A man cooking attracts boys in Kibumba, a village in eastern Congo, where government and rebel forces still vie for control. Walter Astrada for The New York TimesFrom Yahoo News/Reuters:
KANYABAYONGA, Congo (Reuters) – Hundreds of Congolese rebel fighters pulled back on Wednesday from frontline positions in a move U.N. peacekeepers hoped would open the way for talks on ending weeks of conflict in east Congo.
U.N. foot and air patrols were monitoring the withdrawal of renegade General Laurent Nkunda's Tutsi rebels from positions they had occupied after a rapid advance northwards in Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern North Kivu province.
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