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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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  - Hundreds of demonstrators  faced off with French troops in Abidjan on Monday after state  radio urged protesters to form a "human shield" to protect the  house of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.
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Ivory Coast&#39;s rebels have asked President Thabo Mbeki to help provide security when they begin to disarm. Laurent Gbagbo, Ivory Coast&#39;s president, has acceded to Mbeki&#39;s request to create a conducive atmosphere
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is meeting with Ivory Coast&#39;s rebel leaders to discuss the latest peace initiatives. Tens of thousands of people with banners demanding that President Laurent
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is on his way to Ivory Coast to try to restore calm after two days of violence.
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Francophone heads of state on Saturday urged Ivory Coast&#39;s warring parties to renounce violence and reopen talks to end a long-simmering conflict threatening to destabilize West Africa.
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French President Jacques Chirac on Friday condemned the violence that resulted in a shooting death after 100 Paris Saint-Germain fans attacked a supporter of an Israeli club on the previous day.Comment
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French President Jacques Chirac on Wednesday called for an end to contempt and hate at ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of Paris&#39; liberation from Nazi occupation.
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Francophone heads of state are urging Ivory Coast&#39;s warring parties to renounce violence and strictly abide by a French-brokered peace accord meant to return stability to the divided nation.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  - 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.
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The ruling party in Ivory Coast calls for the 4,000 French peacekeepers in the country to leave.
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The Ivory Coast President, Laurent Gbagbo, has boycotted African Union peace talks aimed at ending the violence in his country, and opened a war of words with the French President, Jacques Chirac.
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Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for calm on Sunday and urged protesters to return home after two days of anti-French mob violence.
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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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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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Ivory Coast's rebel leader Guillaume  Soro began a diplomatic offensive on Thursday as President  Laurent Gbagbo called on thousands of foreigners who fled  unrest in the West African country to return.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki flew to Ivory Coast today in a bid to bring an end to the chaos after four days of sudden mob and government confrontations with French troops that have wounded hundreds and left at least 20 dead.