Japanese ambassador rescued after attack in Ivory Coast

Japanese ambassador rescued after attack in Ivory Coast

TOKYO, Japan - Still image taken from footage uploaded on the French Defense Ministry website on April 7, 2011, shows Japanese Ambassador to Ivory Coast Yoshifumi Okamura boarding a helicopter. Okamura and local employees were rescued by the French military the previous night after an armed group broke into the envoy's official residence in Abidjan. (Kyodo)

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