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- CNPC begins construction of Chad oil pipeline
OGJ Oil Diplomacy Editor LOS ANGELES, July 2 -- China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has begun construction in Chad of a 300-km oil pipeline that will transport crude from Koudalwa field to the Djarmaya refinery, north of N'Djamena. 'Chadians have
- Sudan ridicules Chad?s denial of harboring Darfur rebels
(KHARTOUM) ? Sudan has described statements by Chadian foreign minister about the absence of Darfur rebel in Chad as false and belied by the facts. The Chadian foreign minister Moussa Faki Mohamed had stated that Justice and Equality Movement rebels do
- Somalia, Zimbabwe and Chad top the global index
* Daily Times Monitor LAHORE: Pakistan, split down the middle with terrorist attacks and facing an economic crisis, remains among the top 10 failed states, according to an index prepared by the Foreign Policy Journal. Placed ninth among all countries
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Chad, part of France's African holdings until 1960, endured three decades of civil warfare as well as invasions by Libya before a semblance of peace was finally restored in 1990. The government eventually drafted a democratic constitution, and held flawed presidential elections in 1996 and 2001. In 1998, a rebellion broke out in northern Chad, which sporadically flares up despite several peace agreements between the government and the rebels. In 2005 new rebel groups emerged in western Sudan and have made probing attacks into eastern Chad. Power remains in the hands of an ethnic minority. In June 2005, President Idriss DEBY held a referendum successfully removing constitutional term limits.
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Reuters - Some of the biggest names in rock have banded together to form a new supergroup. They call it Chickenfoot, a name they readily admit is "silly."
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