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Article: President Deby returns after a month in Paris to dispell rumors about his health; Sudanese president expected Sunday
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- August 9, 2003
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Dateline: N'DJAMENA, Chad
President Idriss Deby returned to Chad Saturday after a month in Paris
during which rumors swirled about his health following a report that
he had collapsed during the African Union summit in mid-July.
Deby, 51, walked unaided in the pouring rain from his airplane and
waved to the waiting crowd, but he did not speak.
While attending the AU summit in Maputo, Mozambique, Deby was reported
to have collapsed; instead of returning to N'Djamena on July 13 with
the rest of the Chadian delegation, he continued on to Paris. He is
reported to have suffered from a pancreas ailment in the past.
Deby, who came to power in a December 1990 coup, was to meet ...