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	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Profile: Laurent Gbagbo
		Laurent Gbagbo was originally associated with the political left, but analysts say that since the 1980s he has taken a strongly nationalist stance.
		Laurent Gbagbo was born in a Catholic family near Gagnoa, in the centre-west of the country, nearly 58 years ago.
		Laurent Gbagbo has a reputation for being short-tempered, in particular against "arrogant" journalists, but he is also known for his contagious laughs and vigorous handshakes.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2710391.stm (692 words)

	USAfricaonline Democracy Watch
		Gbagbo, a fifty-five year old history professor-turned-politician, and leader of the Ivorian Popular Front party, was the centre of attention at the investiture ceremony held at the presidential palace in Abidjan, which -- less than twenty-four hours earlier -- had been under siege by angry protestors marching in defiance of the military regime.
		Gbagbo (left in the pix) thanked his fellow Ivorians for voting for him and standing by him, and for what he called their courage, when they took to the streets in their thousands on Tuesday and Wednesday to protest against General Robert Guei, who was swept from power in a popular and spontaneous uprising.
		Gbagbo indicated that he would also be talking to the Rally of the Republicans (RDR), the party led by Alassane Ouattara, a former prime minister, who was disqualified from Sunday?s presidential election and has challenged the validity of the poll.
	www.usafricaonline.com /gbagbo_ivorycoast.html (718 words)

	Laurent Gbagbo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gbagbo ran in the presidential election of 1990, but received only 11% of the vote against the country's veteran leader, Félix Houphouët-Boigny.
		Guéï was forced to flee, and Gbagbo became president on October 26.
		Gbagbo said the next day that elements of the resolution deemed to be constitutional violations would not be applied.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Laurent_Gbagbo (554 words)

	Laurent Gbagbo dÃ©clare qu'il demeure Ã la prÃ©sidence ivoirienne
		M. Gbagbo a fait savoir qu'il avait saisi vendredi le Conseil constitutionnel, qui aurait rÃ©pondu le lendemain qu'il "constate qu'il y a atteinte Ã l'intÃ©gritÃ© du territoire, et que l'Ã©lection Ã la prÃ©sidence de la RÃ©publique n'ai pu se tenir".
		Dans un message Ã la nation, Laurent Gbagbo a annoncÃ© qu'il faisait usage de l'article 48 de la Constitution ivoirienne pour " demeurer Ã la tÃªte de l'Etat" ivoirien et assurer la continuitÃ© de l'administration Ã©tatique jusqu'Ã la tenue de la prochaine Ã©lection prÃ©sidentielle.
		M. Gbagbo a fait savoir qu'il avait saisi vendredi le Conseil constitutionnel, qui aurait rÃ©pondu le lendemain pour "constater qu'il y a atteinte Ã l'intÃ©gritÃ© du territoire, et que l'Ã©lection Ã la prÃ©sidence de la RÃ©publique n'ai pu se tenir".
	www.french.xinhuanet.com /french/2005-10/31/content_177681.htm (710 words)

	Abidjan.net \| Son Excellence Monsieur Laurent Gbagbo
		Historien de formation, Laurent Gbagbo devient en 1970 professeur d’Histoire-Géographie au Lycée Classique d’Abidjan.
		Très rapidement, Laurent Gbagbo se retrouve en prison aux camps militaires de Séguéla et de Bouaké de mars 1971 à janvier 1973.
		Laurent Gbagbo est marié en secondes noces avec Simone Ehivet, qui joue également un rôle de premier plan au sein du FPI.
	www.abidjan.net /gouvernement/president/biographie.htm (920 words)

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		Gbagbo proposed in a televised address late on Tuesday to negotiate directly with rebels holding the north of the former French colony in a renewed swipe at foreign peace efforts which he says have so far produced nothing but deadlock.
		Gbagbo's five-point plan called for the scrapping of a buffer zone which crosses the country and is policed by members of an 11,000-strong U.N. and French peacekeeping force.
		Gbagbo's spokesman Desire Tagro announced the dismissal of the head of state broadcaster Radio Television Ivoirienne (RTI) for airing the remarks, which criticised Gbagbo's reinstatement of officials implicated in a toxic waste scandal.
	www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/L20402356.htm (739 words)

	News: West Africa, Ivorian opposition rejects Gbagbo mandate extension
		Laurent Gbagbo beyond Oct. 31, 2006," Alphonse Djedje Mady, spokesman for the RHDP opposition coalition, told reporters.
		Gbagbo's expired mandate was extended by up to a year last October under the U.N.-backed deal when polls failed to take place then.
		Gbagbo supporters fear the identity scheme could give voting rights to foreigners from northern neighbouring states who tend to support the opposition, although mediators say issuing the documents prior to polls is a key step to ending the conflict.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/HVAN-6SNSS3?OpenDocument (422 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Ivory Coast Denies Planning Attacks on Rebels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ABIDJAN - Ivory Coast denied on Monday rebel accusations President Laurent Gbagbo was hiring foreign fighters and preparing attacks, in a war of words that cast fresh doubt on a days-old peace deal to end civil conflict.
		In a statement late on Sunday, the rebel New Forces said Gbagbo was recruiting 3,000 Liberian mercenaries, including child soldiers, and was trying to infiltrate rebel territory in the west of the world's top cocoa grower.
		Gbagbo has said he would study what he called Mbeki's proposals and stressed that the priority is rebel disarmament.
	en.epochtimes.com /news/5-4-11/27764.html (484 words)

	africanfront.com (AUF)
		President Laurent Gbagbo of the Ivory Coast has been implicated as a key participant in a disturbing unethical and brutal medical ring in Ivory Coast that is selling infants' and fetal brains tissue to research centers in the US and Canada.
		Laurent Gbagbo, Head-of-State in Ivory Coast, now has at least 100 private counts of human rights violations directed against him personally, that could make him one of the Africans most likely to end up on trial at the International Court of Justice, in the Hague (or Arusha).
		Gbagbo was the person most closely identified with Amara Essy, during the election of the AU Secretary General at the OAU summit in Lusaka in July 2001.
	www.africanfront.com /gbagbo.php (633 words)

	News: West Africa, Ivorian rebels propose transition without Gbagbo
		Soro said the transition leader should be accompanied by two vice-presidents, one from his rebel movement and one from Gbagbo's side, who would be given powers to reform the armed forces and complete a pre-election voter identification process.
		Gbagbo's mandate expired last October but he was kept in office under the U.N.-backed plan which was developed after talks among African leaders last year.
		Gbagbo insists he will remain the country's lawful leader until an elected successor is sworn in.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6U9GZU?OpenDocument (524 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Ivorian President Says He'll Rule Until Elections (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		ABIDJAN mdash Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo has vowed to remain in power until long-delayed elections are held, prompting his rebel opponents to question on Monday his commitment to peace in the war-divided nation.
		Gbagbo's statement late on Sunday on the eve of Independence Day appeared to throw down the gauntlet to the United Nations which must decide next month whether to further extend Gbagbo's mandate if polls are not held by a scheduled Oct. 31 deadline.
		Rebels who occupy the north of the country and political opponents have accused Gbagbo and his supporters of trying to cling to power and of delaying and disrupting identification and disarmament schemes that are key to the holding of elections.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-8-7/44692.html (624 words)

	French Troops Caught in Ivorian Trap by Julio Godoy
		French soldiers and irregular troops loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo have engaged in several skirmishes along this "line of trust" in recent days.
		Gbagbo agreed in January to abolish this legislation under French pressure.
		Gbagbo said he will visit France mid-December "to thank President Jacques Chirac for his support to the Ivory Coast during the crisis, but also to remind him that the crisis is not over, and that we continue to need French aid."
	www.antiwar.com /ips/godoy1.html (674 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Mbeki Extends Ivory Coast Mediation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gbagbo Laurent is a player, he is a showmaker.
		Gbagbo Laurent will not do what he said.
		Gbagbo from the peace process was not possible since he was an elected leader.
	en.epochtimes.com /news/4-12-5/24756.html (554 words)

	afrol News - Gbagbo snubs UN, New York meeting
		Gbagbo was allowed to remain in office for up to a year, on condition that the country holds "free, fair, open and transparent" elections and provided he worked alongside Banny.
		Analysts say supporters of President Laurent Gbagbo are likely to challenge the IWG’s recommendations, which if carried out would see Gbagbo’s powers reduced when his current mandate expires on the 31 October.
		President Gbagbo also said on Thursday he would submit measures for a new peace process to the African Union (AU) regional body, a move that analysts warn could be a prelude for kicking the 8,000-strong UN peacekeeping mission (UNOCI) out of Cote d’Ivoire when the transition period ends at the end of next month.
	www.afrol.com /articles/21386 (879 words)

	kutv.com - Thousands Protest Mandate In Ivory Coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Rebels and opposition supporters agreed, but rejected Gbagbo's claim that the constitution allows him to stay in power until a ballot is held.
		Gbagbo was scheduled to address the nation Sunday evening, said his spokesman, Desire Tagro.
		Gbagbo says he only wants to arrange elections, and says the constitution gives him the right to do so — a claim his opponents dispute.
	kutv.com /topstories/local_story_303193646.html (729 words)

	AEGiS-AFP News: President Gbagbo arrives in Togo for talks on Ivory Coast crisis - June 19, 2004
		LOME, June 19 (AFP) - President Laurent Gbagbo arrived in Lome Saturday for discussions with his Togolese counterpart General Gnassingbe Eyadema that are to kick off a weekend of talks among west African leaders about the 20-month crisis in Ivory Coast.
		Gbagbo was given a red carpet welcome at Lome's international airport by a massive Togolese government delegation led by Eyadema himself, as well as dancers and a military honor guard.
		Gbagbo and Eyadema were Sunday to travel together to Abuja, where the heads of state from Gabon, Ghana, Niger and Nigeria are waiting to continue the dialogue.
	www.aegis.com /NEWS/AFP/2004/AF040671.html (634 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Africa \| Profile: Laurent Gbagbo
		Mr Gbagbo spent 20 years in opposition before coming to power in 2000, when military leader Robert Guei's attempts to rig elections were defeated.
		Laurent Gbagbo was born in a Catholic family near Gagnoa, in the centre-west of the country, nearly 60 years ago.
		Many in Ivory Coast hope that Laurent Gbagbo, as a man who showed perseverance and courage throughout his long career as an opposition leader, will find a way out of the current crisis.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/3992513.stm (767 words)

	The political, religious and ethnic conflict in Ivory Coast
		Guei, who had called an election which he then lost to Gbagbo, was forced out of power by the Ivorian masses after he insisted that his party had won the election.
		Gbagbo won the election with the firm promise that he would throw out all IMF programs and refuse to pay the foreign debt, which he insisted has never served the interests of the Ivorian people.
		We know that Laurent Gbagbo, who came to power not only by winning a general election but also through popular mass resistance against military dictatorship on an anti-imperialist program, never grounded this victory with the masses.
	www.newsandletters.org /issues/2002/december/Ivory_Dec02.htm (1109 words)

	USATODAY.com - African leaders support U.N. sanctions on Ivory Coast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Gbagbo's representative at the talks, parliamentary leader Mamadou Koulibaly, condemned the call for sanctions, and complained African leaders had slighted him — barring him from most of the talks, and dinner.
		Gbagbo's government claims 62 of its supporters were killed, many of them when French forces opened fire on anti-French demonstrations in Abidjan.
		Gbagbo came to power amid street protests by the Young Patriots, after an aborted vote count in a 2000 election called to restore civilian government following a 1999 military coup, the country's first-ever takeover.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2004-11-14-ivory-coast-sanctions_x.htm (917 words)

	Cote d’Ivoire: France, Gbagbo and the Rebels at War
		Gbagbo came to the realization that the rebels would not disarm peacefully and that negotiations would lead nowhere.
		Gbagbo has been a pain in the neck of France since the late 1960s when he led university students and teachers against the pro-French policies of Houphouet Boigny.
		Unless an unfortunate accident happens to Gbagbo, he is more than ever assured of his political future as the only Ivorian that stood up to the French and survived.
	www.theperspective.org /2004/nov/cotedivoire.html (2053 words)

	Ivory Coast President to Boycott Peace Meeting
		Gbagbo says nothing has happened in the ongoing peace process, and that means the process has failed.
		Gbagbo says he has been annoyed by many of the diplomats who meet in Abidjan every month to review the peace process.
		Gbagbo says he is writing a new set of proposals, which he plans to present to the African Union's Peace and Security Council.
	www.voanews.com /english/2006-09-15-voa40.cfm (372 words)

	Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo named :: ENN
		ABIDJAN â” Ivory Coast's President Laurent Gbagbo named a new government on Saturday, 10 days after a toxic waste dumping scandal forced the cabinet to resign, but left key ministers in their posts, his spokesman said.
		Gbagbo changed his environment and transport ministers, both of whom had come under heavy criticism after toxic waste was dumped around the main city Abidjan, killing seven people -- four of them children -- and making thousands ill.
		Gbagbo has said he remains the lawful leader of the country until the elections take place but rebel and opposition sides have rejected any prolongation of his mandate.
	www.enn.com /today.html?id=11269 (661 words)

	Laurent Gbagbo: Awaiting the Dagger
		The rising current of iviorite, a destructive and self-serving doctrine which determines who is or is NOT Ivorian, may be the dagger plunged into Laurent Gbagbo's heart as northerners threaten to secede, since they are regarded as foreigners and therefore disenfranchised.
		Enter Laurence Gbagbo, the veteran opposition leader, the only man in Cote D'Ivoire bold enough to test Houphouet's strength in the country's first truly multiparty elections in 1990, and that he could not win then is now very clear.
		If they do, Gbagbo would have to go to war to force them back into the Ivorian orbit and he must remember that Burkina Faso's Blaise Compaore, a net exporter of wars in the region (along with Liberia's Taylor) is just next-door waiting for business.
	www.theperspective.org /gbagbo.html (1431 words)

	CNN.com - Rebels say Gbagbo 'causing chaos' - Dec. 2, 2003
		Ivory Coast's rebels have accused President Laurent Gbagbo of orchestrating an attempted attack on their stronghold and creating general chaos in a bid to further undermine an already shaky peace deal in the war-divided nation.
		These plots and political manoeuvres are indeed the work of President Laurent Gbagbo who is pretending to be swamped by extremists in his regime and is, in this way, creating general chaos," rebel official Guillaume Soro said.
		Gbagbo said in an interview published in a French newspaper on Tuesday that he wanted the French force to stay.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/12/02/ivorycoast.reut (481 words)

	Abidjan.net \| Laurent Gbagbo dans les souliers d`Houphouët Boigny (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Le Président de la République, Laurent Gbagbo a entrepris des consultations avec le peuple de Côte d'Ivoire aux fins de déterminer la conduite à tenir.
		En effet, Laurent Gbagbo, Président de la République de Côte d'Ivoire soumet au peuple qui l'a élu, la question sensible de la souveraineté nationale que l'on veut brader aux seules fins de servir des intérêts privés et égoïstes.
		Laurent Gbagbo est arrivé à la tête de l'Etat avec, pour tout bagage, sa foi, l'appui du peuple et sa culture socialiste.
	news.abidjan.net /article/index.asp?n=222946 (1251 words)

	Ivory Coast Conflict in Africa
		The uprising began on 19 September 2002 with a mutiny by troops unhappy at being demobilized.
		During the course of the conflict there were several key players involved in trying to either gain or maintain power in the unstable government.
		He had been accused of being behind the unrest; he had seized power in a coup in December 1999 and later lost it to the current President, Laurent Gbagbo, in elections.
	www.angelfire.com /falcon/worldconflict2004/causes.htm (466 words)

	Thousands rally to demand Gbagbo quit power (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Wearing T-shirts saying "October 30, 2005 Gbagbo out" and chanting "Goodbye Gbagbo!”, the young opposition supporters gathered in a stadium in the Treichville suburb of the main city, Abidjan.
		Street demonstrations remain banned in Cote d'Ivoire, but the organisers of Sunday's rally got around that by billing the gathering as a celebration of the national football team’s recent qualification for the 2006 World Cup, and staging the event in a contained space.
		In the rebel held stronghold of Bouake, residents were unimpressed and on Sunday hundreds marched through the streets to demand that Gbagbo leave office.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=49839 (733 words)

	allAfrica.com: Côte d'Ivoire: Ivorian New Forces Spokesman Says Gbagbo Must Go, Accra Summit Failed (Page 1 of 4)
		But, according to what we heard, Gbagbo Laurent tried to avoid discussing the important questions which are blocking the Cote d’Ivoire peace process.
		It should have been the opportunity for Mr Gbagbo Laurent to propose something concrete, because he is solely responsible for the current deadlock.
		We joined the government because Mr Gbagbo Laurent promised in Accra - in the presence of President John Kufuor (Ecowas chairman) - that he was going to issue a decree that would transfer power to the prime minister, Seydou Diarra.
	allafrica.com /stories/200311140001.html (919 words)

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