Villagers flee clashes, huddle in forests
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GOMA, Congo -- Thousands of civilians have fled their homes after clashes in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said yesterday, although it was unclear who was behind the violence.
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Nepal's political deadlock leaves thousands of communist guerrillas in a Himalayan limbo
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BOWARA, Central African Republic  - Driven from their homes by armed raiders, terrified villagers in northwest Central African Republic say they are surviving in the bush eating roots, fruit and leaves.
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Rural roads are being traveled by more and more people, leading to an increase in fatal wildlife-related crashes.
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Crosses, burned vehicles and blown-up bridges mark the narrow road that runs from a provincial capital to this village near the Venezuelan border &#151; the scars of a protracted and bitter battle between a right-wing paramilitary group and Marxist rebels for control of the region's cocaine industry.
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There is no war yet in this Kurdish mountain village, which sits about one-third of a mile from the guns of a Turkish border post. But neither is there much peace.
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Â·  Chaos as rescue teams rush to save villagers Â·  More than sixty now dead despite mass evacuation
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For much of his life, Viroj Dedsongprak paid little attention to the mangrove forests that surrounded his Thai village. He thought nothing of it when neighbors chopped down trees for firewood or plowed them under for shrimp ponds.
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GOMA, Congo  - Thousands of civilians have fled  their homes after clashes in the east of Democratic Republic of  Congo, the United Nations' humanitarian arm said on Friday.
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Weekend fighting between rival factions of the armed forces in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced an undisclosed number of people, official sources reported on Monday.
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SWAT, Pakistan - Hundreds of civilians used a cease-fire yesterday between government forces and militant supporters of a pro-Taliban cleric to flee a scenic valley where fighting has killed more than 100 people.
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GOMA, Congo  - Thousands of civilians fled renewed fighting between Tutsi-dominated rebels, army troops and pro-government militia in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, the U.N. peacekeeping mission said.
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Angry villagers blockade Guyana's main east-west highway in response to a weekend rampage by gunmen.
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Across India&#39;s northeast, in remote mountain villages and heavily forested hills, dozens of ethnic militant groups are waging war.
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Once villagers learn about their rights, NGO Tostan finds, they begin to reshape their communities in order to assert them.
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Thousands of civilians are fleeing clashes between Rwandan Hutu rebels and unidentified opponents near the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Goma, a senior UN official says.
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Renewed fighting Saturday inside a national park in Congo that is home to endangered mountain gorillas forced rangers to flee for the second time in less than a week, conservationists said.