(9/02)

BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) - Loyalist soldiers and rebels fought gunbattles in the blood-spattered streets of Ivory Coast's second city on Tuesday as U.S. forces moved to protect Americans caught in a military uprising. At least 270 people have been killed in the bloodshed, which has plunged the West African country into its worst crisis since independence from France in 1960.

(7/02)

GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - Helicopters and boats plucked thousands of people from swirling floodwaters in eastern India, Nepal and Bangladesh as fresh rains lashed the region and the death toll topped 270, officials said Friday.