Ivorian man Yapo Alphonse holds fruit from one of his cocoa trees at Ebimpe
village west of Abidjan, October 9, 2002. Ivory Coast's army softened its
tone on crushing a three-week rebellion in the West African country after
being beaten back from a rebel stronghold and as foreign pressure grew for
talks. But insurgents holding a huge slice of the world's top cocoa producer
vowed to fight their war to the end.

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