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| | News: Chad, Chad officials visit southeastern city after rebel offensive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | AM TIMAN, Chad, Oct 27, 2006 (AFP) - A Chadian government delegation Friday visited this southeastern city, now under army control, which was briefly occupied earlier this week by rebels in a renewed insurgency. |
 | | Defense Minister Bichara Issa Djadallah, a representative of the territorial administration Ahmat Mahamat Bachir and government spokesman Hourmadji Moussa Doumgor visited a hospital in Am Timan, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) east of N'Djamena, an AFP correspondent at the scene reported. |
 | | The rebels had seized control of Am Timan on Monday, only to abandon their positions two days later and retreat toward the borders with Sudan and the Central African Republic. |
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