French court jails aid workers sent back from Chad
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Six French activists sentenced  in Chad to eight years' hard labor for trying to kidnap dozens  of children had their sentences converted into French jail  terms of the same length by a court on Monday.
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Chad's president said Thursday he was "ready to pardon" six French aid workers convicted in December of trying to kidnap over 100 children they said were orphans from Darfur.
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Six French charity workers sentenced to eight years of forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from this African country will return to France, a Chadian official said Friday.
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Six French charity workers convicted of child kidnapping in Chad will appear January 14 before a court outside Paris to have their sentences adjusted, a prosecutor said Saturday.
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A Chadian court sentenced six French aid workers to eight years of forced labor Wednesday after finding them guilty of trying to kidnap 103 African children and bring them to Europe.
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N'DJAMENA  - France prepared a formal request on Thursday asking Chad to send home six French aid workers sentenced to eight years' hard labor for trying to kidnap 103 children, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said.
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A judge sentenced six French aid workers to eight years hard labor Wednesday after convicting them of trying to kidnap 103 children in the central African country of Chad.
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France will provide air support to humanitarian organizations supplying food and medicine to refugee camps in eastern Chad, a defense ministry spokesman said on Friday.
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ABECHE, Chad  - Chadian authorities charged nine French nationals on Tuesday with abduction and fraud after they were detained trying to fly 103 children to live with families in Europe, Chad's government said.
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One of French aid workers in Chad who denies abducting children tells a court they were misled by intermediaries.
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N'DJAMENA  - A court in Chad has set December 21 as the date for the start of the trial of six French humanitarian workers accused of trying to smuggle 103 African children to Europe, lawyers said on Thursday.
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French forces transported munitions from Libya and other countries to Chad's army during a rebellion earlier this month, a Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday.
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ABECHE, Chad  - The scandal over a French group suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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Aid workers in Chad's capital collect bodies from weekend street battles as France's defence minister visits.
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Nine French citizens are arrested in Chad over an alleged attempt to fly over 100 children out of the country.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's chief prosecutor asked a court on Wednesday to sentence a group of French aid workers to between 7 and 11 years forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country.
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Six French charity workers sentenced to eight years of forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from Chad will return to France, a Chadian official said.