Former South African President Thabo Mbeki tried to mediate the nation's growing political crisis Sunday as hundreds protested in the country's north, a day after both candidates in the disputed election said they were now president. See more on this story here.

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Supporters of opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara shout "We don't want Gbagbo," as they stand beside a street fire set in protest at incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo remaining in office, in the Koumassi neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Monday, Dec. 6, 2010.