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News ban on ailing President

The Ivory Coast clamped a news blackout about the condition of the ailing President, Felix Houphouet-Boigny yesterday as the opposition called for a coalition government, Reuter reports from Abidjan. The only official news was Friday's statement that the President had returned home after six months in Europe, where he underwent prostate surgery.

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