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                                        <title>Baby gorillas in Congo getting a new playpen: Paradise - CN</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <pubDate>Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Congo fishing rights clashes 'force thousands to flee' - BB</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <pubDate>Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Injuries as DR.Congo plane overshoots runway - AFP</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <author>congo news</author>
                                        <pubDate>Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Laptops, Cell Phones Fueling Rape and War in the Congo? - P</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>Over 30 Ugandan rebels surrender in north-east Congo - Mons</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &amp;lt;table border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; cellpadding=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; cellspacing=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;vertical-align:top;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;font style=&amp;quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;font style=&amp;quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;padding-top:0.8em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;lh&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.monstersandcritics.com%2Fnews%2Fafrica%2Fnews%2Farticle_1514603.php%2FOver-30-Ugandan-rebels-surrender-in-north-east-Congo&amp;usg=AFQjCNFL3Ru1fUj0sQLL5Y0iWQx_BRqHEA&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Over 30 Ugandan rebels surrender in north-east &lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Monsters and Critics.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The Ugandan and Congolese military joined forces last year to battle the rebels in eastern DR &lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt;, where they fled several years ago after a decades-long &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newvision.co.ug%2FD%2F8%2F12%2F701819&amp;usg=AFQjCNFsFzs84e8ZqJ-f3WwAq4grMQ9Ggg&quot;&gt;34 LRA rebels surrender in DR &lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New Vision&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reliefweb.int%2Frw%2Frwb.nsf%2Fdb900SID%2FADGO-7XYS28%3FOpenDocument&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0RrKSG5cIpq6p-u0K-q3LVDRZEg&quot;&gt;DR &lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt;: Children held by LRA releases, for missionaries &amp;quot;A sign of hope&amp;quot;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ReliefWeb (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;ncl=dbLFdXdccUga0dMIJG7OTZh0yh-YM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 6 news articles&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <pubDate>Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>New Legislative Action Tackles Congo Conflict Minerals - Hu</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &amp;lt;table border=&amp;quot;0&amp;quot; cellpadding=&amp;quot;2&amp;quot; cellspacing=&amp;quot;7&amp;quot; style=&amp;quot;vertical-align:top;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=&quot;80&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;font style=&amp;quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot; class=&quot;j&quot;&gt;&amp;lt;font style=&amp;quot;font-size:85%;font-family:arial,sans-serif&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;lt;div style=&amp;quot;padding-top:0.8em;&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;&quot; height=&quot;1&quot; width=&quot;1&quot; /&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&amp;lt;div class=&amp;quot;lh&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fjohn-prendergast%2Fnew-legislative-action-ta_b_363020.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNGEYwfjwL0KbUwXRRaBrB33M2z3Mw&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;New Legislative Action Tackles &lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt; Conflict Minerals&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;Huffington Post (blog)&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;The introduction of the Conflict-Free &lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt; Minerals Act of 2009 in the United States House of Representatives today marks a critical milestone in the &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fallafrica.com%2Fstories%2F200911191195.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNH_ZTx8pcgk9cu0u9-t2I4oKqLUag&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;Congo&lt;/b&gt;-Kinshasa: Rep. mcdermott Introduces Conflict Minerals Trade Act&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;AllAfrica.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fseattletimes.nwsource.com%2Fhtml%2Fthebusinessofgiving%2F2010307805__not_all_cell_phones.html&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJjD1MMdu_lQCefrQPIOvmuswP7g&quot;&gt;Bill introduced to curb mineral trade that fuels war and rape&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Seattle Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.seattleweekly.com%2Fdailyweekly%2F2009%2F11%2Fjim_mcdermott_adds_a_layer_of.php&amp;usg=AFQjCNHnnKCfJ9iaR8frc48EEH2VxvwWWg&quot;&gt;Rep. Jim mcdermott Adds One More Layer of Guilt to Being a High-Tech Consumer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; color=&quot;#6f6f6f&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Seattle Weekly&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font size=&quot;-1&quot; class=&quot;p&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.undispatch.com%2Fnode%2F9170&amp;usg=AFQjCNGavQbG-7gLVQxK_cKfI46j5PcZvw&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;UN Dispatch&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webwire.com%2FViewPressRel.asp%3FaId%3D108069&amp;usg=AFQjCNEpQXNFwH277TFZX0Pn0a0kjPzHDw&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WebWire (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;amp;nbsp;-&lt;a href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/url?fd=R&amp;sa=T&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthtimes.org%2Farticles%2Fshow%2Fngos-welcome-the-conflict-minerals-trade-act-of-2009%2C1054743.shtml&amp;usg=AFQjCNGoSHTpR5I6ChElffv_cGrQAyhsvg&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Earthtimes (press release)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;font class=&quot;p&quot; size=&quot;-1&quot;&gt;&lt;a class=&quot;p&quot; href=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/more?ned=us&amp;ncl=d_lF92lnkvaFnTMJBv15C2Eirl2QM&quot;&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 11 news articles&amp;amp;nbsp;&amp;amp;raquo;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <pubDate>Sat Nov 21, 2009 11:10 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Uganda: Kony Rebels Surrender in Congo - AllAfrica.com</title>
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                                        <title>Another near disaster in Congo aviation - eTurboNews</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>Two wanted Rwandan rebel leaders arrested - United Press In</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>East Africa: DR Congo, Sudan Eager to Join EAC - AllAfrica.</title>
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                                        <title>Congo-Kinshasa: Rep. McDermott Introduces Conflict Minerals</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>DR Congo approaches UN on force withdrawals - AFP</title>
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                                        <pubDate>Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:10 am</pubDate>
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                                        <title>Paris Club Close to Reaching Accord on Congo's Debt - Bloom</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Author:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/congo_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=18871'&gt;congo news&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>Thousands flee as tribal violence flares in Congo - Mission</title>
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                                        <title>Congo-Kinshasa: Spain, France on the Spot Over FDLR Links -</title>
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                                      &lt;b&gt;Posted:&lt;/b&gt; Fri Nov 20, 2009 11:10 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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