U.N. troops reinforce Congolese army in regional capital

By Gemma Parellada for CNN

Updated 1041 GMT (1841 HKT) July 13, 2012

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An M23 rebel soldier poses at a FARDC base in Rumangabo on July 9. Congolese M23 mutineers were pulled out of the key eastern town of Rutshuru, near the borders with Uganda and Rwanda a day after seizing it.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – An M23 rebel soldier poses at a FARDC base in Rumangabo on July 9. Congolese M23 mutineers were pulled out of the key eastern town of Rutshuru, near the borders with Uganda and Rwanda a day after seizing it.
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Soldiers from the M23 movement walk in the town of Bunagana. The M23--a group of former Tutsi rebels who had been integrated in the regular army in 2009--has been battling Democratic Republic of Congo troops since May. The army is known as the FARDC.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – Soldiers from the M23 movement walk in the town of Bunagana. The M23--a group of former Tutsi rebels who had been integrated in the regular army in 2009--has been battling Democratic Republic of Congo troops since May. The army is known as the FARDC.
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A UN helicopter pulls out of the town of Bunagana on July 7. Bunagana was claimed by renegade soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 6, after fighting regular Congolese armed forces, police and the mutineers said.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – A UN helicopter pulls out of the town of Bunagana on July 7. Bunagana was claimed by renegade soldiers of the Democratic Republic of Congo on July 6, after fighting regular Congolese armed forces, police and the mutineers said.
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Colonel Sultani Makenga is the head of the M23 group that has seized several towns in the country's troubled eastern Nord-Kivu province. The M23 rebels launched a mutiny against the government early this year after breaking away from the army.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – Colonel Sultani Makenga is the head of the M23 group that has seized several towns in the country's troubled eastern Nord-Kivu province. The M23 rebels launched a mutiny against the government early this year after breaking away from the army.
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The M23 rebels' territorial seizures are helping to consolidate their gains over government forces and tightening their grip on a Uganda border crossing.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – The M23 rebels' territorial seizures are helping to consolidate their gains over government forces and tightening their grip on a Uganda border crossing.
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Refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the 9.3 mile (15 km) trek to the Kisoro refugee camp.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – Refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo make the 9.3 mile (15 km) trek to the Kisoro refugee camp.
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Refugees escape to a refugee camp in Kiwanja on July 8, a trek made more dangerous by the looting of the Congolese army.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – Refugees escape to a refugee camp in Kiwanja on July 8, a trek made more dangerous by the looting of the Congolese army.
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Refugees on the road to the Kiwanja refugee camp gather their children close.
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In Congo, war takes its toll – Refugees on the road to the Kiwanja refugee camp gather their children close.
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