New force for Chad and CAR
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The UN Security Council is set to back a French plan to send UN and EU forces to protect refugees from Darfur.
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(Correcting number in headline from 200 to 400. A corrected version of the item follows)  Text of report by Radio France Internationale on 6 June  [Chadian President] Idriss Deby Itno has deployed 400 regular army soldiers to defend the elephant population decimated by poachers.
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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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UNITED NATIONS - The African Union communicated to the UN Thursday its decision to send an expanded force of troops and police with a broad mandate to protect aid workers, monitors and civilians in Sudanâs strife-torn Darfur region.
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UNHCR in Chad has reported at least 478 new arrivals from Sudan&#39;s strife-torn Darfur region, the first significant number of Sudanese to have crossed the border in about two months. UNHCR staff pre-registered the new arrivals over the past three days near ...
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France will provide air support to  humanitarian organizations supplying food and medicine to  refugee camps in eastern Chad, a defense ministry spokesman  said on Friday.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon recommended on Tuesday peacekeeping operations of up to 11,000 personnel for Chad and the Central African Republic to stanch the spillover from the Darfur conflict in Sudan.
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Security Council members were  receptive on Tuesday to a U.N. force for Chad and the Central  African Republic but must deal first with Chad's president, who  wants police and not soldiers.
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The Corps orders up a passle of new South African-designed and Israeli-made bomb-deflecting vehicles. Plus: Walter Reed is not the only problem -- so many docs deployed to Iraq means a military MD shortage at home. In Danger Room.
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France raised the alert level Thursday for its military forces in Chad following intelligence reports that rebels were moving toward the African country's capital, a military spokesman said.
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Smaller engines, lighter vehicles and lots of turbochargers and hybrids should do the trick.
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Blog: Roadside bombs are a big threat to troops in Iraq. An armored truck called the Cougar could help protect the troops.
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The new United Nations peacekeeping force for Darfur in Sudan is due to start its operations on Monday.
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France is ready to launch a military operation in Chad against rebels if necessary, President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday.
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It's crunch time for a four-year drive to forge a new elite force to serve as the military spearhead of the trans-Atlantic alliance.Comment
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The new leaders of the UK and France say they are prepared to go to Darfur to help peace efforts.
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A new generation of car technologies promises to add more fun and functionality to motoring.