Fighting broke out between rebel and government forces in eastern Chad on Tuesday, nearly two months after a failed insurgent bid to oust President Idriss Déby Itno, rebel officials said. The clashes occurred in the eastern Ade region bordering Sudan, said Ali Gadaye, spokesperson for the main rebel group, the National Alliance.
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/ 19 November 2007
Italy’s opposition leader Silvio Berlusconi has dumped his right-wing allies in a bid to form a new centrist force that he hopes can carry him back to power at an early election. In an interview Berlusconi explained his surprise decision to dissolve his ”House of Freedoms” alliance with Catholics, separatists and post-fascists.