Chad leader declares state of emergency
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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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Nepal's King Gyanendra sacked the  government, declared a state of emergency and assumed power on  Tuesday, saying the leadership had failed to hold polls or  restore peace amid an escalating civil war with Maoist rebels.
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Iraq's interim government declared a  state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday to quell violence  gripping the country ahead of January elections.
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The state of emergency in Sudan&#39;s North Darfur province has been lifted by the governor and aid workers have been called to return.
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Police set up roadblocks Thursday around the oil-rich southern city of Basra as a monthlong state of emergency declared by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went into effect.
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Gov. Sonny Perdue of Georgia declared a state of emergency Saturday for the northern third of Georgia and asked President Bush to declare it a major disaster area
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As Islamist gunmen routed his last forces in Gaza, Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Palestinian government on Thursday and declared a state of emergency after six days of bloody faction fighting.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's President Idriss Deby appointed a close ally as defence minister on Friday as soldiers and police imposed a security crackdown across the country following a rebel attack on the capital two weeks ago.
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The crisis in Darfur is a humanitarian disaster that threatens the entire region, French President Jacques Chirac said on Thursday while urging Sudan to accept peacekeepers.Comment
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad is extending for six months a state of emergency in large swathes of the country, saying it needs more time to pacify ethnic conflicts that have killed hundreds and which it blames Sudan for provoking.
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Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra declares a state of emergency in Bangkok amid rumours of a coup.
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Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed the Hamas-led Palestinian government and declared a state of emergency as the Islamist group's gunmen routed his last forces in Gaza and seized effective control.
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President Alejandro Toledo declared a state of emergency in a remote highland province late Saturday after gunmen demanding his resignation seized control of a police station there and took several officers hostage, authorities said.
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Iraqi interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has declared a state of emergency for 60 days, his spokesman said on Sunday. The emergency declaration excludes Iraqi regions run by Kurdish peoples
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France will start flying humanitarian supplies into eastern Chad on Sunday to help tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees and displaced Chadians, an army spokesman said.
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The Iraqi interim government&#39;s declaration of a state of emergency for 60 days on Sunday is understandable at one level, in view of the upcoming January elections and the current wave of attacks that have killed 60 Iraqis in just the past two days.
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Armed soldiers flew deposed Fiji Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase out of the capital Suva on Wednesday as the military began rounding up opponents of its takeover and declared a state of emergency.