Chad rebels battle army in east
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There is heavy fighting in eastern Chad two days after a state of emergency was declared.
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Government forces entered a major city in volatile eastern Chad early Sunday, one day after rebels launched an attack and claimed to have seized the town, witnesses said.
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Rebels seeking to topple the government of Chad seized a crucial eastern city early on Saturday, according to aid workers based in the region.
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Chad's army says it has retaken the eastern town of Abeche, a day after it reportedly fell into rebel hands.
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Darfur rebels said on Sunday they had  inflicted a crushing defeat on Sudan's army in West Darfur in  an overnight battle during which they captured 29 soldiers, 32  vehicles and heavy weaponry.
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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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Troops loyal to a renegade Congo general attacked army forces Tuesday in eastern Congo, re-igniting fighting after a week of relative calm in the restive region, officials said.
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Chadian rebels renewed their assault on the capital of this oil-rich central African country Monday, and tens of thousands of people fled as gunfire crackled and artillery shells exploded across the city.
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BUKAVU, Congo  - Government troops in eastern Congo battled Rwandan militiamen in growing violence between the former allies from the country's bloody 1998-2002 war, UN and Congo army officials said Monday.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chadian rebels attacked the eastern regional capital of Abeche on Saturday in their latest strike against President Idriss Deby's rule, wresting control from government forces who withdrew and surrounded the town.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's army retook the eastern military center of Abeche on Sunday after the withdrawal of rebels who took the town a day earlier in the latest challenge to President Idriss Deby, the government and aid workers said.
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Rebels in Chad say they will resume their assault on N'Djamena after seizing large parts of the city.
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Chadian rebels are pushed back from the capital N'Djamena, which they had seized over the weekend.
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BAGHDAD -- US soldiers battled insurgents northeast of Baghdad yesterday in clashes that killed more than 50 people. Some guerrillas were said to be ''fighting to the death&quot; inside Fallujah, where American forces struggled to clear pockets of resistance.
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US troops are engaged in intense clashes on two fronts in Iraq, with Shi&#39;ite rebels in eastern Baghdad and Sunni insurgents west of the capital in Fallujah.
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Fighting raged for the second day on Sunday in the Chadian capital after rebels intent on toppling President Idriss Deby battled their way into the city and surrounded his palace and loyalist troops.
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The two rebel groups fighting in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region have been accused by Chad of stalling the peace process. Disagreements within the two groups had made it very difficult for the government