Francophone nations should be peacemakers
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âLa Francophonie has a large political role to play, especially to prevent conflicts,â said Deiss. The French bloc adopted a resolution on Ivory Coast after talks on Saturday in the Burkina Faso capital
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France's involvement in Ivory Coast receives sceptical scrutiny. And papers are torn between sympathy and anger over the death of an anti-nuclear protestor, who was run over by a train transporting nuclear ...
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The question of whether Canada will remain one country will hang in the balance again as the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec heads into an election campaign this week.
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French Defense Minister Michele Alliot- Marie said French citizens living in Ivory Coast won&#39;t be repatriated because the situation there is getting calmer.
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France's Jacques Chirac calls for a fairer international order based on a strengthened United Nations.
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The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.
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French President Jacques Chirac: on his way out figures among the top &#x2019;euro-saures&#x2019; who, in accordance with the laws of evolution, must give way to a new kind of leader.Comment
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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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SAINT-SAUVEUR, Que. (CP) - Many of Canada's aboriginal languages could face extinction in as little as a generation unless government gets involved, said some participants Sunday at a conference held to discuss the problem.
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The New York Times has recently run a piece pondering the renowned nation of Canada, and whether it has fallen from its once lofty heights of international greatness.    "A country is not just a health system."  This is the sentiment of one of a few Canadian authors recently lamenting the decline of Canadian engagement around the world.  The question then becomes: what makes a nation great?  Why would Canadians resent the place of  their placid and peaceful country?  And, what does this say about the roles taken on by other influential nations around the world?
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Anybody who might question France's determination to portray itself as a loyal friend of the Arab Middle East need only take a look at the government's agenda.
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After his recent visit to Baghdad, French Foreign Minister warns the world that Iraq is a problem everyone must take responsibility for. And he reaffirms France's friendship with the United States.
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BRUSSELS, Dec 15 (IPS) - Louis Michel, the European Union's aid chief,  will urge that the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda seek a  peaceful solution to their problems when he visits East Africa  this week.
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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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Attention will inevitably focus on the relationship between France and Britain following the split over the Iraq war and on Britainâs closeness with the United States.
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Iraq needs a broad-based government of  national unity and France could mediate to help set one up,  French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said in a newspaper  column on Monday.
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France knew no parties and no religious controversy, only republicans and patriots. As in times of war, this otherwise highly divided nation, with its many social, ethnic and religious