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Rebels claim capture of two towns

[Uganda] President Yoweri Museveni. IRIN
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.
    KAMPALA
    Forces of the rebel faction led by Jean-Pierre Bemba on Thursday claimed they had captured two towns in northeast DRC. Press reports quoted Bemba, leader of the Mouvement de Liberation congolais (MLC), as saying the small town of Kateke some 120 km from Gbadolite, a base for Kabila loyalists, fell on Tuesday. The second town, Bondo, was captured on Wednesday after government troops took off after little resistance, he said.

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