Congolese troops retake southern town -government
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Congolese forces have retaken a southeastern town from a mysterious armed group and killed 20 of the rebels, a government spokesman said on Saturday.
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afrol News, 20 December - The weekend has seen the resumption of heavy fighting between factions of the Congolese army in the province North Kivu in eastern Congo, close to the Rwandan border.
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Taliban militants seized two towns in tumultuous southern Afghanistan, forcing police and government officials to flee, officials said Monday.
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Government forces entered a major city in volatile eastern Chad early Sunday, one day after rebels launched an attack and claimed to have seized the town, witnesses said.
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Taleban forces in southern Afghanistan take control of a town at the centre of controversial UK peace deal.
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Iraq formally took over security control of the southern oil province of Basra from British forces on Sunday paving the way for Britain to sharply reduce its nearly 5,000-strong troop presence.
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Bolstered by French and African support, government forces in the Central African Republic recaptured a northeastern town from rebels without incident, rebels and French officials said.
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Congolese soldiers loyal to a renegade general took the eastern town of Sake on Sunday after a brief engagement with U.N. troops and clashes with the army that killed at least five and wounded dozens, U.N. officials said.
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Goma - Former rebels have blocked Congolese troops from reinforcing positions near its volatile border with Rwanda, after clashes between the two sides on Sunday, the region&#39;s military chief said on Monday.
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Ethiopian troops trying to protect Somalia's weak government moved into a second Somali town before dawn Saturday, seizing control of an airport, witnesses and aid workers said.
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Government forces drove the Tamil Tigers from a key town Monday, adding to rebels' diplomatic woes.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Hundreds of Taliban militants overran a southern Afghan town that British troops had left after a contentious peace agreement in October, destroying the government center and temporarily holding elders hostage, officials and residents said yesterday.
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Afghan and foreign forces have recaptured   a district headquarters taken by rebels last week, killing   about 20 Taliban fighters.
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Renegade soldiers have gained ground in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, taking control of two more villages during clashes with government troops, United Nations officials said on Monday.
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The fighting between government troops and Congolese rebels has raised fears of a renewal of the warfare that broke out in August 1998.
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KANYABAYONGA, Congo  - Rebel soldiers confronting  army loyalists near this deserted Congolese farming town  declared victory on Friday after clashes that stirred fears of  fresh violence in turbulent central Africa.
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Thousands of people who fled four days of fighting in an eastern Congo town began returning home Wednesday after clashes between government forces and renegade troops subsided, witnesses said.