Ivory Coast mediator: political impasse remains

Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga concluded meetings Wednesday with incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to leave office, and his opponent who the international community says won November’s presidential runoff.Odinga says Gbagbo broke a promise to lift a blockade around the Abidjan hotel where Alassane Ouattara is confined. He says Ouattara agreed to give Gbagbo’s allies a certain number of ministry positions in a new government.A West African bloc has threatened military intervention if Gbagbo does not step down. Odinga warned: “Time is running out for an amicably negotiated settlement.”