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Thousands take to streets in Ivory Coast to protest deaths of 7 women slain at

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By Rukmini CallimacHi, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – Tue, 8 Mar,

2011 6:51 AM EST

Thousands of people have taken to the streets of a besieged suburb in Ivory

Coast to protest the killings of at least seven women last week.

Soldiers mowed the women down in a hail of gunfire at an all-female march,

prompting a wave of criticism from around the world.

Many of the organizers of last week's deadly demonstration stayed home Tuesday

fearing reprisal by security forces. But others took to the streets in defiance

to express their disgust at the regime of strongman t Gbagbo.

Gbagbo has refused to cede power even though the country's election commission

declared opposition leader Alassane Ouattara the winner of the Nov. 28 vote.

Nearly 400 people have already been killed, most of them civilians who voted for

Ouattara.