Chad curfew after rebel attacks
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Chad's government imposes a dusk-to-dawn curfew in much of the country after the rebel assault last weekend.
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Chad's army fought to drive off  rebels who pushed to within 100 km (60 miles) of the capital  N'Djamena on Friday and the clashes delayed the deployment of  European peacekeepers to the African country.
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N'DJAMENA  - Troops loyal to Chad's president drove back rebels besieging his palace on Sunday, the government said, adding it had repulsed an assault by Sudanese forces in the east that it called "a declaration of war".
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N'DJAMENA, Chad -- Red Cross officials said Tuesday that hundreds of civilians have been killed in a coup attempt by rebels in Chad.
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A Chadian military reconnaissance plane was shot down in eastern Chad on Tuesday, a government spokesman said, and a rebel group claimed responsibility. A government spokesman blamed neighboring Sudan for backing the rebels and said it was "a state of war."
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Heavy gunfire was heard in Chad's capital Ndjamena Saturday as rebel fighters entered the city from several directions, a diplomatic source told CNN by telephone.
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Heavily armed Chadian soldiers reinforced their positions in the capital on Monday, girding for attack after a rebel convoy was spotted heading toward the capital of this volatile central African nation.
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MONROVIA  - The Liberian capital Monrovia was under curfew after citywide riots killed at least five people two days before the end of a UN disarmament effort, provoking fears of a return to conflict in the west African state.
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N'DJAMENA  - Rebels fighting to overthrow Chad's President Idriss Deby attacked the eastern town of Adre on the border with Darfur on Thursday and the Chadian government said the raiders came from neighboring Sudan.
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Fighting broke out early Saturday between the national army and rebels in a volatile region of eastern Chad, and rebels claimed they had seized the major city in the area.
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Chadian troops are sent to intercept rebels who are advancing on the capital after seizing a key town.
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N'DJAMENA  - Nearly 40 people were killed in clashes between Chad's security forces and Arab raiders on horseback who attacked two eastern villages, burning homes and mutilating their victims, the government said on Tuesday.
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MOSUL, Iraq, Nov 10  - At least 22 people were killed in a wave of violence in northern Iraq Wednesday, prompting the government to slap curfews on the Sunni Muslim cities of Mosul and Baiji.
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Chad's president declared a nationwide state of emergency Thursday, telling citizens that tightened controls are needed to restore order after recent rebel attacks.
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A series of armed attacks in the eastern Chad town of Guereda has forced the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to pull most of its staff out of two nearby refugee camps that house refugees from Darfur.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 6 -- Life eased toward normality Wednesday in Chad's capital of N'Djamena as a few shops reopened and people began venturing out of their homes on the quietest day since rebels attacked last week, according to humanitarian workers.
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Turbaned troops patrolled the streets of Chad's capital in pickup trucks Friday while residents took stock of the damage from days of fierce fighting that brought rebels to the doorstep of the presidential palace.