Ivory Coast head allows debate
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Ivorian leader Laurent Gbagbo allows the national assembly to consider changing rules on who may run for president.
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PARIS - In an attempt to ease tensions in the Ivory Coast, France has opted not to point the finger of blame at President Laurent Gbagbo for the violence that has roiled the country in the past week.
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VATICAN CITY, NOV. 7, 2004 .- John Paul II called for the silencing of arms in the Ivory Coast amid the tension that followed the killing of nine French soldiers on Saturday.
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PARIS : Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has dismissed as "an insult" comments by French President Jacques Chirac that France will continue its UN-mandated action in the troubled west African nation and ...
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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's political rivals are to meet to try to save the disarmament process, which is supposed to start on Friday.
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Heads of state from French-speaking nations are gathering in the west African nation of Burkina Faso for a two-day summit to discuss the crisis in Ivory Coast.
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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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Senior African Union officials will meet on Saturday for emergency talks on the conflict that has reignited in Ivory Coast, threatening to undermine efforts to restore peace in neighbouring countries, an official said.
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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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African Union heads of state meet to discuss the conflicts in Ivory Coast and Sudan's Darfur region.
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Paris - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo called, in a radio interview aired on Thursday, for French businessmen to return to Ivory Coast, the divided West African state hit recently by anti-French and anti-Westerner violence.
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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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In an attempt to ease tensions in the Ivory Coast, France has opted not to point the finger of blame at President Laurent Gbagbo for the violence that has roiled the country in the past week.
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Description: Commentator Meri Danquah lives in Ghana. The recent unrest in neighboring Ivory Coast has her thinking more than ever about the stability of West Africa.
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French President Jacques Chirac has urged all sides in Ivory Coast&#39;s crisis to resume talks as he opened a summit of French-speaking countries snubbed by the Ivorian delegation.
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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 he commanded an assault on the  rebel-held north which shattered an 18-month cease-fire.