French Soldiers in Ivory Coast Accused of Bank Robbery
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The French army says it has arrested 12 of its soldiers in Ivory Coast on charges of stealing $120,000 from a bank they were ordered to protect.
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Ivory Coast accuses French troops of killing 30 unarmed civilians to avenge the death of nine French peacekeepers.
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ABIDJAN  - Two Ivory Coast military aircraft carried out a second raid on Bouake, the stronghold of the former rebel New Forces (FN) in the divided west African country, a French military source told AFP.
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Ivory Coast's military killed nine French soldiers in a bombing raid on the rebel stronghold of Bouake on Saturday and opened fire on troops from the former colonial power in the main city of Abidjan.
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Hundreds of French citizens fled their  former colony Ivory Coast on Wednesday after days of  anti-French riots and looting in a country once seen as a model  of post-independence prosperity for Africa.
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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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French prosecutors investigate alleged embezzlement by the leaders of Gabon and Congo.
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France is blaming President Laurent Gbagbo for the attacks on French interests in the Ivory Coast, as it moves to boost its military presence in the West African nation.
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French soldiers fired to disperse  protesters in Ivory Coast on Tuesday after days of rioting in  the main city Abidjan.
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Hundreds of French citizens fled their former colony Ivory Coast on Wednesday after days of anti-French riots and looting in a country once seen as a model for Africa of post-independence prosperity.
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Mobs loyal to the Ivory Coast government militias clashed with French peacekeeping troops in Abidjan in the worst violence observers have seen between France and its former colony in decades.
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Israeli arms-dealers have assisted the army of the Ivory Coast with operating unmanned drones which helped soldiers attack a French military base in that country, a French television broadcaster reported Wednesday morning.
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The French rogue trader alleged to have cost his bank billions of euros is reported to be in police custody.
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French soldiers deployed in Ivory Coast to help evacuate expatriates from violent mob rioting will start pulling back from some positions in the main city Abidjan this week, the Ivorian army said on Sunday.
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Mobs using machetes in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, conducted house-to-house searches Sunday to find and attack French citizens and steal their property.
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French peacekeeping troops exchanged  fire with gunmen who attacked them as they traveled in a convoy  of armored vehicles in northern Ivory Coast on Tuesday, French  officials said.
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Hundreds of French citizens fled their  former colony Ivory Coast on Wednesday after days of  anti-French riots and looting in a country once seen as a model  for Africa of post-independence prosperity.