U.S. Doubtful on 13,000 More UN Troops for Congo
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Washington is unlikely to  support fully a U.N. appeal for more than 13,000 additional  troops for the troubled U.N. peacekeeping mission in Congo but  no decision has been made, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
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The deployment of about 130 Fijian troops to Iraq next month to protect U.N. staff and facilities could lead to an expanded U.N. operation ahead of elections in January, if security conditions permit, the United Nations said Wednesday.
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Rwanda&#39;s president on Tuesday warned he would send forces after rebels that have launched attacks from neighboring Congo -- and suggested he may already have -- if Congo and the United Nations don&#39;t do more to disarm the fighters.
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UNITED NATIONS  - The Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Friday increasing the UN peacekeeping force in Congo by 5,900 troops and international police - less than half the amount requested by Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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Possible US help for DR Congo's army will be discussed when the two countries leaders meet in Washington.
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Red Cross says more than 13,000 unaccounted for from Bosnian conflict alone.
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Britain, France and the US have agreed to a 5,900 increase in the strength of the UN force in the Democratic Republic of Congo, fewer than half the reinforcements requested by the secretary general, Kofi Annan.
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President Bush expressed concern on Friday about renewed fighting in Congo where the government has struggled with little success to establish authority over lawless eastern regions of the African nation.
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U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the Security Council urged Rwanda on Thursday to refrain from any military action in Congo after reports as many as eight battalions of Rwandan troops may be in Congo.
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U.N. peacekeepers are scrambling to avoid new bloodshed in the volatile Great Lakes region of Africa following a massacre of Congolese refugees in western Burundi, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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GOMA, Congo, July 14 -- At least 100,000 people have been displaced in the volatile eastern region of Congo since January, when the government and a powerful renegade general agreed to combine their troops in an attempt to pacify the area, according to a U.N. Security Council report released...
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The European Union rushed more  peacekeepers to Congo on Tuesday as the U.N. and foreign  leaders struggled to end fighting between soldiers loyal to  President Joseph Kabila and supporters of his election rival.
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China is expected to send 130 police to Haiti to help bolster a U.N. peacekeeping force in Haiti, which is operating far below its authorized capacity, a State Department official said Monday night.
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KINSHASA - The United Nations says it may have found a way to prevent the further escalation of tensions between Congo and Rwanda.
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Sudan has backed away from a  warning to dozens of countries not to pledge troops to a U.N.  force for Darfur, the United States said on Friday.
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U.N. officials fear that Secretary General Kofi Annan may have lost the confidence of the organization's most powerful constituent, the U.S.
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BAGHDAD  - The United States failed win a promise from the United Nations to increase its staff in Iraq ahead of elections as Washington stepped up its charges that Damascus was sheltering insurgent leaders.