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      <title>Rivals share lead in DRC legislative poll</title>
      <description>Electoral body controversially restarts counting ballots for parliamentary poll despite absence of US and UK observers.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:45:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo troops 'killed civilians' after vote</title>
      <description>Rights watchdog says security forces tried to hide evidence of the killings which took place after disputed election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:39:39 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joseph Kabila sworn in as DR Congo president</title>
      <description>Incumbent takes oath as main rival proclaims himself the leader after disputed polls that plunged country into violence.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:12:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Court confirms Kabila's election victory</title>
      <description>Supreme Court declares incumbent president winner of November's election after opposition appeals are rejected.</description>
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      <title>DR Congo president admits vote 'mistakes'</title>
      <description>Joseph Kabila says there were errors in vote he won but rejects US observer group's claim that it lacked credibility.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:46:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Explainer: The DRC elections</title>
      <description>DR Congo gears up for only its second national election since the end of the civil war in 2002</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:05:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Profile: DR Congo</title>
      <description>Ravaged by years of civil war, the mineral-rich DRC remains among the most complex and volatile countries in the world.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:39:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Profile: Joseph Kabila</title>
      <description>Incumbent president is credited for bringing peace but critics say he lacks political vision to lead DRC forward.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:38:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Profile: Etienne Tshisekedi</title>
      <description>After three decades in politics, the veteran is widely regarded as the biggest threat to incumbent Joseph Kabila.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:38:21 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo elections: more questions than answers</title>
      <description>In Democratic Republic of Congo, upcoming elections have many braced for renewed violence.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:27:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo - Understanding the Conflict</title>
      <description>Fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to kill thousands after an official declaration of peace.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 22:57:02 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Observers question DRC election credibility</title>
      <description>The Carter Center reports on irregularities as opposition calls for mass protests over election results.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 21:04:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DRC elections: Kinshasa waits</title>
      <description>Tensions mount in the capital as Congolese, fearful of possible violence, await results of country's presidential vote.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:19:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>How Goma saw the election</title>
      <description>DR Congo citizens, tell Al Jazeera of how election proceedings in their city differed from the rest of the country.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:50:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Congo: 'The world forgets we are survivors'</title>
      <description>Images of conflict and violence dominate media coverage of the DRC, creating vicious cycle that perpetuates problems.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:24:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo's displaced see vote as route home</title>
      <description>For the internally displaced living in DRC's  camps, voting in Monday's election is a first step towards returning home.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:10:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Profile: Vital Kamerhe</title>
      <description>Nicknamed the 'peacemaker', the former ally of Jospeh Kabila is the surprise package of this year's general election.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 03:39:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Post-poll clashes turn deadly in DR Congo</title>
      <description>At least six people have been killed in the capital Kinshasa as opposition supporters face off with police.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:49:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kabila declared winner of DR Congo poll</title>
      <description>Incumbent president declared provisional winner by poll panel as opposition rejects results and threatens unrest.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:55:59 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Kinshasa tense ahead of DRC vote result</title>
      <description>Fears of unrest in capital over presidential vote, amid claims of irregularities and concern results will be delayed.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:45:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo voting extended amid fraud claims</title>
      <description>Calls made for election annulment over "irregularities", with polling expected to continue into third day in some areas.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:09:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Walikale: The curse of El Dorado</title>
      <description>Walikale, a territory in the Congolese province of North Kivu, is considered to contain some of the biggest untapped reserves of mineral resources in world - yet many of its residents remain famished, tormented by the wealth of their surroundings.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 11:58:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In Pictures: Congolese hit the polls in Goma</title>
      <description>Capital of eastern Congo's North Kivu state votes in central African nation's historic elections.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:31:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo voters: What elections mean to us</title>
      <description>Citizens in eastern DRC tell Al Jazeera why they are looking forward to national elections on November 28.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 10:29:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fraud allegations as DR Congo voting extended</title>
      <description>Opposition calls for annulment of election over 'irregularities' as poll extended to second day due to poor organisation.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:20:16 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Deadly clashes in DRC capital ahead of vote</title>
      <description>At least three people killed in Kinshasa as rival campaign rallies are concluded ahead of Monday's vote. </description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:31:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wanted Congo rebel holds campaign rally</title>
      <description>Ntabo Ntaberi Sheka, accused of orchestrating mass rapes, makes pre-vote appearance in eastern town as police look on.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 07:09:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Doubts over DR Congo vote transparency</title>
      <description>Serious concerns expressed over electoral procedures and opposition candidates' access to media.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 21:09:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>In Pictures: Delivering DR Congo ballots </title>
      <description>Officials transport ballot boxes from Goma to Walikale with the help of MONUSCO peacekeepers.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:53:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tensions rise in DR Congo in run-up to polls</title>
      <description>Clashes erupt between rival factions in the east, raising fears of widespread violence in the African nation.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 09:31:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rights groups fear DR Congo poll violence</title>
      <description>Seventy-three organisations sign open letter to presidential candidates calling for calm ahead of November's vote.</description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 10:13:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Rebels' kill aid workers in DR Congo</title>
      <description>Congolese aid workers and two other civilians killed in ambush blamed on local militia and Burundian rebels.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:29:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Clashes in DR Congo over 'voter fraud'</title>
      <description>Police fire tear gas at protesters angry over presence of duplicate voter registrations ahead of upcoming elections. 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 14:47:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leftover munitions blight DR Congo</title>
      <description>Mines left over from the 1990s remain threat to locals, with area around Kisangani airport one of the worst hit.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:00:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN extends DR Congo peace mission</title>
      <description>Peacekeepers to stay another year as war estimated to have taken five million lives rages on.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:45:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UN mission to probe DR Congo rape claims</title>
      <description>Team to be sent after alleged rape of up to 100 women in African country's eastern province of Sud-Kivu.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 21:13:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Troops held over DR Congo mass rape</title>
      <description>Fifty women tell UN they were raped in Fizi town in an incident that appears to be a vengeance for death of a soldier.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 21:03:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>DR Congo warlord's trial to restart</title>
      <description>ICC overturns lower court's earlier decision to free Thomas Lubanga and halt his war crimes trial.</description>
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      <title>'15,000 rapes in war-torn DR Congo'</title>
      <description>UN envoy says scale of sexual attacks in eastern Congo is "enormous" and blames lack of peacekeepers for poor security.</description>
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