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Free Speech Radio News lineup - Wednesday, January 18, 2006

UNREST CONTINUES IN IVORY COAST Violent unrest in Ivory Coast continues into its third day. Four pro-government protesters are dead and ten others are wounded following today's clashes with UN forces. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos. In the face of the clashes with the protesters, more than 300 United Nations peacekeepers from Bangladesh have withdrawn from two towns in western Ivory Coast. The protesters are supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo. They are opposed to the dissolution of the country's parliament, which is dominated by President Gbagbo's loyalists. UN-appointed international medi…