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Soldiers and civilians took to the streets to cele brate, although the festivities were short-lived as sup porters of one of Ivory Coast’s largest political par ties launched a new round of street protests to demand a new vote. Junta leader Gen. Robert Guei, who had declared him self the winner of Sunday’s presidential election, was forced from power earlier in the day when his security forces turned against him and joined thousands of un armed demonstrators who took to the streets to back Gbagbo’s bid for power. Later, Gbagbo was introduced on state television as .“president.” He said he would be forming a Cabinet shortly. The longtime left-leaning politician and former uni versity professor had urged his followers to undertake a We are taking control as I speak” — Henry Cesar Sama former Guei information minister popular uprising after Guei disbanded the country’s elec toral commission on Tuesday and declared himself the election winner. More than 50 people were killed in clashes involving civilians and military since Tuesday, said Nguessan Afi, an official in Gbagbo’s Ivorian Popular Front party. The toll could not be independently confirmed. At least three bodies were seen in downtown Abidjan, and five other people were seriously injured. Four sol diers died in fighting early Wednesday, soldiers said. Guei’s whereabouts were unclear. A former aide, De- sire-Paulin Dakoury, said he remained in the presidential offices in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s main city, and “will be the one to decide when he talks and when he leaves.” However, former Guei information minister Henri Ce sar Sama, who is now allied with Gbagbo, said Guei had fled Abidjan for Cotonou, a city in nearby Benin. Airport officials in Cotonou also said Guei and his family were there. Well into the evening, senior govern ment officials and their bodyguards hovered around the airport terminal. “We are taking control as I speak,” Sama said Wednes day. 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Russia’s RTR television report ed that bodies had been found and showed footage of flaming pieces of wreckage lit by rescue workers’ floodlights. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. The plane veered off course on approach in “difficult weather con ditions,” said Alexander Silagadze, head of the civil aviation agency Sakaeronavigatsiya. Russian military officials said the plane, an II -18 transport with 64 passengers and a crew of 11, was at an altitude of 5,300 feet near Mount Tirava when communications with it were lost, the Interfax news agency reported. Both military and civilian personnel were aboard, In terfax said. Mount Tirava means “Weeping Mountain” in Georgian, RTR said. Interfax said passengers aboard the plane included servicemen and their wives and children returning from vacation. Although Russia and Georgia became independent coun tries when the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Russian still maintains troops in Georgia. A spokesman for the Georgian emergency department said on con dition of anonymity that it was un likely anyone survived. The plane was flying from the Chkalovsky military airfield outside of Moscow to Batumi, home to a Russian military base. It was a mail plane that made twice-monthly flights along the route, military offi cials said. Crowds of supporters exploded in celebration it jan and the western city of Gagnoa, a Gbagbo si at the news that Gbagbo had taken power. Some drums while others sang and danced in the streel “With Gbagbo, we have hope for the future,] Koffi Nguessan, a university economics profesi was among those celebrating. Within a few hours, though, the celebrationsti protest: More than 1,000 supporters of opposition Alassane Dramane Ouattara, who had been barred] taking part in the election, rallied in front of the staiij vision offices. Several hundred Ouattara supporters alsoproii Gagnoa and marched in the northern city of Koi demand new elections. They warned clashes if refused. Young men turned out in the streets of Abidjaii; black-painted faces, symbolizing traditional wartg 1)1 '' ! rations. Soldiers drove the crowds away several^ atta ^ with tear gas, occasionally firing in the air. I It will hi le flames tinned Bor ■th settin; ■e revani| work a 1 reat I The Bo ■imposed i I- is respo Bonfire th; Biesestabl Bay M. Bo ■■st meet in I “This is tlry sessioi The Russian emergencies m '|k n ] L ' c ' vx was send i ng a plane carrying a s. X e ; s 1 c C c l 11 1 i ^ i .•■lalon Sou and rescue team, and an mvesM committee had been formed, Russia is in the process of reo ing its troops and equipment two bases in Georgia and is neat ing withdrawal from two ffi Equipment from the bases isle shipped through Batumi. The II-18 is a Russian-made! engine turboprop. In 1997,aiif owned by a private Russian® crashed on a charter flight whilf ing to take off in Johannes!' South Africa. 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