France attacks Ivorian airbase
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French forces destroy two Ivorian planes on the ground after an air strike kills eight French peacekeepers.
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DAKAR, Senegal Nov. 6 - In a swift and alarming escalation of the war in Ivory Coast, aerial bombings by two government warplanes killed eight French peacekeepers, as well as an American citizen, on Saturday
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France deployed troops in Ivory Coast's  main city on Sunday to protect its citizens from mob violence  which erupted after French forces destroyed most of the West  African nation's small air force.
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Nine French peacekeepers were killed during an air raid by Ivorian bombers more than a week ago. France responded by destroying most of the Ivorian air force.
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France faced the threat of legal action at the world court following its destruction of Ivorian military aircraft, as an Ivorian police chief said he saw French troops fire directly at unarmed demonstrators at a rally in Abidjan.
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France is blaming President Laurent Gbagbo for the attacks on French interests in the Ivory Coast, as it moves to boost its military presence in the West African nation.
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France sent hundreds more troops to the Ivory Coast commercial capital of Abidjan on Sunday, as government loyalists went on a violent rampage taking aim at the
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Eight French soldiers were killed and 23 wounded when Ivory Coast aircraft attacked French troops deployed in the central rebel stronghold of Bouake, the French defence ministry told AFP.
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The French military has set up a forward base in Togo to allow it to have aircraft within easy reach of Ivory Coast, which saw a sudden escalation in its two-year-old civil war last week, officials said here ...
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&quot;Israel mercenaries assisting the Ivory Coast army operated unmanned aircraft that aided aerial bombings of a French base in the country,&quot; claimed
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Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo say the war in Ivory Coast is now against both rebels and France, after French forces destroyed most Ivorian military aircraft and army weapons.
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Ivory Coast&#39;s President Laurent Gbagbo is urging Ivorians to stop attacking French citizens and businesses after French troops destroyed two Ivorian warplanes on Saturday, a presidential spokesman said.
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ABIDJAN - Three days of air strikes on former rebels in northern Ivory Coast have left 11 people dead and around 100 seriously wounded, a spokesman for the ex-rebel New Forces told AFP on Saturday.
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ABIDJAN : Three people died and at least 40 were wounded in Ivory Coast, as government forces carried out repeated air raids on positions held by former rebels in the divided west African country, sources said.
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French troops traded fire with gunmen  who attacked them in northern Ivory Coast on Tuesday, the  French army said -- the latest challenge to peacekeepers  shoring up a peace deal in the divided West African country.
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Eight French peacekeepers were killed and 23 wounded yesterday in an attack by the Ivory Coast military on a rebel region after a ceasefire collapsed in the war-torn west African nation.
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French troops in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan fired into the air on Monday to disperse thousands of demonstrators massing to support the West African country's President Laurent Gbagbo.