Chad army battles rebels outside key east Chad town
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad government forces fought on Saturday with rebels around the eastern town of Abeche after the insurgents launched a fresh attack in their campaign against President Idriss Deby, the defense minister said.
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Rebels launch an attack outside the western Sudanese region of Darfur, killing eight people, officials say.
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Chadian rebels said Monday they had voluntarily withdrawn from Chadâs capital overnight, but it was unclear if they succumbed to government forces.
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A Chadian rebel group has said it has shot down a small government army plane in the east of the central African country, in the latest sign of growing conflict.
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Rebels stormed Chad's capital, delaying arrival of EU troops to help refugees.
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NAIROBI, Feb. 4 -- Rebel fighters withdrew from the Chadian capital overnight after government forces used helicopter gunships and tanks to repel an attempted coup.
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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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Chadian troops fight a fierce battle with rebels in the east of the country with reports of heavy casualties.
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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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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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Chadian rebels capture the town of Guereda on the country's eastern border with Sudan.
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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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Rebels fighting government forces in Chad said they had withdrawn from the capital Monday to allow the civilian population the chance to escape.
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KHARTOUM, Sudan Clashes continued Wednesday near a strategically important provincial capital of Darfur, as rebel commanders said they had been bombed in one village even as they ceded control of another.
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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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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast: French armored vehicles took up positions outside the home of President Laurent Gbagbo on Monday after a weekend of violent clashes, and supporters feared an attempt to overthrow him, the presidential spokesman said.
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NEAR ABECHE, Chad -- The Chadian government and its allied militias are indiscriminately targeting Arab nomads in eastern Chad, according to interviews with dozens of nomads, who described raids on their temporary villages, at least two aerial bombings, harassment and incidents of torture over the...