Gunmen Kill U.N. Military Observer in Eastern Congo, Wound Another

Sentinel; Los Angeles, Calif. › July 30, 2009

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Gunmen ambushed U.N. military observers in eastern Congo on Saturday, killing one peacekeeper and slightly wounding another, a U.N. spokesman said.

The fighting has forced "several hundred" aid workers and civilians to take refuge at U.N. compounds in Bukavu, [Sebastien Lapierre] said.

Saturday's killing brings to 38 the number of U.N. staff who've died in Congo, most from vehicle accidents and illness, since the U.N. peacekeeping mission began in November 1999, said Abou Thiam, another U.N. spokesman in Kinshasa.

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Gunmen Kill U.N. Military Observer in Eastern Congo, Wound Another

Gunmen ambushed U.N. military observers in eastern Congo on Saturday, killing one peacekeeper and slightly wounding another, a U.N. spokesman said....

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