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04/16/2006:

"400 killed in clashes: Chad cuts ties with Sudan"

N’DJAMENA: Chad broke off diplomatic relations with Sudan on Friday, accusing it of arming rebels who tried to storm the capital N’Djamena in an attack that killed 400 people. Rebels fighting to overthrow President Idriss Deby Itno said the capital was still within their reach, denying government claims that the rebellion had been crushed.

"For the moment there is calm, but that does not mean that we are not in range of N’Djamena," rebel United Front for Change (FUC) spokesman Abdel Maname Mahamat Khattat told Radio France International. "It is a tactical withdrawal," he said.

The rebel offensive has triggered alarm in the international community and comes just weeks ahead of presidential elections in the oil-rich but impoverished state in sub-Saharan Africa.
jang.com