It happens in Ivory Coast

Hundreds of marching women converged Tuesday near the bloodstained pavement where soldiers fatally shot seven unarmed female protesters last week in an attack that has prompted a wave of criticism from around the world. Many of the organizers of the deadly demonstration stayed home Tuesday fearing reprisal by security forces. But hundreds of others took to the streets in defiance on International Women's Day to express their disgust at the regime of strongman Laurent 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. But Thursday's violence against the all-women's march prompted an international outcry.