Chad rebels 'heading for capital'
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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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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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Some 30,000 Sudanese, victims of fresh attacks by Arab militia inside Darfur, have threatened to cross into Chad, the UN refugee agency warned on Friday.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chadian troops armed with tanks and rocket launchers protected government buildings in the capital on Monday after a weekend raid on an eastern town stoked fears of a new attack on N'Djamena.
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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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Between 2,000 and 3,000 rebel soldiers armed with rifles were moving around the capital of Chad today as Chadian troops used helicopters against them, a French Defense Department spokesman said. The French government said it expected to evacuate 400 foreign nationals today after taking the same number out of its former colony the day before.
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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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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'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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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's government on Sunday denied reports that a rebel column was 400 km (250 miles) away and advancing on the capital N'Djamena, saying the city was in no danger.
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Chad's president declared himself in control of the country Wednesday, even while acknowledging that three-fourths of his government had disappeared since rebels attacked the capital
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Rebel groups from Sudan&#39;s volatile Darfur region gathered Wednesday in the Chadian capital Ndjamena to forge a common position ahead of next month&#39;s peace talks with the Khartoum regime.
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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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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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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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N'DJAMENA  - Chadian rebels fighting to overthrow President Idriss Deby on Thursday attacked the eastern border town of Adre on the main road route into Sudan's Darfur region, the government and rebel spokesmen said.
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Chadian rebels said Monday they had voluntarily withdrawn from Chadâs capital overnight, but it was unclear if they succumbed to government forces.