Gbagbo gangs loot opposition homes
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Security forces loyal to the incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo – who refuses to cede power more than three months after the UN says he lost an election – have turned to increasingly criminal behaviour in the past week, killing six unarmed women protesters in the street on Thursday.
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