Chad vote goes ahead despite rebel threat, boycott

Chad vote goes ahead despite rebel threat, boycott
Reuters AlertNet - London,England,UK
... Deby, an ex-army chief who seized control of the former French colony in 1990 and won elections in 1996 and 2001, is seen easily winning a third five-year term ...
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Thai military chief visits Cambodia for boundary talks
People's Daily Online - Beijing,China
... been made due to the legal complexities of the boundary agreement signed by Thailand - then Siam - and France, a century ago, when Cambodia was a French colony ...

Pondicherry readies for elections
Hindustan Times - India
... constituencies will be held on May 8. The total number of voters in the former French colony is 659,062. This is the only territory where ...