Déby ’ s MPS party won 63 of 125 seats in the January 1997 legislative elections.

Déby won a flawed 63 % first-round victory in May 2001 presidential elections after legislative elections were postponed until spring 2002.

Déby was the MPS candidate in the 1996 presidential election and won in a second round.

Chadian president Idriss Déby accuses Sudanese President Omar Hasan Ahmad al-Bashir of trying to " destabilize our country, to drive our people into misery, to create disorder and export the war from Darfur to Chad.

On 28 August 2006, President Déby ordered Chevron and Petronas to quit the country.

In December 1990, with Libyan assistance and no opposition from French troops stationed in Chad, Déby ’ s forces successfully marched on N ’ Djamena.

After 3 months of provisional government, Déby ’ s Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) approved a national charter on February 28, 1991, with Déby as president.

*" Tchad: Réflexion de Saleh Kebzabo, député, leader de l ’ UNDR, sur le régime d ’ Idriss Déby ", a critical assessment by Kebzabo of Déby's rule, December 2005.

Gaddafi was the first head of state to recognize the new regime, and he also signed treaties of friendship and cooperation on various levels ; but regarding the Aouzou Strip Déby followed his predecessor, declaring that if necessary he would fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands.

Gaddafi was the first head of state to recognize the new regime, and he also signed treaties of friendship and cooperation on various levels ; but regarding the Aouzou Strip Déby followed his predecessor, declaring that if necessary he would fight to keep the strip out of Libya's hands.

In the 1996 presidential election, Kamougué, as the URD candidate, took second place in the first round on June 2 with 12. 39 % of the vote ; in the second round, held on July 3, he was defeated by incumbent President Idriss Déby, taking 30. 91 % of the vote compared to Déby's 69. 09 %.

Talks with political opponents in early 1996 did not go well, but Déby announced his intent to hold presidential elections in June.

In the May 2006 presidential election, Déby was re-elected with 64. 7 % of the vote.

Déby had become wary of Prime Minister Delwa Kassiré Koumakoye due to the latter's evident presidential ambitions, moving him to search a more malleable Prime Minister, as Djimasta was effectively to prove himself.

He was a candidate in the June 1996 presidential election, placing third with 8. 61 % of the vote ; he then backed President Idriss Déby for the second round.

Déby, in the mid-1990s, gradually restored basic functions of government and entered into agreements with the World Bank and IMF to carry out substantial economic reforms.

Current Chadian president Idriss Déby, revolted and fled to the Sudan, taking with him many Zaghawa and Hadjerai soldiers in 1989.

Lately, the Idris Déby regime has been waging an intermittent proxy war with Sudan.

Although relations with Libya improved with the presidency of Idriss Déby, strains persist.

The African leaders with close ties to France — especially during the Russo – American Cold War ( 1945 – 91 ) — acted more as agents of French business and geopolitical interests, than as the national leaders of sovereign states, such as Omar Bongo ( Gabon ), Félix Houphouët-Boigny ( Côte d ' Ivoire ), Gnassingbé Eyadéma ( Togo ), Denis Sassou-Nguesso ( Republic of the Congo ), Idriss Déby ( Chad ), and Hamani Diori ( Niger ).

Patassé's ruling party accused Chadian president Idriss Déby of destabilizing the Central African Republic by supporting Bozizé with men and equipment.

The appointment of Faki was unusual because, with Faki being a northerner, it meant that both the President and Prime Minister would be from the north ; typically the post of Prime Minister was given to a southerner in order to balance the fact that the Presidency was held by Déby, a northerner.

Faki resigned in early February 2005 amidst a civil service strike and a rumored quarrel with Déby.

After Idriss Déby, an army commander who participated in an unsuccessful plot against President Hissène Habré in 1989, fled to Sudan, he and his supporters, known as the April 1 Movement, operated from Sudan with Libyan backing and carried out attacks across the border into Chad.

Goukouni met with current Chadian president Idriss Déby on April 17, 2007, in Libreville, Gabon, to discuss ways to end the current civil war.

Goukouni returned to Chad on July 30, 2007, along with about twenty other exiled opponents of the regime, for a discussion with Déby regarding the rebellion and how to resolve the situation.

An administrator, Djimasta held various cabinet positions under Presidents Hissène Habré and Idriss Déby, beginning with his appointment as Minister of Health and Social Affairs in the cabinet created by Habré on October 21, 1982, shortly after his rise to power.

After the rise of Déby to power and the legalization of opposition political parties, he became a member of the Union for Democracy and the Republic, founded in 1992, and was a leading figure in the party, together with Jean Alingué Bawoyeu.

It was speculated that Kebzabo chose to run for President on this occasion because he had been unsuccessful in negotiating with Déby for the post of Prime Minister.

The Foreign relations of Chad are motivated primarily by the desire for outside investment in Chadian industry and support for Chadian President Idriss Déby.

Bozizé, who has received much support from President Déby, immediately decided to close the C. A. R .- Sudan border ( a decision which he has no capacity at all to enforce ).

In April 1989, Idriss Déby, one of Habré's leading generals and a Zaghawa, defected and fled to Darfur in Sudan, from which he mounted a Zaghawa-supported series of attacks on Habré ( a Gorane ).

Habré ruled Chad from 1982 until he was deposed in 1990 by Idriss Déby.

He said that in turn he wanted to be allowed to return to Chad from exile in the future, and he said that Déby had agreed to that.

Kebzabo later said that he had participated in the government in the belief that by doing so he could undermine Déby from within the system, and that as a result he believed the UNDR was a " permanent target " of Déby.

On Friday, February 1, 2008, rebels, an opposition alliance of leaders Mahamat Nouri, a former defense minister, and Timane Erdimi, a nephew of Idriss Déby who was his chief of staff, attacked the Chadian capital of Ndjamena-even surrounding the Presidential Palace.

** President of Chad Hissène Habré is deposed by the Patriotic Salvation Movement and replaced as president by its leader Idriss Déby.

During the next two years, Déby faced at least two coup attempts.

Several robot cities have been planned for the country: the first will be built in 2009 at a cost of 500 billion won, of which 50 billion is direct government investment.

Albert's personal qualities won for him the cognomen of the Bear, " not from his looks or qualities, for he was a tall handsome man, but from the cognisance on his shield, an able man, had a quick eye as well as a strong hand, and could pick what way was straightest among crooked things, was the shining figure and the great man of the North in his day, got much in the North and kept it, got Brandenburg for one there, a conspicuous country ever since ," says Carlyle, who called Albert " a restless, much-managing, wide-warring man.

The Ottomans were superior in number, but on October 10, 1394 ( or 17 May 1395 ), in the Battle of Rovine, on forested and swampy terrain, the Wallachians won the fierce battle and prevented Bayezid from conquering the country.

In 1942 Beech won its first Army-Navy ‘ E ’ Award production award and became one of the elite five percent of war contracting firms in the country to win five straight awards for production efficiency, mostly for the production of the Beechcraft 18 which remains in widespread use worldwide.

Parton's soundtrack album from her own 1992 film, Straight Talk, however was less successful, though her 1993 album Slow Dancing with the Moon won critical acclaim, and did well on the charts, reaching No. 4 on the country albums charts, and No. 16 on the Billboard 200 albums charts.

Ethnically based parties in Río Muni favored independence for a united country comprising Bioko and Río Muni, an approach that ultimately won out.

In 185 battles that France had fought over the past 800 years, their armies had won 132 times, lost 43 times and drawn only 10, giving the French military the best record of any country in Europe ".

Japan has won the Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film four times, again more than any other country in Asia.

Baresi is one of the few players who have won all domestic club, international club and national honours, and doing so all with his native country.

Ialá returned as the candidate for the PRS, claiming to be the legitimate president of the country, but the election was won by former president João Bernardo Vieira, deposed in the 1998 coup.

The country had fully democratic elections in 1930, won by Sténio Vincent.

Gaddafi announced that he had won a spectacular military victory over the United States and the country was officially renamed the " Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah ".

On May Day eve, country women won ’ t work in the field as well as in the house to avoid devastating storms and hail coming down on the village.

In the 1996 general elections the Natural Law Party ran candidates only in the Trentino-Alto Adige / Südtirol region, who won 8, 298 votes for the Chamber of Deputies and 5, 842 for the Senate ( about 1 % on a regional basis, 0. 2 % in the whole country ).

The VFU won a seat in the House of Representatives in 1918, and at the 1919 federal election the state-based country parties won seats in New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia.

The Liberal victory in 1980 highlighted a sharp geographical divide in the country: the party had won no seats west of Manitoba.

Medley also had solo success: In 1984, he scored country hits with " Till Your Memory's Gone " and " I Still Do " ( which crossed over to the adult contemporary charts and later became a " cult " hit with the Carolina Beach / Shag dance club circuit ); and in late 1987, his duet with Jennifer Warnes — "( I've Had ) The Time of My Life ", which appeared on the soundtrack for Dirty Dancing — topped the Billboard Hot 100 and won both an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song for a Motion Picture ( for the three songwriters, which did not include Medley ) as well as a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals ( which, of course, did ).

In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Stanford won more Olympic medals than any university in the United States and, in terms of medals won, tied with the country of Japan for 11th place.

This was also Kangaroos ' veteran Shannon Grant's last AFL game, and he was given a standing ovation by both Swans and Kangaroos players as he represented both clubs throughout his career ( although it was at North Melbourne where Grant really made his mark in the game ) Their only clash in 2009 ( Round 14, which the Swans won by 15 points to end a four-game losing streak ) was aired into both the Sydney and Brisbane markets rather than the live vs. match which was a high-rating television match around the rest of the country.

Roosevelt, however, had delayed too long, and Taft had already won the support of most party leaders in the country.

Stephen the Great ruled between 1457 and 1504, a period of nearly 50 years during which he won 32 battles defending his country against virtually all his neighbours ( mainly the Ottomans and the Tatars, but also the Hungarians and the Poles ), while losing only two.

In a referendum on March 16, 2003, Prince Hans-Adam, who had threatened to leave the country if he lost, won a large majority ( 64. 3 %) in favour of overhauling the constitution to effectively give him more powers than any other European monarch.