POLITICS:  U.S. and France Begin a Great Game in Africa
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PARIS, Aug 11  (IPS) - France and the United States have begun a new race  to compete for favours with  undemocratic regimes in Africa. The  competition is growing particularly in the oil-  rich North and  West Africa.
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ON FOREIGN and economic policy France and Britain may be chalk and cheese, but there are fascinating parallels between political conditions on the two sides of the Channel.
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FRANCE, Germany and Spain signalled a new alliance yesterday to strengthen the European Unionâs political project as a counterbalance to the United States after the re-election of President Bush.
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast -- France, the United States, and other nations launched one of the largest evacuations of Africa's postindependence era yesterday, requisitioning commercial jets to fly out thousands of foreigners following attacks on civilians and peacekeeping troops.
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The French military has set up a forward base in Togo to allow it to have aircraft within easy reach of Ivory Coast, which saw a sudden escalation in its two-year-old civil war last week, officials said here ...
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President Bush opened a coast-to-coast journey through Africa on Saturday by highlighting how U.S. aid can help a small western African nation like Benin develop and save lives.
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France chairs a Security Council summit on Africa here Tuesday expected to endorse sending European Union and UN troops to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians reeling from a spillover of the Darfur conflict.
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The prestigious French political science university Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice chose as the stage for advancing the healing process between the United States and France is considered by some the "Oxford of France" &#151; and produces many of the country's diplomats and public servants.
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Nearly five years after the fall of   the Taliban in Afghanistan, Africa has emerged as a leading   front in a U.S. military campaign to deny al Qaeda a new safe   haven in the continent's vast, hard-to-govern regions.
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When he took office six months ago, President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged to overhaul France's ties with Africa, scrapping the colonial mentality that long has tainted dealings with the continent.
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PARIS -- France's president, Jacques Chirac, finally phoned George W. Bush yesterday to congratulate him a week after his reelection as US president, and Chirac's foreign minister, Michel Barnier, called for better trans-Atlantic ties.
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The United States and France called on Wednesday for a closer friendship after years of strained relations over Iraq as they marked the 63rd anniversary of the D-Day invasion that broke the Nazi hold on Europe.
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How to tap and protect Africa's natural resources, the continent's role in the world and the information age's impact on African society are pressing themes as a summit of African leaders opens Thursday.
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The launch of a new U.S. military command for Africa is aimed at helping the continent to boost its own security and not at projecting American power or countering Chinese influence, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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France, the United States and other nations launched one of the largest evacuations of Africa's post-independence era Wednesday, requisitioning commercial jets to fly out thousands of foreigners following attacks on civilians and peacekeeping troops.
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As the rugby World Cup kicks off in Paris, Nicolas Sarkozy and his government are hoping to benefit from the inevitable feel-good factor.
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The US and French governments are working on plans for French President Jacques Chirac to visit Washington and meet with his US counterpart George W. Bush, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said at a news ...