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The attack on Bria, about 600 km (360 miles) northeast of the capital Bangui, came a day after the alliance of insurgent movements threatened to overthrow President Francois Bozize if he failed to honor a five-year-old peace deal. Lawmakers walked out of parliament in Bangui on Tuesday as news of the attack spread and held a rally in support of the army. "The moment is delicate. The life of the nation is in danger," parliament speaker Celestin Leroy Gaombalet said. Long-running instability in landlocked CAR, roughly the size of former colonial master France, has discouraged major investment in its timber, gold, uranium and diamond deposits. A mix of local rebels, bandits, ethnic tensions and the spill-over of conflicts from neighboring Chad, Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo have undermined efforts to stabilize the nation which has suffered misrule since independence in 1960. The new rebel alliance is made up of breakaway factions from the CPJP, UFDR and CPSK - insurgent groups in the north of the country who signed a peace treaty with the government in 2007. It has taken a string of towns in the north and northeast including Ndele, Sam Ouandja, Bamingui and Ouadda in an advance that began last week, according to army sources and witnesses. DEMANDS Bria residents told Reuters by phone they were woken by small and heavy weapons fire at around 5am (0400 GMT). "The rebels took control of the town around midday," resident Francois Leki told Reuters by telephone. A military source, who asked not to be named, confirmed the army had lost the town to the rebels. "Yes, I can unfortunately confirm the fall of Bria and the deaths of around 15 of our men ... There are also many missing among our ranks," he said. In a statement issued on Monday, The rebel alliance demanded the government free prisoners and pay rebel soldiers money promised to them to lay down their weapons, among other demands. "Otherwise ... (the alliance) will take it upon itself to do everything possible to change, sooner or later, this regime which has done nothing to bring justice and peace to the Central African Republic. Enough is enough," it said. The rebels ambushed government soldiers sent to retake Ndele which was seized on December 10, an army officer told Reuters. Forty soldiers remain unaccounted for following the attack, in which the rebels took two vehicles loaded with weapons, ammunition and fuel, the officer said, asking not to be named. France said it was "extremely concerned" by the fighting. 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