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Eastern Congo Battle Draws In Old Rivals

Rebels Battle Government Troops in Goma, Sending Residents Fleeing and Spurring War of Words With Neighboring Rwanda

Updated Nov. 19, 2012 8:36 p.m. ET

KAMPALA, Uganda—Battles broke out Monday in the eastern Congolese city of Goma between government troops and rebel forces allegedly backed by neighboring Rwanda, threatening to engulf one of Africa's largest countries in new conflict.

The rebel troops advanced on Goma, a strategic mineral-trading hub, shelling it with heavy artillery and mortars and sending aid workers fleeing, after the government of the Democratic Republic of the...

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