World News (Evening) for February 04th, 2008
16.51 Mon Feb 04 2008
Super Tuesday: campaigns heat up - Woman killed in Israeli suicide bomb attack - Quake kills 38 in Rwanda - Foreigners flee Chad fighting
Foreigners flee Chad fighting
10.22 Mon Feb 04 2008
Hundreds have been evacuated from strife-torn Chad as UN chiefs plan further meetings to discuss ways to bring an end to the fighting.
Emergency talks over unrest in Chad
22.56 Sun Feb 03 2008
The United Nations Security Council is holding an emergency meeting to discuss the deteriorating situation in Chad.
Reports of ceasefire in Chad
23.03 Sat Feb 02 2008
A Chadian rebel leader has agreed to a ceasefire with government forces, according to unconfirmed reports.
World Bulletin for February 02nd, 2008
16.57 Sat Feb 02 2008
Rebels in Chad storm capital - Bomb explodes on Sri Lanka bus - Sarkozy marries supermodel Carla Bruni
Clooney makes peace trip to Chad
09.55 Wed Jan 23 2008
Hollywood star George Clooney travelled to Chad in his new role as a 'messenger of peace' for the UN.
Jailed French aid workers fly home
21.06 Fri Dec 28 2007
Six French aid workers sentenced to hard labour in Chad have returned to France under an accord between the two states.
French aid workers sentenced to hard labour
09.02 Thu Dec 27 2007
Six French aid workers have each been sentenced to eight years of hard labour for attempting to take 103 children out of Chad.
Zoe's Ark trial set to open
10.46 Fri Dec 21 2007
The trial of six members of a French charity accused of trying to kidnap 103 children in Chad is set to open.
Zoe's Ark six refused bail in Chad
16.04 Wed Nov 14 2007
Six French activists accused of trying to abduct African children and fly them to Europe have been refused bail in Chad.
Chad: Spanish air crew freed
12.38 Fri Nov 09 2007
Three Spanish air crew and a Belgian pilot who were being held for allegedly taking part in a plot to abduct 103 children have been freed.
Chad detainees in court
23.32 Sat Nov 03 2007
A magistrate in Chad has spent Saturday questioning a group of Europeans accused of attempting to kidnap 103 African children.
UN: 'Most of Chad orphans have families'
11.46 Thu Nov 01 2007
Most of the 103 children from Chad which were to be flown to Europe actually have at least one close relative, UN agencies have said.
Chad: Europeans charged with child abduction
13.14 Wed Oct 31 2007
Nine French and seven Spanish nationals have been charged with fraud and abducting 103 children from Chad.
Aid workers held over 'kidnap' plot
17.56 Mon Oct 29 2007
Nine members of a charity organisation are being held in Chad after allegedly trying to smuggle children from Africa to Europe.
Chad admits killing in Sudan
23.02 Tue Apr 10 2007
The Darfur crisis could grow after Chad's government admitted forces entered Sudan's territory and killed several Sudanese soldiers.