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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L back) watches the finals of the team competition in the Abe Cup, a judo tournament in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 11, 2014. The tournament was held to mark the Japanese prime minister's visit to the West African country.

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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) shakes hands with an athlete during the Abe Cup, a judo tournament in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 11, 2014. The tournament was held to mark the Japanese prime minister's visit to the West African country.

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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara exchange national soccer team shirts in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 10, 2014. Japan and the Ivory Coast play each other in their World Cup campaigns on June 14.

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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara shake hands ahead of their talks in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 10, 2014.

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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara exchange national soccer team shirts in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 10, 2014. Japan and the Ivory Coast play each other in their World Cup campaigns on June 14.

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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara chat in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Abe in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara attend a ceremony welcoming Abe to the West African country in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 10, 2014. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Market in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - People gather at a temporary market in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on May 7, 2011.

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Empty streets in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Photo taken from an armed U.N. truck shows an empty road in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 11, 2011, after the country's former leader Laurent Gbagbo was captured the same day.

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Empty streets in Abidjan, Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Photo shows an empty road in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on April 11, 2011, after the country's former leader Laurent Gbagbo was captured the same day.

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Ivory Coast confusion

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Armored trucks of the U.N. peacekeeping forces are deployed at the entrance of a hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where the country's former prime minister and presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara has been staying, on Jan. 5, 2011. The West African country has been in upheaval since a disputed presidential election in November 2010 that both Ouattara and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo claim to have won.

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Japanese woman teaches at 'terakoya' school in Ivory Coast

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - Kazuko Sonoda (L) teaches a student during her music class at a 'terakoya' school in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.