Congo rebels attack government forces in east
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Fighters loyal to a dissident general  attacked army positions in eastern Congo with heavy weapons and  small arms on Saturday, said the government and the United  Nations.
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Gunmen opened fire on an election rally and killed several people in Congo's volatile east, the United Nations reported Wednesday, the latest outburst of violence as the nation prepares for its first free legislative and presidential balloting in 46 years.
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BUKAVU, Congo  - Government troops in eastern Congo battled Rwandan militiamen in growing violence between the former allies from the country's bloody 1998-2002 war, UN and Congo army officials said Monday.
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Clashes worsen between the army and rebels in eastern DR Congo, as the UN relief chief fears for civilians.
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Ethiopia's Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels said further fighting with security forces in the nation's remote east had brought the number of government soldiers killed to more than 250.
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Renegade soldiers have advanced 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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Renegade soldiers battled troops loyal to the Congolese government Sunday, UN officials said, adding that at least 100,000 people have fled a week of fighting in eastern Congo.
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The Sri Lankan military says at least 30 Tamil Tiger rebels have been killed in fierce fighting in the country's east.
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Thousands fled their homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday after "open combat" between rebels loyal to renegade general Laurent Nkunda and government troops, the army said.
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NAIROBI, Kenya - Eastern Congo continues to be wracked by violence, UN officials said yesterday, and battles between rival militias are driving thousands of beleaguered villagers from their homes and complicating the government's efforts to strike a truce.
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Congo&#39;s government has announced that forces loyal to Kinshasa have ousted gunmen that seized a southern mining town earlier this week, killing 30 rebels.
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Fighters loyal to a dissident general attacked army positions in eastern Congo with heavy weapons and small arms on Saturday, said the government and the United Nations.
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Fourteen die in a gunfight between a militia and the army in Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Congo's army said on Monday it had launched strikes against renegade fighters in the volatile eastern border region with Rwanda, killing at least 28 insurgents during clashes lasting several hours.
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Congo's government spokesman denied  Tuesday that rival army factions were fighting each other in  the east of the country and insisted the clashes were between  Congolese and Rwandan forces.
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The Congolese government said Tuesday its troops were battling soldiers from Rwanda, pointing to the capture of two forces from its longtime foe as proof that the neighboring country&#39;s army had re-entered Congo&#39;s east.
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KINSHASA  - The Democratic Republic of Congo army is fighting &quot;a war against Rwanda&quot; in the east of the vast country, a government spokesman said after two days of fighting in the town of Kanyabayonga had left dozens dead.