Fighting between rebel forces and local Mai Mai fighters forced the U.N. peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to evacuate a dozen aid workers Tuesday from near Rutshuru, in eastern Congo, U.N. officials said.
The workers were brought to an area outside the fighting zone, mission spokeswoman Sylvie van den Wildenberg said.
According to the United Nations' Web site, the fighting was taking place in the village of Kiwanja, less than two miles outside Rutshuru. 
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