Pressure mounts on coup leaders in Niger

NIAMEY, Niger -- International pressure mounted Thursday on leaders of the coup in Niger as the American secretary of state said the United States "stands very much" in support of West African leaders who have threatened to use force to restore the nation's democracy, and Senegal offered troops to help.

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