France Pressures Ivory Coast Government to Cease All Military ...
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After suffering its biggest casualties since its peacekeeping operation began in Ivory Coast two years ago, France is stepping up pressure on Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo to cease all military action.
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ABIDJAN, Nov 6  - The Ivory Coast government carried out a devastating air raid on a French army camp Saturday killing eight soldiers, prompting French President Jacques Chirac to order the destruction of all government planes involved in ceasefire
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An African crisis summit to discuss unrest in Ivory Coast on Sunday called for an immediate UN arms embargo on both sides in the conflict, as the Ivorian government moved to rebuild its 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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French armoured vehicles today took up positions near the home of Ivory Coast&#39;s president as enraged supporters marched on the site fearing an attempt to oust him.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: French armored vehicles took up positions outside the home of President Laurent Gbagbo on Monday after a weekend of violent clashes, and supporters feared an attempt to overthrow him, the presidential spokesman said.
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NEW YORK: Ivory Coast, accusing France of human rights violations, demanded yesterday the formation of an international commission to investigate the purported shooting by French troops into a crowd of unarmed demonstrators in the city of Abidjan.
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A summit of French-speaking nations will now concentrate on the civil war in Ivory Coast, ministers say.
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French forces wiped out Ivory Coast&#39;s military aircraft in retaliation for the killing of nine of its soldiers stationed here, as anti-French feeling reach boiling point in the west African former French colony.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- Thousands of government loyalists massed outside the home of the president yesterday, facing off against French armored vehicles in response to urgent appeals for a ''human shield&quot; around the hard-line leader, amid fears of an overthrow.
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French soldiers fired to disperse  protesters in Ivory Coast on Tuesday after days of rioting in  the main city Abidjan.
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Ivory Coast's rebel New Forces are demanding that President Laurent Gbagbo step down to allow stability to return to the divided west African state, in the throes of a new crisis after government forces ...
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France sent reinforcements to Ivory Coast and deployed armoured vehicles and helicopter gunships as French troops used tear gas and concussion grenades to quell an explosion of violence in its former West African colony.
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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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President Thabo Mbeki has urged all countries, including Ivory Coast&#39;s neighbours, to immediately enforce a United Nations arms embargo on government and rebel forces in Ivory Coast.
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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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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for order amid the violence that erupted in the West African nation over the weekend.