Anti-French Riots Fade in Ivory Coast but Foreigners Flee Nation
Though relative calm set in after four days of anti-French rioting in Abidjan, the commercial capital of Ivory Coast, France and the United Nations began flying French and other European citizens out of the country on Wednesday. Three Air France planes chartered by the French government left Abidjan for Paris on Wednesday with about 1,000 passengers, according to the French military spokesman in Abidjan, Col. Henri Aussavy. Another 1,000 are to leave Thursday.Full Story