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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said Tuesday that planned October elections will not be held because rebels who control the northern half of the West African nation have failed to disarm.
Gbagbo also said the constitution allows him to remain in power after Oct. 30 — a claim rebels dispute — when the vote was to have been held and his mandate would have expired.
Most Ivorians have long doubted an election would be held with the nation split in two. Many feared fresh violence either way.
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