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Sunday, May 14, 2006

Ahmat Mahamat Bachir, the president of the Chadian Independent National Election Commission, announces that incumbent President of Chad Idriss Déby won the 2006 Chadian presidential election held on May 3 with 77.5% of the vote. The official turnout was 61%, though international observers estimated turnout at 4ndash10%. //english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F04B7CC9-AAD5-4CDD-B47B-CEDF04405C65.htm (Al Jazeera)
The IDF killed Elias al-Ashkar, the senior Islamic Jihad commander in the Jenin area who was accused of planning several suicide attacks that killed nearly 30 people, including US high-school student Daniel Wultz. Six other Palestinians were also killed. //www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/715651.html (Haaretz), //www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14581043.htm (Miami Herald)
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