ABIDJAN/GENEVA (Reuters) - Nearly 200 people have been killed in Ivory Coast since last month's disputed election, according to the United States, as international pressure mounts for defiant leader Laurent Gbagbo to step down.
World powers and African states have thrown their support behind rival presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara in a violent standoff since the Nov. 28 election that threatens to tip the West African country back into civil war.
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