France to seek UN vote on Ivory Coast
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France is to seek a vote in the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo and other bans on the Ivory Coast. The move comes after a ceasefire in the Ivory Coast was broken and nine French soldiers were killed by government bombings.
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South African President Thabo Mbeki is  expected in Ivory Coast on Tuesday to try to defuse a crisis  which has triggered days of mob violence and put French troops  on the streets of the main city.
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At an emergency summit, the African Union has condemned the violence in Ivory Coast over the past two weeks. The AU supports the United Nations resolution to impose sanctions and an arms embargo against Ivory
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The ruling party in Ivory Coast calls for the 4,000 French peacekeepers in the country to leave.
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The U.N. Security Council voted on Monday to extend the mandate of a peacekeeping force in Ivory Coast until January to help create peaceful conditions for elections that have been repeatedly delayed.
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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Saturday called for an end to the violence in Ivory Coast, which has killed nine French troops and an American.
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France goes to the polls for the second time in a just over a month on Sunday when it votes in parliamentary elections that are expected to seal President Nicolas Sarkozy's grip on power.
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France sought a vote in the U.N.  Security Council Monday to impose an arms embargo and other  bans on Ivory Coast after a cease-fire was broken and nine  French soldiers were killed by government bombings.
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Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo  said on Tuesday he was committed to reunifying the West African  country but said that it was up to the United Nations to start  disarmament in the world's top cocoa grower.
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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia: The African Union (AU) said yesterday it supports United Nations and French intervention in Ivory Coast as UN Security Council held talks last night on a French resolution to impose an arms embargo on Ivory Coast.
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Ivory Coast will take France to the world court for violating bilateral defence accords after French forces destroyed Ivorian military aircraft, an lawyer for the Ivorians told AFP on Sunday.
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The UN Security Council is to vote later on Saturday on a draft resolution aimed at stepping up pressure on Sudan to bring peace to its Darfur region.
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Ivory Coast is to file suit with the International Court of Justice against the French military which it accuses of killing some 60 Ivorians when it allegedly cracked down on anti-French riots in Abidjan.
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France's new foreign minister pressed Sudan's president Monday to commit to a joint U.N.-African mission to end the bloodshed in Darfur, hoping his clout as a former humanitarian activist would boost diplomatic efforts to end Sudan's standoff with the West.
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Ivory Coast will take France to the world court for violating bilateral defence accords after French forces destroyed Ivorian military aircraft, a lawyer told AFP on Sunday.
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Mediation efforts by South African President Thabo Mbeki may be the last chance to stop Ivory Coast falling into a deeper crisis, the outgoing head of the UN mission in the West African country said Tuesday.
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President Jacques Chirac says he will order French troops out of Ivory Coast if African leaders ask him to do so.