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From Adventures of a Retired Armchair Traveler Fri Nov 23 2012, 07:16:08

Thu, 15:55: RT @songastone: 5th extra-ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the ICGLR on crisis in Eastern DRC on Nov 24th in Kampala accord. to...

Thu, 15:56: RT @texasinafrica: Wondering which journos have already figured out which side of the violence they're funding by staying at Ihusi...

Thu, 15:57: RT @hofrench: RT @ianbirrell: Congo trying to get Angola to back new offensive. Rebels supported by Rwanda & Uganda. Horribly familiar...

Thu, 17:04: RT @psjones01: Congo army spox confirmed FARDC are attacking #M23 at Sake. More details promised later. #DRC

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