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U.N. to send more peacekeepers to Congo

latimes.com
Nov. 21, 2008
The Security Council authorizes about 3,000 more personnel. A total of 17,000 soldiers are already in the region. The U.N. Security Council on Thursday authorized increasing the number of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo by as many as 2,785 military personnel and 300 police. Now...
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