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The French Defence Ministry said the captors of a military agent killed him during a French commando raid in Somalia.

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Machete-waving mobs went on the rampage in Ivory Coast’s largest cities today after a day of sudden ground and air clashes between forces of France and its former colony.

Sun, 07 Nov, 2004

Ivory Coast: Hardliners urge more anti-French violence

Hard-liners urged loyalist mobs on to more violence today, after a day of mayhem in which French and Ivory Coast forces battled in the air and on the ground and machete-waving throngs hunted down French citizens in the largest city.

Sun, 07 Nov, 2004

French warplanes sent to Afghanistan

French President, Jacques Chirac has announced that French warplanes will be used in US-led military missions in Afghanistan.

Sat, 17 Nov, 2001

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