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  • May 2008

    • Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 11, 08 6:12 AM CDT

      Sudan Cuts Ties With Chad After Surprise Rebel Attack

      Sudan today severed ties with Chad, charging that the nation aided hundreds of Darfur rebels who launched a surprise assault on the Khartoum suburb of Omdurman late yesterday. Khartoum and Omdurman were heavily guarded and under curfew after the assault hundreds of miles from rebel bases in the west. Sudanese leaders assured residents that the threat was over. Chad has denied involvement. More »

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      Sudan  • Darfur  • Crisis in Darfur  • Chad  • Khartoum  • Sudanese

  • February 2008

    • Chad President Claims 'Control' of Country

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Feb 6, 08 2:19 PM CST

      Chad President Claims 'Control' of Country

      The president of Chad said today his forces had reclaimed control of the whole nation, the AP reports. "Security forces have repulsed the aggressors. The mercenaries directed by Sudan have been forced to flee," Idriss Deby said in his first public remarks since the uprising began last week. A rebel leader, however, said the coalition had accepted a ceasefire negotiated by Libya. More »

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      Sudan  • Chad  • Idriss Deby  • Khartoum  • Chadian rebels  • N'Djamena

  • December 2007
  • November 2007

    • Teacher Held for Teddy Bear Blasphemy

      newser  |  Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Nov 26, 07 7:25 PM CST

      Teacher Held for Teddy Bear Blasphemy

      A UK teacher in Sudan may get 40 lashes and a 6-month sentence over a teddy bear named "Mohammed," the Telegraph reports. Sudanese cops nabbed Gillian Gibbons yesterday for blasphemy after she let her elementary school kids name the bear after Islam's prophet. School director Robert Boulos, who has closed the school for fear of attacks, said Gibbons used the bear as a teaching tool. More »

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      Sudan  • Islamic Sharia law  • blasphemy  • Khartoum

  • September 2007

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