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17 December 2008 Military News

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  • Rebels resume attacks on civilians in eastern DR Congo – UN UN News Centre 17 Dec 2008 -- Elements from a mainly Tutsi rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are continuing to commit abuses, beating and detaining civilians and pillaging businesses and private homes, the United Nations reported today, calling for an end to the violence.
  • UN Chief Says Time Not Ripe for Somalia Peacekeeping Operation VOA 17 Dec 2008 -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he disagrees with the United States that it is time to send U.N. peacekeepers to Somalia
  • Russian, Georgian Envoys Meet in Geneva VOA 17 Dec 2008 -- Diplomats from Georgia and Russia are meeting in Geneva for talks on security and refugee issues linked to their military conflict over the Georgian breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
  • UN Preparing for Influx of Congolese Refugees VOA 17 Dec 2008 -- The U.N. refugee agency says it is preparing for a possible new influx of refugees heading to Southern Sudan because of the joint military action recently taken against the Lord's Resistance Army by Congolese, Ugandan, and Southern Sudanese forces.

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