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Tuesday, 28 October 2008 |
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Hundreds of angry protesters attacked a United Nations compound in eastern Congo on Monday in frustration that peacekeepers had not halted the rebel advance through the countryside.
Jaya Murthy, a spokesman for UNICEF, said that heavy fighting between government troops and rebel forces left tens of thousands displaced people.
Rebels under the command of Laurent Nkunda rejected several cease-fires brokered by the United Nations, and threatened to take his war all the way to Kinshasa.
He said he is fighting to protect ethnic Tutsis.
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