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Kisangani Calm As Residents Brace for Chaos; Rebels and Government Troops Face Off Around Key Zaire City
; Kisangani, north-central Zaire's largest city, is tense but quiet...according to residents and a U.N. team that visited today. Kisangani, a commercial and transportation hub on the Zaire River...main roads leading to it. The rebels hope that by taking Kisangani -- around which the relatively few ...
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If City Falls, Chaos Could Split Zaire; Kisangani Is Economic And Geographic Hub
; If Kisangani, Zaire's third-largest city, falls to...uprising probably would be over. For Kisangani, an economic hub in a strategic location...of its few hundred mercenaries around Kisangani, sent military aircraft on bombing missions...
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Zaire Braces for Impending Fall of Key City; Residents, Diplomats Look Beyond Anticipated Battle for Kisangani, Gauge Fallout
; ...prepare to assault the northeastern city of Kisangani, Zairians and foreign diplomats said...analysts here, the question of whether Kisangani will fall is no longer much discussed...capital, anticipating that the fall of Kisangani would suddenly end Mobutu's 31-year reign...
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Last government-held city in eastern Zaire falls to rebels Loss of Kisangani raises questions about viability of president's rule
; Kisangani, the last government-held city in eastern Zaire, fell...slowly among the population, but for many the fall of Kisangani, Zaire's third largest city and the centerpiece of the...Serbian mercenaries who had been leading the defense of Kisangani. The mercenaries, under fire, abandoned the ...
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U.N. Seeks Out Refugees in Zaire Battle Zone; Up to 350,000 Roam Area Where Rebels Are Pressing Toward City of Kisangani
; As Zairian rebel forces drive toward Kisangani, Zaire's third-largest city, U.N. officials...eastern border region, now is centered on Kisangani, which would be the rebel movement's...commerce in the northeastern region, Kisangani is also headquarters for Zairian army...
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At Congo Port, a Long-Awaited Arrival; Peace Agreement Reopens Kisangani After 5 Years of Isolation by Rebels
; ...across their bows. But the people of Kisangani didn't seem to mind as they rushed to...arrival signaled the reconnection of Kisangani, the legendary Stanleyville at the awesome...miniature Antwerp." Before the civil war, Kisangani was an industrial hub producing soap...
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Zaire rebels target Kisangani airport
; ...threatened yesterday to attack the country's Kisangani airbase, which has been used to bomb...significant artery, the River Zaire, Kisangani is viewed as the key to controlling the...and Walikale on Monday took off from Kisangani. Aid officials said that at least nine...
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Rebels Near Zaire's Third-Largest City; Heavy Fighting Reported at Kisangani Airport
; ...Zairian army forces at the airport at Kisangani, base of the government's two-month-old...airport is roughly 10 miles north of Kisangani. "We're not strolling into town the way...Congo-Zaire), have been surging toward Kisangani. The insurgents, who have grabbed territory...
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Zairean Rebels Enter Kisangani to
; ...rebels entered Zaire's strategic city of Kisangani this afternoon and were received with...they fled, according to reports from Kisangani. AFP quoted a spokesman of the rebels...today that fighting was continuing in Kisangani and that the rebels have taken the international...
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Ugandan Troops in Kisangani on Full Alert: Official KAMPALA, February 4
; ...Uganda People's DefenseForces deployed in Kisangani, the third largest city in theDemocratic...his alliedforces want to fight towards Kisangani, he will merely beprovoking the Ugandan...in self-defense. The Ugandan troops in Kisangani reserve the right to fight backif attacked...
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