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Yemenia airline avoids EU blacklist despite crash (Reuters)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:25:24 +0000

Reuters - The European Union added all airlines from Djibouti, the Republic of Congo and Sao Tome and Principe to its airline safety blacklist on Friday, but Yemenia Yemen Airways avoided inclusion despite a fatal crash in June.

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UN helicopter attacked in Congo; 4 wounded (AP)

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:32:48 +0000

AP - The United Nations says at least four of its peacekeepers have been wounded in northern Congo after a U.N. helicopter was attacked by armed men.

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UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries (AP)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:16:25 +0000

AP - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said.

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UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries (AP)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:36:00 +0000

AP - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe, a United Nations report said.

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U.N. fails to halt Congo rebels: experts (Reuters)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:52 +0000

Reuters - U.N. backing for Congolese army operations in the east has failed to stamp out Rwandan rebels, the United Nations' own experts said on Wednesday.

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Report: Congo massacre witnesses were threatened (AP)

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:49:20 +0000

AP - Witnesses testifying against two Congolese warlords at the International Criminal Court have been threatened and the court does not have the resources to fully protect them, a senior investigator testified Wednesday.

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2 warlords plead innocent in Congo massacre trial (AP)

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:23:46 +0000

AP - Two Congolese militia leaders sent child soldiers and other fighters to wipe out a village in a revenge attack that left more than 200 men, women and children dead, a prosecutor told judges Tuesday at the International Criminal Court.

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Hutu extremist group leaders arrested in Germany (AP)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:43 +0000

AP - Two top leaders of a mostly ethnic Hutu militia were arrested in Germany Tuesday on suspicion of committing crimes against humanity in Congo.

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