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Rebels seize east Congo army camp, thousands flee
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-27 10:34

Residents of Rugari sit outside their houses as tanks of the Congolese army fire over positions of Forces loyal to renegade Laurent Nkunda in Rugari, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) north of the provincial capital of Goma, DR Congo. Rebels in the DRC were reported to have seized a national park that is home to more than a quarter of the world's surviving mountain gorillas. [Agencies]