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Ivory Coast’s rebels and government negotiators prayed together for peace on Saturday, and despite signs of deadlock in talks to end a bloody uprising in the West African nation, a top official insisted it was too early to talk of failure.

West African mediators say they will investigate the reported killing of 120 people in an Ivory Coast village after rebels blamed government forces for the slaughter and threatened to pull out of stalled negotiations to end their nearly three-month uprising.