Ivory Coast Leader Vows to Build Up Armed Forces
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo said in comments broadcast Thursday that a U.N. arms embargo could help contain rebels fighting the government, but vowed to create a "real army" and rebuild his air force.
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Ivory Coast rebel leader Guillaume Soro welcomed a UN arms embargo on Tuesday but said the West African country could not be reunified with President Laurent Gbagbo&#39;s &quot;fascist regime&quot; in power.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - Ivory Coast's rebels  pledged on Monday to drive President Laurent Gbagbo's army back  to the main city Abidjan if it attacks their territory again,  raising the specter of all-out war in the West African country.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - Ivory Coast rebels vowed on  Monday to repel army attacks robustly as African leaders sought  to resurrect a peace process in the world's top cocoa grower  and the United Nations mulled an arms embargo.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Wednesday it might be necessary to send more troops to Ivory Coast to quell tension unless there is a deal soon between the government and rebels.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo accused France on Monday of backing his rebel opponents and compared its military behaviour in his country to the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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The Ivorian leader calls for the French business community to return, saying their "mutual interests" are at stake.
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ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo called a cabinet meeting after vowing to rebuild his military and attempting to woo back the thousands of foreign nationals who fled a new wave of violence in the divided west African state.
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ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST - South Africa&#39;s president flew to Ivory Coast to try to quell the violence between government forces, French troops and civilians that has wounded more than 600 and killed at least 20.
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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.
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Ivory Coast forces have reinforced security in the economic capital Abidjan in response to rumors of an attack by rebels holding the north of the West African state, a military source said on Sunday.
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Ivory Coast's new army chief said on  Friday he was ready to negotiate to achieve peace in the West  African country, two weeks after commanding an assault on the  rebel-held north which shattered an 18-month cease-fire.
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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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Ghana's leader urges rival factions in Ivory Coast to overcome their differences or risk destroying the nation.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki said Monday he had reached agreement with all sides  in Ivory Coast's conflict on measures which should speed up  implementation of a French-brokered peace accord.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo  replaced his army chief with a more hardline officer and vowed  to rebuild his air force on Sunday as regional leaders gathered  in Nigeria to discuss unrest in the West African state.
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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.