ivory coast: Naming of two key ministers unblocks peace process

President Laurent Gbagbo appointed new ministers of defence and internal security on Saturday, filling key portfolios that had been vacant for six months. The long-awaited move should allow Cote d'Ivoire's derailed peace process to get back on track. Gbagbo named law professor and human rights activist Martin Bleou Minister of Internal Security. Rene Amani, a political independent with close personal links to Prime Minister Seydou Diarra, was named Minister of Defence.