Push to limit Ivory Coast conflict
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South Africa's Thabo Mbeki has taken a lead role in peace negotiations, which are set to begin Friday.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki tried to defuse a crisis in Ivory Coast on Tuesday which has triggered days of rioting, put French troops on the streets and paralyzed cocoa exports in the world's top grower.
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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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Mediation efforts by South African President Thabo Mbeki may be the last chance to stop Ivory Coast falling into a deeper crisis, the outgoing head of the UN mission in the West African country said Tuesday.
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A summit of French-speaking nations is to focus on the civil war in Ivory Coast which resumed three weeks ago, ministers say. The Francophone summit in Burkina Faso is due to consider a motion condemning the actions of Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo.
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Ivory Coast's political rivals are to meet to try to save the disarmament process, which is supposed to start on Friday.
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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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Ivory Coast&#39;s embattled leader sounded one of the first conciliatory notes Tuesday in his West African nation&#39;s devastating confrontation with its former colonial
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Ivory Coast&#39;s parliament is set to discuss proposed laws which lie at the heart of the two-year conflict. The laws are designed to make it easier for those of foreign origin to gain citizenship - a key demand of the rebels who control the north.
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Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo has appealed for calm after a weekend of violence against French targets. In a televised address, he also justified his army&#39;s return to war.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for an end to the anti-French violence which erupted after France destroyed most of the country's air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French ...
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West African leaders including Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo met in Nigeria trying to re-start Ivory Coast's stalled peace process and prevent more unrest in the divided country.
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The United Nations on Thursday urged   Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo and his opponents to use   talks set for next week to untangle the political deadlock   which is obstructing elections in the war-divided country.
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YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast  - Two years ago Ivory  Coast's rival forces traded only gunshots and grenades as they  fought a civil war for control of the West African state.
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urged protesters to form a &quot;human shield&quot; to protect the house of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo. the unrest in Ivory Coast, the world&#39;s largest cocoa grower.
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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.
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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.