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CITY'S FALL HIGHLIGHTS CONGO'S ELUSIVE QUEST FOR PEACE UN CONCEDES AS INSURGENTS SEIZE BUKAVU
; BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo The seizure of a major eastern...800-strong United Nations contingent in Congo to prevent Bukavu from falling into the hands of renegade troops who refused...mission in Congo?" asked Jean-Pierre, a terrified resident of Bukavu who declined to give his last name, as a ...
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DRCONGO: Why trouble flared in Bukavu
; The occupation of Bukavu by rebel forces in June has highlighted...soldiers stormed the strategic town of Bukavu, close to the border with Rwanda on 2...leader Brig-Gen Laurent Nkunda, overran Bukavu and its loyalist forces. Nkunda, a Congolese...
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Divided army puts Congo peace accord at risk of collapse; Loyal soldiers retake Bukavu after mutiny.(WORLD)(BRIEFING: AFRICA)
; ...Carter Dougherty, THE WASHINGTON TIMES BUKAVU, Congo - The fall last week of this important...renegades marched in from the north, seized Bukavu and went into an orgy of pillage, rape...government in Kinshasa, the men began leaving Bukavu this week. Yesterday, troops loyal to...
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Protesters in Congo target UNOutrage over seizure of Bukavu by rebels
; ...peacekeepers to prevent the eastern town of Bukavu from falling to rebels.The most violent...military commanders launched an attack on Bukavu on Wednesday, seizing control of the strategic...commanders on Thursday told journalists in Bukavu that they intended to pull out of the...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Bukavu taken.(News)
; Government forces recaptured the strategic Congo city of Bukavu yesterday, ending a one week take-over by renegade troops that...drums and honked horns as soldiers marched into the centre of Bukavu without firing a shot -hours after rebel leader Colonel Jules...
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Zairian Rebels Agree to Refugee Aid; U.N.-Led Relief Operation to Goma, Bukavu Could Begin Today
; Aid workers will try to bring truckloads of badly needed food and medicine into the eastern Zairian towns of Goma and Bukavu, a U.N. official said today, a day after securing Tutsi rebels' approval. Rebel leader Laurent Kabila agreed Saturday to...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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High hopes for stability in Congo
; BUKAVU, Congo (AP) -- Government forces retook control of this...political issues that led to the outbreak of violence in Bukavu. Thousands of cheering residents -- some beating drums...horns -- turned out to greet soldiers as they marched into Bukavu, regaining control of the city from troops loyal to ...
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REBELS SEIZE TOWN IN CONGO
; BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo Renegade Congolese soldiers...halted the nation's five-year civil war. The crises of Bukavu, perched at the southern tip of Lake Kivu in the heart...government tried to overwhelm a government garrison in Bukavu from the south. It ended for the moment when another ...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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The fire rekindles; The Democratic Republic of Congo.(Congo's war re-ignites, maybe)
; Bukavu changes hands, again Despite a peace pact, rebels seize...increasingly looks as if it is not. This week, rebels surged into Bukavu, one of the most important cities in eastern Congo, which...Laurent Nkunda, a Congolese Tutsi, is now installed in Bukavu's governor's mansion, an elegant villa ...
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Rebel troops push back Congo army
; BUKAVU, Congo: Congolese soldiers have retreated from positions at the airport near the eastern town of Bukavu after two hours of fighting with an advancing column of...still controlled the airport, some 35 kilometres north of Bukavu, and had not engaged in fighting. Bukavu itself was calm...
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