Chad prosecutor seeks forced labor for six French
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N'DJAMENA  - Chad's chief prosecutor asked a court on Wednesday to sentence a group of French aid workers to between 7 and 11 years forced labor for trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country.
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A court in Chad on Wednesday sentenced six French workers from the Zoe's Ark charity to eight years' hard labour for trying to fly 103 children they said were orphans from Darfur out to France.
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Chad's president said Thursday he was "ready to pardon" six French aid workers convicted in December of trying to kidnap over 100 children they said were orphans from Darfur.
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Six French charity workers convicted in Chad of attempting to kidnap 103 children flew out of the central African country on Friday to serve out their sentences in France.
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A prosecutor in Chad says 18 people face charges over the alleged attempted abduction of 103 children.
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French officials sought on Wednesday to ease tensions with Chad after President Nicolas Sarkozy offended local sensibilities by promising to bring home a group of Europeans accused of abducting 103 African children.
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A Chadian minister says six French aid workers are likely to go to jail after trying to fly 100 children out of Chad.
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Six suspects accused of murder and war crimes could face death penalty if convicted
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N'DJAMENA  - Six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor each after a court in Chad found them guilty on Wednesday of trying to kidnap 103 children from the African country.
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N'DJAMENA  - France prepared a formal request on Thursday asking Chad to send home six French aid workers sentenced to eight years' hard labor for trying to kidnap 103 children, the Foreign Ministry in Paris said.
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Six French aid workers jailed in Chad for child trafficking will fly home on Friday, a Chadian official says.
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Six French aid workers sentenced to  hard labor in Chad for trying to kidnap 103 children will be  returned to France on Friday under an accord between the two  states, a Chad justice ministry official said.
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French aid workers were sentenced to eight years hard labor and $9 million Wednesday after being convicted for kidnapping children in the African nation of Chad.
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A group of French charity workers, condemned at home for an attempt to fly more than 100 children to France from the Chad-Darfur border, awaited a decision Monday from the Chadian authorities on whether to press kidnapping charges.
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ABECHE, Chad  - The scandal over a French group suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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Chadian authorities charged nine  French nationals on Tuesday with abducting children and fraud  after they were detained trying to fly 103 children to Europe.
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France says it will ask the Chadian authorities to allow six French aid workers home to serve a jail sentence.