killed in a crash landing in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kinshasa airport.
The plane, a Fokker 100, smashed into pieces on Monday when it crash landed at Kinshasa airport. It undertook regular flights between Goma in North Kivu province to Kinshasa via the city of Kisangani in the northeast.
An airport source, who said she was 10 meters...
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| | 20 killed in DR Congo plane crash (by PressTV)
At least 20 people have been killed in a crash landing of a UN plane in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Kinshasa airport.
The plane, a Fokker 100, smashed into pieces on Monday when it crash landed at Kinshasa airport. It undertook regular flights between Goma in North Kivu Province to Kinshasa via Kisangani in the northeast.
An airport source, who said she was 10 meters from the...
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| | Yemen crackdown claims more victims (by PressTV)
Yemeni government forces have reportedly gunned down two anti-government protesters in a western port city amid other reports of bloodshed at the hands of the security forces.
The mortalities were caused on Monday in Hudaydah, where the forces are also reported to have inflicted injury on hundreds of other demonstrators.
An earlier report had pointed to plain-clothes gunmen's opening fire...
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| | US to put 9/11 suspect on military trial (by PressTV)
The alleged mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks has been stripped his right to be tried at a civilian courtroom and will instead, appear before a military commission at Guantanamo.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will announce on Monday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other accused conspirators will face charges before a panel of military officers, a law enforcement...
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| | 'US wants Arab world destabilized' (by PressTV)
Many Arab countries across the world have witnessed popular uprisings against authoritarian regimes, mostly close US allies.
Press TV has interviewed Webster Tarpley, author and historian from Washington to discuss the issue.
The following is a transcript of the interview with Tarpley.
Press TV: The revolution in Yemen is facing the counter revolution put up by the government seems to...
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| | Iran to export LNG by sea in 2013 (by PressTV)
Iran says it will export the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) within two years, as the country's shipping sector prepares to add six LNG carriers to its fleet.
The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is expected to receive six ships designed for transporting liquefied natural gas by 2015. The vessels are worth USD 200-220 million together, Business Monitor International...
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| | Iran slams PG council false accusations (by PressTV)
An Iranian lawmaker condemns the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council's statement against Iran over its refusal to support the brutal crackdown on Bahraini protesters.
"The people of this nation (Bahrain), like the people of all Muslim nations, have the right to live normal lives with the civil liberties recognized by the United Nations Charter and international norms," IRNA quoted...
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| | Queiroz signs 3-year contract with Iran (by PressTV)
![]( "IFF director Ali Kaffashian (L) shakes hand with Carlos Queiroz and head of Iran's Physical Education Organization Ali Saeedlou") ![]( "Carlos Queiroz") ![]() | | IFF director Ali Kaffashian (L) shakes hand with Carlos Queiroz and head of Iran's Physical Education Organization Ali Saeedlou | The Iranian Football Federation (IFF) has signed a three-year contract with former Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz to steer Iranian men's senior team.
The former Real Madrid manager arrived in Tehran on Monday and signed the contract upon arrival.
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| | Iran Navy thwarts pirate attack (by PressTV)
The Iranian Navy warships have foiled a pirate attack on a petroleum tanker belonging to the Islamic Republic off the coast of Somalia in the Gulf of Aden.
The 300,000-ton Najm oil tanker, en route from Iran's southern island of Khark to the Egyptian port city of Ein al-Sakhna, came under attack on Monday by a pirate boat, Mehr news agency reported.
Iranian warships patrolling the Gulf of...
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| | Oil prices reach USD 120 a barrel (by PressTV)
Crude oil has hit two-and-a-half-year highs at almost USD 120 per barrel on prospects of higher demand following the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.
Brent North Sea crude rose by USD 1.25 to a high of USD 119.95 a barrel on Monday. It later slipped back to trade around USD 119.70, Reuters reported.
The price of US light, sweet crude, for delivery in May, hit a new...
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| | Ouattara attacks former Ivorian capital (by PressTV)
Forces loyal to internationally recognized Ivory Coast president-elect Alassane Ouattara have launched an all-out offensive on the country's main city, Abidjan.
A spokesman for Ouattara says their forces have targeted the presidential palace where incumbent Laurent Gbagbo has been holed up.
"At 13:00, movements started towards four large corridors. We are securing our passage. The...
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