Two top members of Ivory Coast's deposed military junta were arrested for allegedly participating in what authorities said Friday was a plot to assassinate President Laurent Gbagbo, raising fears that civil war may re-ignite. A top government official said on condition of anonymity that the former junta leaders are among more than 60 people detained since the weekend in Ivory Coast and France, where authorities said they blocked the assassination attempt by arresting 10 people in Paris. The alleged plot involved attacking Gbagbo's convoy with a rocket launcher as he traveled to his presidential palace in this former French colony either Wednesday or Thursday.
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