Rebels Fight for Chad's Capital
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France appears reluctant to commit its own forces to save the government, but the rebels are unlikely to win much recognition if they win
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N'DJAMENA  - Rebels fighting to overthrow Chad's President Idriss Deby attacked the eastern town of Adre on the border with Darfur on Thursday, in a raid the Chadian government said had been launched from neighboring Sudan.
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N'DJAMENA  - Chadian rebels surrounded the presidential palace in N'Djamena on Saturday after storming into the capital, and France began evacuating French and foreign nationals from the city.
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Turbaned troops patrolled the streets of Chad's capital in pickup trucks Friday while residents took stock of the damage from days of fierce fighting that brought rebels to the doorstep of the presidential palace.
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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of Abeche on Saturday in their latest strike against President Idriss Deby's rule, but government forces said they had withdrawn and surrounded the town.
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There is heavy fighting in eastern Chad two days after a state of emergency was declared.
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Ivory Coast's rebels pledged on Monday to drive President Laurent Gbagbo's army back to the main city Abidjan if it attacks their territory again, raising the specter of all-out war in the West African country.
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Chad's government told the French military it still was fighting rebels using "air power" outside of N'Djamena, the capital, according to French military spokesman Cmdr. Christophe Prazuck
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At least 100 people died in the weekend fighting between government forces and rebels in Chad, aid agencies say.
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Hundreds of rebels charged into Chad's capital aboard pickup trucks Saturday, clashing with government troops around the presidential palace in the most forceful attempt yet to oust President Idriss Deby.
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Chadian air force planes on Monday attacked a Chadian rebel base across the border, southwest of El-Geneina in the Darfur region of Sudan, a military source 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 government denies the capital is under threat from a rebel advance, as troops deploy outside the capital.
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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
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Rebels in Chad have seized a strategically important central town, a rebel spokesman says.
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A Chadian rebel group claims to have shot down a military plane which was bombing their positions.
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Chadian troops fight a fierce battle with rebels in the east of the country with reports of heavy casualties.