Africans Endorse Ivory Coast Sanctions
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African leaders backed an arms embargo and other immediate UN sanctions against Ivory Coast on Sunday, isolating President Laurent Gbagbo&#39;s hard-line government
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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 United States on Tuesday praised the efforts of South African President Thabo Mbeki who, on the behalf of the African Union, has vied to restart the peace process in the Ivory Coast.
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Ivory Coast rebels on Monday vowed to repel army attacks as the U.N. Security Council imposed an arms embargo on the world's top cocoa producer and vowed to punish government and rebel leaders with more sanctions next month to force them to return to the terms of a 2003 peace agreement.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast African leaders are backing an immediate arms embargo against Ivory Coast as well as a travel ban and freezing of assets.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has taken some steps toward implementing peace agreements struck earlier with rebels who hold the northern part of the country, a spokesman for South African President Thabo Mbeki said
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ABIDJAN  - Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo hailed a new UN report denouncing rights violations but complained it did not go far enough in urging sanctions against those who committed atrocities.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo called, in a radio interview aired in Paris on Thursday, for French businessmen to return to Ivory Coast, the divided West African state hit recently by anti-French and ...
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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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PARIS, Nov 16  - Peace must be &quot;imposed&quot; on Ivory Coast if the warring sides there refuse to abide by a ceasefire, French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier said Tuesday, hailing sanctions voted by the UN Security Council against the west African state.
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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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The UN Security Council has warned Ivory Coast&#39;s government and rebel leaders that they would be hit with sanctions if they failed to carry out their commitments under a new peace initiative.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast - A pro-government &quot;Jeune Patriote&quot; militia supporter holds a sign in French which translates to &quot;We are ready to fight the rebellion&quot; at a demonstration in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on Thursday, Nov.
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President Laurent Gbagbo has called on the United Nations to impose sanctions on neighbouring countries involved in Ivory Coast&#39;s two year conflict.
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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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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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South African President Thabo Mbeki said Monday he had reached agreement with all sides in Ivory Coast&#39;s conflict on measures which should speed up implementation of a French-brokered peace accord.