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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council demanded Wednesday that Ivory Coast's warring sides adhere to a new timeline for implementing a stalled peace plan and threatened to impose sanctions against anyone who fails to comply.
The council noted "with interest" the June 29 agreement on a new timeline brokered by South African President Thabo Mbeki, who was mediating on behalf of the 53-member African Union.
Rebels have controlled the northern half of Ivory Coast since a failed coup attempt in September 2002 sparked a civil war in the world's top cocoa producer. A French-brokered peace deal in January 2003 failed and a cease-fire four months later has been repeatedly violated.
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