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N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) - Rebels attacked a town in eastern Chad on Tuesday but the army repulsed them after a four-hour battle, the prime minister said.
The Chadian rebels crossed over from Sudan and attacked the small town of Ade, said Prime Minister Nouradine Delwa Kassire Koumakoye. The army was sent in and drove out the rebels within four hours.
He did not give details of casualties or damage in his briefing to diplomats in the Chadian capital, N'Djamena. The prime minister said the attack was a violation of a deal that neighbors Sudan and Chad signed earlier this month to suppress armed groups operating along their shared border.
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