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 2006
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| Jan.23 |
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U.N.: 8 Guatemalan peacekeepers killed
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| Mar.6 |
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U.N. troops kill rebels
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| May.12 |
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Oxfam criticises DR Congo donors The aid agency has criticised donor countries for failing to tackle the humanitarian crisis
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| May.30 |
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 UN demands rebels release peacekeepers Congolese militiamen captured 7 missing Nepalese in the northeast and called for their captors to release
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| Jun.14 |
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100 plague deaths World Health Organization: The suspected outbreak of pneumonic plague in the east of the DR of Congo
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| Jul.8 |
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Peacekeepers are freed The militiamen have released 5 UN peacekeepers held in captivity for over a month
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| Jul.28 |
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 Jubilation, violence mark days before vote 3,000 people gathered to hear President Kabila appeal for their vote as campaigning wound down
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| Jul.29 |
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Congo goes to polls first time in decades| 17,000 U.N. troops and 2,000 European Union troops -- is on standby | | |
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| Jul.30 |
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Polls close in elections Counting is already under way. The election had gone smoothly although there were technical difficulties
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| Aug.3 |
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Ballots go up in flames A suspicious fire at a major Kinshasa election center deepened concerns over the transparency of the results
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| Aug.5 |
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Poll count raises concerns Serious concerns are being raised about the counting of votes in the first multi-party elections in 40 years
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| Aug.8 |
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Early election results favor president Joseph Kabila overwhelmingly won a main eastern city of Goma
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| Aug.20 |
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Congo heads to presidential runoff Election results showed the country's historic postwar elections were headed for a second round
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| Aug.21 |
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Trapped envoys rescued UN peacekeepers have rescued several foreign ambassadors trapped in a house in Kinshasa by heavy
shooting
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| Aug.22 |
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EU boosts Congo force amid battle 400 extra troops are being flown into the capital, Kinshasa, in an attempt to quell gun battles
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| Sep.4 |
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Election workers arrested for cheating Authorities arrested 10 workers for allegedly cheating and the final announcement of results was postponed
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| Sep.5 |
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Overloaded boat sinks in lake, killing 35 High winds and rough waves swamped the boat carrying 90 people on Lake Kivu
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| Oct.10 |
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DR Congo children 'still armed'| 11,000 children are in the hands of armed groups or unaccounted for, says Amnesty International | |
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| Oct.28 |
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War-ravaged Congo goes to polls| The president faced off against a former rebel chief as a high-stakes runoff began | |
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| Nov.12 |
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Congo struggles with mining chaos Among the biggest challenges first elected government in 50 years will face is bringing order to a chaotic mining sector
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| Nov.15 |
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Kabila close to DR Congo victory Provisional election results suggest President Joseph Kabila will win the country's run-off election
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Kabila named winner of vote  Incumbent President was declared the winner of tense runoff election, defeating his ex-rebel leader rival
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| Nov.16 |
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Poll loser rejects result| Presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba said he would use all legal channels to contest the result | |
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| Nov.24 |
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Fighting flares in Congo's east Fighters loyal to a dissident general attacked army positions with heavy weapons and small arms
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| Dec.6 |
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Kabila sweared in A rebel leader's son was sworn as Congo's first freely elected president in more than four decades
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