Ivorian Leader Urges End to Anti-French Violence
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President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for an end to anti-French crowd violence which erupted after France destroyed most of Ivory Coast's small air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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France's President Chirac says SA leader Thabo Mbeki must "understand the soul of West Africa" to broker a peace deal in Ivory Coast.
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Ghana's leader urges rival factions in Ivory Coast to overcome their differences or risk destroying the nation.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for calm and urged protesters to return home after two days of anti-French violence.
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Paris - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo called, in a radio interview aired on Thursday, for French businessmen to return to Ivory Coast, the divided West African state hit recently by anti-French and anti-Westerner violence.
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France sought on Monday to reassure thousands of angry Ivorian demonstrators that it was not trying to topple President Laurent Gbagbo, after a weekend of mob violence forced more than 2,000 foreigners to flee ...
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Leaders at a summit in Burkina Faso of mostly French-speaking nations have condemned authorities in divided Ivory Coast for resuming hostilities in the rebel-held north earlier this month.
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Rebels and opposition politicians in Ivory Coast have pleaded for international help as attacks against them by the military and supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo continued for a second day Friday.
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International leaders have urged the Ivory Coast government to exercise restraint after warplanes reopened hostilities in the West African nation&#39;s civil war, bombing rebels&#39; northern stronghold.
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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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The United Nations and France demanded  on Sunday that President Laurent Gbagbo end fighting in Ivory  Coast after his forces killed nine French peacekeepers in a  bombing raid on a rebel-held town.
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President Thabo Mbeki is due to visit the strife-torn Ivory Coast to help find a political solution for that country, following a dramatic escalation of violence that has embroiled French peacekeepers there.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast on Tuesday to launch an African effort to rein in four days of violence that have killed at least 20 people, wounded more than 600 and shut down cocoa exports from the world's largest producer.
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Six African leaders sent a tough message to Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo, supporting a proposed UN arms embargo on his country and warning him against further attacks on rebel-held cities.
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French President Jacques Chirac has urged all sides in Ivory Coast&#39;s crisis to resume talks as he opened a summit of French-speaking countries snubbed by the Ivorian delegation.
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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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The Ivorian leader calls for the French business community to return, saying their "mutual interests" are at stake.