Gbagbo says France backs Ivory Coast rebels
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo accused France on Monday of backing his rebel opponents and compared its military behaviour in his country to the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.
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United Nations troops are free to leave   Ivory Coast if they want to, President Laurent Gbagbo said in   an interview published on Tuesday, adding he was drafting an   alternative to a U.N. peace plan for his divided country.
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ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast and France traded jabs Monday over responsibility for last week&#39;s unrest, as the UN Security Council appeared set to impose an arms embargo on the divided west African state.
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A summit of West African leaders to  address renewed fighting in Ivory Coast gave its backing to a  proposed United Nations arms embargo on both sides of the  conflict, a communique said on Sunday.
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President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for an end to anti-French crowd violence which erupted after France destroyed most of Ivory Coast's small air force in retaliation for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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African leaders supported an arms embargo and other UN sanctions on the Ivory Coast government and rebels on Sunday. While they did, Ivory Coast President Laurent
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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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France's foreign minister hailed Tuesday's resumed deployment of a much-awaited European Union peacekeeping force in Chad, where a rebellion had halted the troop movement.
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Ivory Coast's rebels pledged on Monday to drive President Laurent Gbagbo's army back to the main city Abidjan if it attacks their territory again, raising the specter of all-out war in the West African country.
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Laurent Gbagbo calls for calm after anti-French riots and justifies attacks that left nine French peacekeepers dead.
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INSTABILITY is a way of life in West Africa, and Ivory Coast is the latest tragic example. A 2-year-old cease-fire, brokered by France, between Muslim rebels and the government of President Laurent Gbagbo
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Rival groups in Ivory Coast have agreed to a peace plan put forward by the South African President Thabo Mbeki. Government, Opposition and rebel leaders in Ivory Coast have endorsed the deal.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast  - Hundreds of demonstrators  faced off with French troops in Abidjan on Monday after state  radio urged protesters to form a "human shield" to protect the  house of Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo.
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South Africa has thrown its support for a United Nations (UN) arms embargo against Ivory Coast following internal strife that saw people killed in violent attacks.
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Top generals in Ivory Coast pledged on  Monday to work with France to establish stability in the  world's top cocoa grower after three days of violent  anti-French riots in the main city Abidjan.
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President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for  an end to anti-French crowd violence which erupted after France  destroyed most of Ivory Coast's small air force in retaliation  for the killing of nine French peacekeepers.
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Supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo say he is under attack by France to resign, but they will defend him. Protests against French interests continue one day after French troops neutralized