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NEWS ABOUT: Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast stories: 4 news summaries

UK Gags Guardian, but
Twitter Airs Suppressed Story

Social media site explodes with toxic waste scandal

Oct 13, 09 6:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Guardian has been slapped with an unprecedented gag order forbidding it from reporting on a question in the British parliament, as well as who asked the question and why it's being gagged. The paper says constitutional rights are being infringed upon and it's already suing—but meanwhile, the suppressed... More »

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United Kingdom • censorship • toxic waste • Ivory Coast • Twitter • social media • Guardian • Trafigura

Oil Giant Tries to Settle Biggest- Ever UK Lawsuit

Trafigura offers deal
to Africans sickened
by toxic sludge

Sep 17, 09 8:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British multinational has offered a multimillion-dollar payout to settle a case involving toxic pollution in the Ivory Coast, the Independent reports. A contractor working for oil trading firm Trafigura dumped hundreds of tons of toxic sludge around Abidjan in 2006, sickening tens of thousands. Some were permanently disfigured, and... More »

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Africa • lawsuit • toxic waste • Britain • oil companies • Ivory Coast • Trafigura • Abidjan

22 Fans Crushed at Ivory Coast World Cup Qualifier 

50,000 came to see European stars play

Mar 30, 09 1:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 22 people were killed and 132 wounded in a stampede yesterday at a packed Ivory Coast soccer match, the Telegraph reports. The panic was sparked as fans without tickets broke down a stadium wall and poured inside. Victims were treated just yards away as Ivory Coast beat Malawi... More »

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soccer • Malawi • death • stadium • stampede • Ivory Coast • 2010 World Cup

Ivory Coast Crazy for Big Butts

Dance trend sweeps nation, raising interest in illicit booty treatments

Feb 18, 08 2:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Bobaraba! It means “big bottom,” and it's a hit song and butt-shaking dance phenom sweeping the Ivory Coast, the BBC reports. In fact, some women in the west African nation are so caught up in bobaraba-mania that a black market of “bottom enhancers” has emerged, targeting those... More »

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Africa • dance • Ivory Coast • big butts • dance music • cosmetic treatments • Bobaraba • DJ Mix

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