Francophone summit to open
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THE 10th summit of French-speaking countries which opens tomorrow is supposed to focus on sustainable development but the resurgent crisis in Ivory Coast, once Francophone west Africa's brightest light, is ...
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Â· Special retirement terms for state workers targetedÂ· French president begins talks with unions today
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OUAGADOUGOU  - Leaders from 36 French-speaking countries wrapped up a summit in Burkina Faso, with a call to the protagonists in the Ivory Coast conflict to implement a French-brokered pact to restore peace.
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DAVOS, Switzerland  - French President Jacques Chirac and British Prime Minister Tony Blair are among European leaders taking centre stage at the World Economic Forum, an annual meeting of the rich, powerful and famous.
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PARIS -- Rival Lebanese politicians yesterday opened French-sponsored talks aimed at establishing a framework for ending an eight-month-old political crisis that has threatened to plunge Lebanon into chaos.
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African and South American foreign ministers were preparing the ground for an inaugural summit of leaders from the two continents, home to 1.3 billion people and with a combined GDP of 2.45 billion dollars.
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Iran's nuclear ambitions and the need to secure Russian energy supplies to the EU were expected to dominate a summit in an elegant chateau north of Paris between the leaders of France, Russia and Germany.
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An international conference to tackle the issue of children in combat is due to open in Paris.
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The French president will meet his Chinese counterpart on a four-day state visit focusing on economic ties.
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French President Jacques Chirac held a summit meeting with Italy's Romano Prodi, shoring up bilateral ties that had been strained under the prime minister's predecessor Silvio Berlusconi.
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A summit intended to strengthen ties between Africa and former colonial power France opened on Thursday but all eyes will be on a subject not on the agenda -- Sudan's battered Darfur province.Comment
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Saturday that aerospace group EADS would take centre stage at July 16&#39;s Franco-German summit at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse.
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold her first summit with the leaders of France and Poland on Tuesday, less than a month before Berlin takes over the European Union presidency amid high hopes that it can resolve power struggles in the bloc.
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PARIS, Nov 22 (IPS) - The differences between France and Iraq entered a  new phase at the summit that began at the Egyptian resort Sharm  el-Sheikh Monday.
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Southeast Asian leaders have opened a two-day summit in Laos aimed at creating an economic community in six years and expanding free trade agreements with Asia&#39;s largest economies.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin will host a summit with French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder at his Black Sea residence later this month, the Kremlin announced today.
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How times have changed. French President Nicolas Sarkozy will address a joint meeting of Congress on Nov. 7, signaling the fulsome transformation of relations between Washington and Paris.