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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - The United Nations said Wednesday that thousands of refugees were without help after riots forced it to curtail operations in Ivory Coast.
Speaking as Ivory Coast's new national unity government held its first Cabinet meeting, the U.N. also said that days of deadly of riots had created new refugees; 167 Ivorians who had crossed into neighboring Liberia.
"They were afraid of the violence going on. They were afraid of being killed. Some of them walked for days to Liberia," said Annette Rehrl, a U.N. spokeswoman in Liberia.
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