Ivory Coast leader calls for calm
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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.
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ABIDJAN  - South African President Thabo Mbeki was to meet his Ivory Coast counterpart Laurent Gbagbo, hoping to ease tensions after a weekend of violence that has evoked fears of a return to the conflict that has split the west African state for two
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President Thabo Mbeki began talks with Ivory Coast Prime Minister Seydou Diarra in Pretoria shortly after noon today as part of ongoing efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in that country.
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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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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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The AU chairman calls a summit on the crisis in Ivory Coast as foreigners continue to flee the West African country.
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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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PARIS, Nov 23 (IPS) - Beneath the apparent calm after the last round of  clashes the diplomatic battle in Cote d'Ivoire is getting  hotter.
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Ivory Coast&#39;s new army chief said on Friday he was ready to negotiate to achieve peace in the West African country, two weeks after he commanded an
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West African leaders meet in Nigeria on Sunday to discuss a deepening crisis in Ivory Coast, one of the region&#39;s former economic powerhouses where a
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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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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast  - South African President  Thabo Mbeki took his peace mission to Ivory Coast's rebel town  of Bouake on Sunday, where he was greeted by tens of thousands  of people demanding President Laurent Gbagbo quit.
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Ivory Coast&#39;s new army chief said on Friday he was ready to negotiate to achieve peace in the West African country, two weeks after he commanded an assault
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U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan criticized on Thursday what he called inflammatory remarks by the Ivory Coast's ruling party chief and asked the African nation's leaders to exercise "utmost restraint".
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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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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo's government wants France to leave the UN-mandated peacekeeping force in the west African country, the ruling party's representative in Britain told the BBC.
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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 ...