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Trial will 'be at home'

Chad intends to try 10 Europeans accused of abducting 103 African children, despite an appeal from French President Nicolas Sarkozy to hear the case in France, Chadian Interior Minister Ahmat Mahamat Bachir said.

France and Chad have a judicial cooperation agreement that could make it possible for the six French members of the group to be tried in France, and Sarkozy said on Sunday he would prefer that.