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KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Clashes broke out Saturday between rebels and a pro-government militia in eastern Congo, forcing people to flee their homes, a U.N. official said.
The fighting in two villages in North Kivu province pitted rebels loyal to former army general Laurent Nkunda against Mai Mai militiamen, said Maj. Prem Kumar Tiwari, a spokesman for the U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo.
Tiwari did not know how many people had fled the fighting, which took place about 60 miles north of the regional capital, Goma.
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