UN backs French help against Chad rebels
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The U.N. Security Council on Monday strongly condemned the rebel attack on Chad and gave a green light for France and other countries to help the government repel the rebel force.
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France has sent around 100 extra troops  to the Central African Republic after a series of rebel attacks  in the poor, landlocked country, which borders Sudan's violent  Darfur region, the French military said on Thursday.
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France's foreign minister hailed Tuesday's resumed deployment of a much-awaited European Union peacekeeping force in Chad, where a rebellion had halted the troop movement.
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The UN secretary general calls for up to 11,000 troops to be sent to Chad and the Central African Republic.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad promised on Friday to back United Nations moves to end the conflict in Sudan's Darfur region by allowing international peacekeepers on its own soil, and even offered to host preliminary peace talks.
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N'DJAMEMA  - France rallied the international community on Tuesday in support of Chad's President Idriss Deby after he survived a fierce attack on the capital N'Djamena by rebels seeking to topple him.
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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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France chairs a Security Council summit on Africa here Tuesday expected to endorse sending European Union and UN troops to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians reeling from a spillover of the Darfur conflict.
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The U.N. Security Council gave  preliminary support on Monday to a proposed peace force  spearheaded by European Union troops to tackle spillover  violence from Sudan&#39;s Darfur region in Chad and the Central  African Republic.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's rebels on Monday urged European Union member states not to send peacekeeping troops to the country's east, saying the force would not be neutral because it was dominated by France.
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UN chief Ban Ki-moon has recommended sending up to 11,000 peacekeepers to Chad and the Central African Republic to protect civilians caught in the spillover from Sudan's Darfur conflict.
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U.N. Secretary-General Ban  Ki-moon called on Sunday for an end to fighting in Chad, where  rebels have besieged the presidential palace, and the Security  Council met to address the situation.
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The U.N. chief won Chad's backing for a Darfur peace conference during a visit Friday to this poverty-stricken central African nation that has become home to tens of thousands of refugees fleeing the conflict in neighboring Sudan.
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France, Belgium and Poland pledged Friday to provide the resources needed to launch a European Union peacekeeping force for Chad and the Central African Republic, an EU diplomat said.
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The European Union took the first step on Monday towards sending forces to Chad and the Central African Republican to help the United Nations protect refugees trapped in the violent region bordering Darfur.
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The European Union and the United Nations are considering sending troops and police to  protect Darfur refugees and other homeless people in neighboring Chad, a senior U.N. official said on Friday.
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France, the United States, China and some 15 other nations agreed on Monday to redouble efforts to end bloodshed in Sudan&#39;s Darfur region by supporting a new peace force and negotiations on a settlement.