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Britain, France push for more U.N. troops in Congo
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A U.N. peacekeeper rides atop an armored vehicle last week in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Britain and France are calling for an additional 3,000 United Nations troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the U.N. already has its biggest peacekeeping mission, a senior British diplomat said Wednesday.
Mark Malloch-Brown, the British Foreign Office minister for Africa, the Middle East and the United Nations, announced a draft resolution on the troop increase while on a four-day mission to the war-torn Congo.
Britain expects the U.N. Security Council to adopt the resolution by the end of the week, a spokeswoman for the British mission to the United Nations said.
The resolution follows calls from the United Nations' own peacekeeping experts, Human Rights Watch, and local human rights groups in Congo for more troops to support the 17,000 U.N. soldiers already there.
A coalition of 44 organizations in eastern Congo wrote to the Security Council on Tuesday, pleading for more troops. ...
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| U.N.: Reports of fighting, bombing in Darfur |
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Sudan President Omar al-Bashir, who was charged with war crimes, is under pressure to end the war in Darfur.
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UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations is investigating "troubling reports" of bombings and fighting in the Darfur region of Sudan in violation of a cease-fire agreed to last week, the organization said Wednesday.
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| Deadly blast hits Bangkok protest |
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BANGKOK, Thailand - A grenade apparently fired into a gathering of anti-government protesters camped out in the Thai prime minister's office compound killed one person and wounded 23 others Thursday, officials said.
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